June 1 Saturday – Sam’s notebook: “Charlottesville, Va.?” [NB 44 TS 11].

At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to R.G. Newbegin of R.G. Newbegin Co., distributor for Mark Twain’s Uniform Edition.

I shall be glad if, in offering the Collected Edition of my books to the public, you will claim for it, on my part, only this, & no more: that I have prepared it with care, & that it is the only complete collection of my works that has been made… / P.S. I am sorry if your canvassers complain of it as a hardship that the Harpers advertise 9 of my books under the heading “Mark Twain’s Best Books,” but what would they have me to do? I must concede that the Harpers are within their rights…It is merely their own judgment that the 9 are my best…and in addition you have seven which I rate above any that are in the Harper list, with the exception of 4, viz., Huckleberry Finn, Yankee at the Court of King Arthur, The Prince & Pauper, & Personal Reflections of Joan of Arc… [MTP: American Art Assoc. catalogs, Nov. 24, 1924, Item 114]. Note: see entries for Mar. and Mar. 27.

Check # Payee Amount [Notes]

221 Chas. S. Brown 277.78 House rent

E. Leon wrote from Osterfeld, Germany to Sam, asking for “a few lines, written by your hand” [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the left margin of this letter but not related to it, to H.H. Rogers on June 14.

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote to Sam, forwarding the May 31 invitation rec’d there from Sherman Callender for Sam to attend an informal dinner for Rev. Dr. W.S. Ament, of China! [MTP].