April 27 Friday – In Paris, Livy finished her Apr. 26 letter to Sam. She mentioned Parisian Points of View by Ludovic Halévy, translated by Edith Virginia Brander Matthews:

I have read the book that Edith Matthews translated. I find it extremely charming. The stories are bright and delightful and the translating is perfect; you could not believe that it was a translation if it so easy flowing [Gribben 285]. Note: the full letter may be found in the May-June 1978 Twainian.

William H. Rideing for Youth’s Companion wrote to Sam enclosing a $500 check for “How To Tell A Story,” which he hoped to publish some time in 1895. Rideing did not want to publish a story of Sam’s where “a minister was held up to ridicule,” since the Companion’s readers were “religious people,” and asked if Sam might substitute another story [MTP].