October 31 Monday – At the Grosvenor Hotel in N.Y.C. Sam wrote to Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Dear Wood: / I have read “A Masque of Love” with strong pleasure. It is a beautiful poem & wise & deep. What Alp shall you subdue next? You were an able instructor of West Point lads in the science of war; then you took up the law & distinguished yourself in that profession; & now you have proven that you are a poet. Well, go on, old time friend; the more triumphs you achieve the better will be pleased [MTP]. Note: Wood was in the West Point class of 1874; he became a prominent attorney and leader of the Anti-Imperialist League in Portland, Ore. See also other entries and Gribben 782. The book-length poem was published in 1904 by Walter Hill of Chicago.