October 17 Saturday – A review of “Mr. [Joseph] Hatton’s adaptation” of P&P ran in the London Athenaeum No. 3338, p.525. The periodical praised the dramatization as,

…a passable piece of stage carpentry. Three of its four acts are shapely and interesting, some of its dialogue is excellent, and its scenes of comedy have distinct charm. [The scenes of violence in the third act] are out of keeping with the rest of the piece [Tenney, supplement #3, American Literary Realism, Autumn 1979 p.183].

October, 17 or 24 Saturday – In Berlin Sam answered another dinner invitation from William Walter Phelps.

Saturday noon. / I shall be there. There, & empty. Empty as a tunnel. But thankful in proportion. Mrs. Clemens will be with me. There is material in you for a Missourian — a Missourian of the first order [MTP].