February 8 Wednesday – At 21 Fifth Ave. in N.Y.C. Sam replied to a not extant from David A. Munro, possibly the galley sheets mentioned below in Lyons journal #2 entry.

Thank you ever so much for your suggestions. I have never read Sartor Resartus, & so I did not know he had been handling the subject. I was minded to suppress my article; but reflected that in my unacquaintanceship with Carlyle’s book I represent 299 out of every 300 readers—therefore I might as well go ahead & have my say. Particularly as all ideas are old & worn, yet are always legitimately usable because the phrasing will be new every time & may dress the old harlot up fine & smart & make her almost unrecognizably young & fresh to the near-sighted.

Please carefully examine my changes, & if they are not fortunate tell me so & let me try again [MTP]. Note: see Gribben p.130, which shows Sam had read Carlyle’s Sartor Restartus. F. Kaplan points out Sam had added the book to his library and signed it in 1888 [619].

Isabel Lyon’s journal #2: Mr. Munro sent the Galley sheets of the “Czar’s Soliloquy”—Mr. Clemens revised & returned it.

Misss Loomis lunched with Jean.

Bambino spent last night in the cellar [MTP TS 4].