September – In Weggis, Switzerland Sam wrote to Clara A. Nichols (his NB gives her address as 219 King’s Road Cheasea SW London )with a note to Chatto & Windus . He asked her to “complete the address at the bottom of this page, & mail THE PAGE to Messrs. Chatto & Windus,” adding at the bottom, “— quick”. The note to C&W directed them to put the page on one of the front fly leaves [MTP].

The Chautaquan for September included “Mark Twain’s Place in Literature,” p.61-14. Tenney: “MT has worked to overcome the handicap of his early reputation as a comic writer, and has done significant serious work. ‘While not a master of literary technique,’ he surpasses his contemporaries in the directness, clarity, and vividness of his prose” [27].