November 18 Thursday – Sam was receipted for $3 subscription to the New York Evening Post. The subscription was for the period Nov.16, 1880 to Nov. 16, 1881. It would be one of Sam’s favorite newspapers [Gribben 503].
Sam purchased a copy of Thomas Malory’s (15th Century) The Boy’s King Arthur from Brown & Gross, Hartford booksellers [448].
The Hartford Evening Post (semi-weekly) receipted Sam $3 for Nov. 16, 1880 to Nov. 16, 1881 [MTP].
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Editor Note
The Boy's King Arthur (republished in 1950 under the title King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table) was an abridged version of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur edited by Sidney Lanier and published in 1880. It was intended as a children's edition, alongside Lanier's other "Boy's" works.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy%27s_King_Arthur]
Gribben notes: "I established the fact that Clemens's introduction to Malory's heroes of the Round Table took place earlier than previously thought."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy%27s_King_Arthur]
Gribben notes: "I established the fact that Clemens's introduction to Malory's heroes of the Round Table took place earlier than previously thought."