July 27 Sunday – Sam wrote from Edinburgh, Scotland to Elisha Bliss. English law required that publication in England precede that in other countries, thus the agreement Sam had with Routledge provided a three-week window; Sam expected The Gilded Age to be out in England before his planned departure on Oct. 25. Sam was pressing Bliss for the proofs [MTL 5: 420-1 & n2].

Sam also wrote to Thomas B. Pugh, lecture manager of Philadelphia’s Star Course, advising him of his need to stay in England until Oct. 25 to see his book through the English press. Sam had promised Pugh he would lecture again [MTL 5: 421].