November 13 Thursday – Here was the first big test in a big city—Boston. Pond placed advertisements in the Evening Transcript several days in advance, starting with Nov. 8. He presented the reading as part of the lyceum lecture series. The focus of these ads became the standard for the tour—“Twain is a comedian; Cable a master of humor and pathos” [Cardwell 17].

Sam and Cable read in Boston’s Music Hall. Cable sang Creole songs and read selections from his novel, Dr. Sevier; Sam read passages from Huck Finn and “narrated his struggles with the German language and its unreasonable genders.  He also described an incident in Tramp Abroad and threw in examples of “odd humor” [MTHL 2: 513n1]. The audience “applauded frequently.”

Howells was in the audience and wrote Sam the next day that he’d never enjoyed him more.

Montreal Snow Shoe Club per H.S. Tibbs wrote bestow membership on Sam [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Answered”