August 2 Saturday – Sam telegraphed and then wrote from Edinburgh to Elisha Bliss, telling him to stop the publication of the pamphlet containing the Herald letters. Paragraphs had been added at the paper causing Sam grief and a desire not to have them reprinted by Bliss, something he feared might harm the sale of The Gilded Age [MTL 5: 425].

Reginald Cholmondeley wrote a one-liner asking when he would have “the pleasure of seeing you & Mrs Clemens here” [MTP].

August 2 and 6 Wednesday – Livy and Sam wrote from Edinburgh to Olivia Lewis Langdon. This is mostly a letter from Livy about baby Susy’s antics, and a short note from Sam writing “ditto” and a note about a set of Scott’s books which had arrived. Sam and Livy took a ride with Dr. John Brown (1810–1882), author of the popular dog story, Rab and His Friend. Brown adored Susy and became a family friend [MTL 5: 426].