August 28 Wednesday – In Elmira Sam wrote a gushing letter of compliment to Daniel Carter Beard about the CY illustrations.

I do not know of any quality they lack. Grace, dignity, poetry, spirit, imagination, these enrich them and make them charming and beautiful; and wherever humor appears it is high and fine, easy, unforced, kept under mastery, and is delicious [MTP].

Fred J. Stewart wrote from Toronto calling Sam’s books “the vilest trash I ever waded through,” but also, amazingly, asking for his autograph! [MTP].