December 11 Tuesday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to Augustus T. Gurlitz, N.Y. Attorney for Kipling at this time.

That “Library of Wit & Humor” is the most impudent swindle I have ever seen. If the Kipling contest gets the right verdict (trade-mark) I may want you to take hold of it [MTP: Sotheby Parke-Bernet (N.Y.) catalogs, Dec. 11, 1990, Item 380]. Note: Sam would hire Gurlitz to bring suit against Chicago publisher Butler Brothers for issuing an unauthorized edition of the “Library of Wit and Humor by Mark Twain.” See Mar. 27, 1901 entry.

Fatout lists a speech by Mark Twain at the Meeting of Missourians, N.Y.C. [MT Speaking 667]. Note: Fatout gives no particulars but the following is in Sam’s notebook: “Walker & Missourians 10.30” [NB 43 TS 31]. Note: See Missouri Society of New York, formed on May 28, 1901.