November 18 Tuesday – Sam and Cable gave a reading in Chickering Hall, New York City. Cardwell calls the houses “well-filled” and that Pond ran the same advertisements leading up to the three New York performances [19]. Included: “King Sollermun,” “Tragic Tale of the Fishwife,” “A Trying Situation,” and “A Ghost Story” [MTPO].

William Smart (1853-1915) wrote on the S.S. Umbria on his way back to his Glascow, Scotland home after hearing Sam’s NYC reading. He bemoaned the fact that Sam had never spoken in Scotland (though he did visit there in July-Aug. 1873) [MTP].