December 19 Saturday – Sam may have stayed overnight in Dresden or returned late Dec. 18.

“Playing Courier” first ran as “The Tramp Abroad Again: II. Playing Courier” in The Illustrated London News on this day and also Dec. 26 [Budd, Collected 1000].

Author’s Club sent Sam a printed “Confidential” notice that “of those who answered, eighty-eight…positively promise to contribute to the proposed book, and two decline” [MTP]. MTP listed as Dec. 12, postmarked Dec. 23 and printed with this date.