October 10 Monday – In Kaltenleutgeben, Austria, Sam wrote to Edward W. Bok, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal.

A good deal of the Autobiography is written, but I never work on it except when a reminiscence of some kind crops up in a strong way & in a manner forces me; so it is years too early yet to think of publishing— except now & then at long intervals a single chapter, maybe. I intend to do that. Someday. But it would not answer for your magazine.

Sam told of writing “a few days ago” what he labeled Chaper XIV, “My Debut as a Literary Person.” Livy edited it and approved it “with enthusiasm—this is unusual” and directed him to send it to replace “My Platonic Sweetheart,” but on his way to the village post office he realized there was an objectionable sentence in it so he “blocked that scheme” [MTP].