December 8 Monday – Sam sent a short note to an unidentified member of the London Morayshire Club who had sent him tickets to a club dinner that evening. Sam answered that he would be there at about 10 PM, “which is as early as I can get away from my lecture.” That evening, Sam gave his “Roughing It on the Silver Frontier” lecture at the Queen’s Concert Rooms, London [Fatout, MT Speaking 48-63 paraphrased; Schmidt]. Afterwards, Sam attended the Morayshire Club dinner [MTL 5: 496].

A receipt for this date for $1.25 to New York for the Connecticut Valley R.R. Co. is in the MTP. Who used it? Possibly Livy.

Dr. John Brown wrote from Edinburgh, Scotland to Clemens:

My dear friend — Thanks for the M. Post—& the capital speech— You must have enjoyed it, as well as they you. When are you coming here?—are you under a “former”?—surely you will give us a turn—I had a kind note from Mrs Clemens—she will enjoy your glory & prattle of it to Megalopis Susie— What of the Novel? We are all well & dull— I am dodging about from door to door—as usual— Don’t trouble to write, only tell me when you know your time for invading us—& harrying the city— 3 Take care of your self—get 8 hours sleep out of every 24—& keep the Midland Counties regular— / Yrs ever / [MTPO]. Note from source: Clemens had evidently sent Brown two clippings from the 2 December London Morning Post: the complimentary review of his 1 December lecture, and the text of his speech that evening on “The Ladies”.