February 17 Monday – Sam inscribed a copy of Eve’s Diary to Kim C. Tabley: “To / Mrs. K.C. Tapley / with compliments of  / The Author. / Clothes make the man, but they do not improve the woman. / Truly Yours / Mark Twain / Feb/08” [Nate D. Sanders, Autographs, eBay # 170659440080 June 26, 2011]. Note: evidently Twain thought her last name was “Tapley,” though the incoming (below) clearly shows “Tabley.”  

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “Yes, we are to go to Bermuda on next Saturday” [MTP: IVL TS 24].

Mrs. Kim C. Tabley wrote from St. John, New Brunswick to Sam: “Will you accept the enclosed remittance for an autographed copy of your ‘Eve’s Diary’? [MTP]. Note: Lyon wrote on the letter, “Please address & weigh”

Adolph Fuchs for the Progressive Literary Society, NYC wrote to ask Sam to spend an evening with them some Sunday [MTP]. Note: Lyon wrote on the letter, “Answd. Feb. 18, ‘08”

Howells & Stokes wrote to Sam discussing estimates for adding the “north wing, including the open loggia and Miss Clemens’s suite of rooms above”—the wing was est. $4,100; loggia $2,250 [MTP].