July 10 Monday – Sam wrote to G.E. Stechert & Co., New York, ordering a subscription to the German periodical, Simplicissimus; Illustrierte Wochenschrift. Sam’s letter is not extant but referred to in the company’s reply of July 12.

Isabel Lyon’s journal: This afternoon Mr. Clemens came down with the day’s ms. –“44” turns time backward in order to accommodate the ghosts who’ve been invited to the ghost dance.— He was so handsome as he sat reading with lovely color in his cheeks, and his eyes flashing. Such a delight.

Mr. Duneka arrive at 8:30. He is very, very nice, a Southerner. Mr. Clemens called me from my room after a while and I played until the electric lights went out—midnight—and I had to scurry for candles. At dinner Mr. Duneka said that Mr. Howells, Col. Higginson and Mr. Clemens had stood for such strength to him in his early days. Mr. Howells as the finality of fiction, Mr. Clemens as literature, and Col. Higginson as a great moral force [MTP TS 76].

Frederick A. Duneka visited Clemens to see if he had anything for the next winter’s book trade. At this point Sam had once again put aside work on The Mysterious Stranger (he had taken it up again only on June 29) and turned to “Eve’s Diary” [Tuckey, “The ‘Me’ and the Machine” 136; Hill 111]. Note: on July 16 to Clara, Sam referred to Duneka’s visit of “the other day” Duneka, a devout Catholic, “shriveled up over the first part of Fourty-Four because there is that evil priest Father Adolph in it” [111].
John Larkin wrote to Sam. “I enclose herewith my check to your order for $50. sent to me by Mr. Forgy as per his enclosed letter which kindly read and return. I also enclose herewith eight notes for $100. each, payable $100 per annum” [MTP]. Note: Sanford Wilson was the purchaser of the Archer Co. Texas property acquired by Livy.

John A. Scott wrote from Tyringham, Mass. on New Public Library letterhead, urging Clemens to return for “Old Home Week,” Aug. 7-13 [MTP]
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