April 10 Friday – Sam had received a phonograph from the New England Phonograph Co., but it came with a repaired seal to a battery. Franklin G. Whitmore wrote for Sam that the battery had been shipped back for replacement [MTP].

Andrew Chatto wrote from London to Sam, thanking him for letters from Baron Tauchnitz and Bram Stoker, which he thought would “materially strengthen our position in making arrangements for a continental edtion of your next new book,” which Chatto hoped “soon to hear from you particulars…upon which we may ‘spread’ ourselves” [MTP].