January – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to Mrs. Ira L. Smith in Hopkinsville, Ky. stating that the Library of Literature was wrong and Review of Reviews was right: “I was born in the village of Florida, Mo.” [MTP].

Lecky writes that Sam’s short essay, “History 1,000 Years from Now” (the title is Paine’s), “may well have been the germ of ‘Eddypus,’” and that it was written this month [Fables of Man 386-7].

Review of Reviews for Jan. ran an anonymous article, “A Sketch of Mark Twain: The Veteran Author Returns to America,” p.37-41. Tenney: “A general discussion of MT’s travels and place in the public heart, with a conventional biographical sketch; includes five old (and familiar) photographs of MT and one labeled “his latest and photographs of his homes in Hannibal and Hartford” [Tenney: “A Reference Guide Second Annual Supplement,” American Literary Realism, Autumn 1978 p. 172].

Education ran Clemens J. France’s article, “Mark Twain as Educator, p.265-74. Tenney: “Sympathy, insight into human nature, and freedom from prejudice qualify MT to speak as an educator, and his works embody ‘a common sense philosophy of life.’ TS shows how a real boy can mature through experience if allowed to do so, and has the further value of reminding adult readers of the importance of boyhood” [34].

Bookman ran Harry Thurston Peck’s article, “As to Mark Twain,” p. 441-2. Tenney: “Takes issue with the lavish praise given him: ‘Mark Twain is first and last and all the time, so far as he is anything, a humorist and nothing more.’ Photograph of MT, p.440” [35].

January, end of, or February – Tuckey puts this period to Sam’s article “The Stupendous Procession,” which shares some quotations with his “To the Person Sitting in Darkness.” First published in Fables of Man (403-19)/ Part of this piece may be seen in MTB p. 1149-50.