November 20 Saturday – At the Metropole Hotel, Vienna, Austria, Sam wrote to Percy Spalding of Chatto & Windus. He sent his poem, “In Memoriam” for Susy. Livy needed 50 copies of, together with a large photo of Susy; he was tardy in requesting these copies [MTP]. See Nov. 30? To C&W.

The Critic (New York), p.307, ran a brief item on Mark Twain. Tenney: “On MT in Vienna, his speech before the Concordia literary association in broken German, narrowly escaping being photographed while inspecting the royal box at the new Burgtheater, and his plans to remain in Vienna for approximately eight months” [26]. Note: see Oct. 19 entry.

Harper’s Weekly p.1146 ran “This Busy World.” Tenney: “A brief note on MT cites a newspaper story on a banquet in his honor in Vienna and quotes a Times (London, n.d.) story on his attendance at a stormy all-night session of the Austrian parliament” [27].