October 17 Friday – Sam repeated his “Sandwich Islands” lecture at Queen’s Concert Rooms, Hanover Square, London at 8 PM [Baetzhold 17].
The Bohemian Club of San Francisco voted Mark Twain an honorary member: Robert H. Fletcher, ed. The Annals of the Bohemian Club, etc. On p. 52 notes that Mark Twain became an honorary member Oct. 17, 1873, as did Bret Harte, “about the same time” [Tenney: “A Reference Guide Fifth Annual Supplement,” American Literary Realism, Autumn 1981 p. 164].
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Links to Twain's Geography Entries