June 28 Wednesday – In London, England Sam wrote a PS to his telegram (not extant) to Mr. Massee (possibly George Edward Massee (1850-1917), principal assistant at Kew Gardens and internationally known scientist—specifically a mycologist and lichenologist—and President of the British Myological Society from 1850-1917) [MTP]. Note: this mis-dated in file as 1907; It may also be 1900.

As soon as I saw my wife this evening & told her about my talk with you she reminded me that I could not put aside a dinner-engagement three weeks old, & said I must telegraph you & save you as much trouble as I could—& so I telegraphed. But it was to no avail, for the tickets arrived half an hour afterward. The daughters are deeply disappointed to miss the Masque, & so are my wife and myself, but we thank you very sincerely…[MTP].

Sam’s notebook: “Max O’R — St. Paul’s school (a.m.)” [NB 40 TS 57]. Note: Max O’Rell’s. See June 30. Note: Fatout lists Mark Twain speaking at St. Paul’s School, London [MT Speaking 666].

J.G. Huneker mentioned Mark Twain in Musical Courier, p. 23. Tenney: “(Source: Quoted by Robert Falk in The Victorian Mode in American Fiction, 1865-1885 (1965) p.165.) ‘Mr. Clemens is one of the most original writers America has produced and more of an artist than is generally believed. Being a humorous soul the public was slow to recognize his power in other fields. I pin my faith on Huckleberry Finn. For me it is the great American novel, even if it is written for boys ’” [30].