August 2 Thursday – At Dollis Hill in London, England, Sam wrote to William Archer (1856-1924), Scottish critic and author who helped establish the work of Henrik Ibsen.

“Your letter [not extant] has given me a great deal of pleasure & I cannot deny myself the added pleasure of saying so. I hope the books will not fall off, in your favor & your son’s, but will keep, in their holiday garb, the regard they won in their workaday clothes” [MTP]. Note: Archer’s most recent book was America To-day, Observations and Reflections (1900) and is discussed in Sam’s Aug. 8 to Archer.

Sam’s notebook: “Human Nature Illustrated from History. / Patriotism—Help the loudest howlers howl” [NB 43 TS 23].