June 7 Wednesday – At the Grand Hotel in Broadstairs, England, Livy wrote for Sam to Franklin G. Whitmore because her husband had “so much writing to do,” and to send a bank draft (enclosed) if he needed money in July. She related money might be forthcoming “from a magazine article” before he needed it for the taxes on their Farmington Ave. house. Also, they expected more money July 1 from Frank Bliss. They still planned to return to London on Friday [MTP].

Sam also wrote two notes to Percy Spalding; the first asking him to check again with Thomas Cook & Son about their eight trunks—they’d rec’d a telegram from Vienna that the trunks were due to reach London in about ten days, so they were just about due. The second note may have had to do with his attempt to bring Chatto and Spalding with him to the Authors’ club on June 12 (On June 2 he had also asked John Y. MacAlister if he might bring the two with him on June 9 to the Savage Club):

“I forgot to say that the Authors limit themselves to authors & even refuse admission to an author who is secretary to another literary club—so I preserved our dignity & said drop the matter” [MTP].

Augustin Daly (1838-1899), theatrical manager, playwright and critic, died in Paris.