September 4 Tuesday – Chatto & Windus wrote to Sam enclosing account of sales for the year ending July 1. The Library of American Humor had not sold well; drafts enclosed for “6 and 7 months for £300 and £270” [MTP].

Henry Dalby for Montreal Daily & Weekly Star wrote to Sam asking for a short or a long contribution for their Christmas issue, “of course at your own price” [MTP].

Richard W. Gilder for Century Magazine wrote Sam that he’d received Sam’s letter about Miss MacDonald and her work was “at hand, I thank you heartily for it” [MTP].