April 20 Saturday – The New York Times, p.3 “Literary Notes,” ran the following, which shows how quickly Sam’s style was recognized by readers of PW in serial form in Harper’s Monthly:

— Following the report from Hartford, printed recently in The New-York Times, concerning Mark Twain as the author of the Joan of Arc romance in Harper’s Monthly, The Bookman for April has this to say: “We may be in error, but after a careful comparison of the first installment with other work of a similar character, we think it a safe guess to ascribe the present production to Mark Twain.”