November 18 Wednesday – In London Sam wrote two short notes to Chatto & Windus. In the first he noted “The book has come. Many thanks,” and enclosed something he wished to “shove” into the material going to Harper’s, not revealing he’d written it. In the second note he changed his mind:

I think it better to suppress the squib I mailed you to-day. It is not worth the powder, & moreover I find that the position taken is not invulnerable [MTP].

 Sam also wrote to the London Chronicle editor, enclosing a clipping about James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and his works being pirated in America.

There is copyright in America for the writings of all English authors. If Mr. Barrie’s books have been debauched there by the pirate it is no one’s fault but Mr. Barrie’s. That he should have allowed even one of his books to be raped is a strange thing; that he has looked indifferently on & seen the “most” of the family dishonored is a still stranger thing, & almost moves one to ask, Why cross the Atlantic to throw bricks when the person principally to blame is here & handier? / An American [MTP].