August 30 Tuesday – Frederick J. Hall came to Elmira to discuss Webster & Co. Projects with Sam. They agreed upon a schedule of production for future books [MTNJ 3: 311n32].

“Memoranda prepared at that time called for the issuance of the Mark Twain’s Library of Humor prospectus on 1 January 1888 with book publication on 1 March. If this proved impossible, the prospectus was to appear on 15 January and the book itself on 15 March. Profits from the Library of Humor were divided on an equal basis between Clemens and Charles L. Webster & Company” [MTNJ 3: 303n10].