May 3 Monday – Christian Tauchnitz wrote from Leipzig. “Many thanks for your kind lines of March 15 and for the proofs of ‘The Tramps Abroad’ ” for which he agreed to pay 700 Marks [MTP].

Chatto & Windus wrote from London. In part:

“Dear Sir / We are on tenterhooks of anxiety for fear of a threatened unauthorised reprint of your ‘Tramp Abroad’ at a shilling, which we shall be powerless to oppose; but by keeping a bold front we hope to scare off intruders and so escape the danger” [MTPO].

Rollin M. Daggett wrote from the US House of Representatives: “Dear Mark: / I now know about what you are driving at. Now, you and other book fiends draw up such an amendment to section 4964 as you think you want, and the country will stand, and I will introduce it. This is the advice of the Librarian. Blaine is too busy to attend to anything but his fences / Ever yours…[MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Daggett / Copyright”

Jesse M. Leathers wrote to suggest his visit might happen on May 11 [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “The Earl”