April 9 Friday – Two copies of How to Tell a Story and Other Essays were deposited with the US Copyright Office [Hirst, “A Note on the Text” Afterword materials p.21, Oxford ed. 1996]. Note: the title piece, “How to Tell a Story” ran first in the Oct. 1895 issue of Youth’s Companion. Note: M. Johnson gives Mar. 9 as official publication date.

Henry J. Harper wrote to Sam having rec’d his of Mar. 25 (not extant), together with the “belated Silver Wedding present to Mrs. Clemens” (for the subsequent issues of JA). Harper thought the tribute was “not subject to the ravages of time…but will endure while the English language lasts” [MTP].