February 18 Sunday – The New York Times, p.2 “City and Vicinity” announced that “Mark Twain” and James Whitcomb Riley would give readings in Madison Square Garden on the evenings of Feb. 26 and 27.

In the evening in New York on Players Club stationery, Sam answered an invitation to breakfast (not extant) from Frank Fuller. Yes, he changed his program each time he gave it but didn’t know whether James Whitcomb Riley did or not; he hadn’t seen Riley.

Land, I wish we could go & breakfast with you, but I can’t get time, these piping days. I hope to get in & see you very soon. / Ys. Ever / Mark [MTP].

Henry H. Rogers’ summer home in Fairhaven, Mass. burned to a complete loss. Rogers would soon raze the remains and rebuild [MTHHR 45n4].