July 7 Thursday – At the Villa Paulhof in Kaltenleutgeben, Austria, Sam wrote to Robert Collier (Lord Monkswell; 1845-1909), British Liberal politician.

Dear Lord Monkswell: / I feel like a criminal for putting you and Lady Monkswell and Mr. Murray to such a deal of trouble. You must try to forgive me. Mr. Murray’s British & German statistics cover all the necessary ground, & I am very glad to have them. I have altered my MS to suit.

Sam wrote they were “pleasantly housed” and would stay until cold weather “drives us back to Vienna.” He wished they were back at Tedworth Square in London but they “couldn’t carry Leschititzky along,” and it was Clara’s piano that “condemns us to abide away from home” [MTP: Joseph M. Maddalena catalogs, No. 1, Item 35]. Note: This is not the Collier of Collier’s Magazine, but the Second Baron Monkswell. Sam’s June 20 request for publication numbers had since been answered (Collier’s reply not extant).