April 19 Wednesday – Isabel Lyon’s journal # 2: “Dinner with Mr. & Mrs. Loomis / Col Harvey took the Palmistry Article—[MTP TS 14]. Note: see Twain’s “Palm Readings” (1905) and the A.D. of Jan. 29, 1907. Playboy Magazine, Dec. 2010 issue gives a peek at Vol. 2 of Autobiography of Mark Twain, to be released in 2012 by the MTP. In this excerpt Twain responds to fortune tellers who were asked to read his handprints without knowing his identity.

William Dean Howells in NYC wrote a sentence to Sam: “At least 3 of us will come to dinner Sunday at 7. (or 7.30?)” [MTHL 2: 798].

Katharine I. Harrison wrote to Sam asking for a check payable to Chase & Barstow for $43,125 for the purchase of “Utah” stock, and please direct it to Miss A. Watson as she might not be in [MTHHR 583n1; MTP].

John S. Phillips for McClure, Phillips & Co. wrote to Sam: “If you don’t get your book won’t you please let me know, and I shall be glad to send you another copy” [MTP]. Note: Phillips had written on Apr. 14 in regards to sending a copy of The Troll Garden (1905) by Willa Cather; here he was following up to see if the book was rec’d. See Gribben 133.