May 21 Saturday – Sam wrote to Richard Watson Gilder, editor of Century Magazine. He’d read three letters written in response to “English As She Is Taught” and suggested Gilder publish a supplement to the article in the Sept. or Oct. issue, including the letters in question.

One or two that lack sense are saved by a still valuabler quality: they abuse me. [¶] I could heave in a line or two of comment here & there between the letters, & you could generalize the entire School business in an editorial [MTP] Note: this letter is listed from “Unknown Place” — Sam went to New York on May 18 and may have still been in the city.

Caroline B. Le Row wrote to Sam, apologizing for her friend, Miss Merritt, using her and Sam’s name in some way. Also, she hoped Sam would “win the lawsuit” [MTP].