June 20 Sunday – Sylvester Baxter’s profile article of Sam Clemens ran on p. 10 of the Boston Herald. The piece only mentioned Charles Dudley Warner in passing, and focused on Sam’s writing habits, his home surroundings and biography, with a few comments on his main works [MTHL 2: 314n1].

From Boston, Howells wrote a short note to Sam about meeting Captain Mouland, late of the Batavia. “He thinks you’re mad at him. Going to quit the water and take to milk—cow farm in Colorado.” Howells thought Sam’s sketch, “Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning,” was “uncommon good” [MTHL 1: 317].