December 26 Monday – In Florence Sam wrote to Frederick J. Hall, advising,

Carey is right — Royston’s name should be changed to some other — also the name of his village — say G. Ragsdale McClintock of Sunflower Hill, S.C. — or something like that [Note: this relates to the old Royston piece “Enemy Conquered.” William Carey was an editor at The Century.]

Sam also suggested that Hall solicit a loan from Andrew Carnegie to publish LAL. He wanted the “Mental Telegraphy” in the £1,000,000 book. He’d received an offer to split the payment for the first part of Tom Sawyer Abroad from Mary Mapes Dodge and had answered her, “all right” [MTLTP 329].