August 24 Monday – In Marienbad, Germany Sam wrote to Frederick J. Hall.
I am mailing you to-day in separate envelopes, 3 letters for McClure. He may publish them in any order he prefers.
August 23 Sunday – In Marienbad:
One of the most curious things in these countries is the street manners of the men and women. In meeting you they come straight on without swerving a hair’s breadth from the direct line and wholly ignoring your right to any part of the road. At the last moment you must yield up your share of it and step aside, or there will be a collision. I noticed this strange barbarism first in Geneva twelve years ago.
August 22 Saturday – In Marienbad:
August 21 Friday – In Marienbad:
The building is a folly ruin constructed by builder Fridrich Zickler in 1876. It is 20 metres high and there are 100 steps leading to the top from which there are superb views and an information panel that helps visitors identify points of interest in the landscape.
August 20 Thursday – In Marienbad:
I went up to the Aussichtthurm the other day. This is a tower which stands on the summit of a steep hemlock mountain here; a tower which there isn’t the least use for, because the view is as good at the base of it as it is at the top of it. But Germanic people are just mad for views — they never get enough of a view — if, they owned Mount Blanc, they would build a tower on top of it.
August 19 Wednesday – In Marienbad:
August 18 Tuesday – In Marienbad:
August 17 Monday – In Marienbad after a few days Sam took part in the baths.
The crowds that drift along the promenade at music time twice a day are fashionably dressed after the Parisian pattern, and they look a good deal alike, but they speak a lot of languages which you have not encountered before, and no ignorant person can spell their names, and they can’t pronounce them themselves.
August 16 Sunday – In Marienbad, Germany Sam wrote to Clarence C. Buel of the Century Co., explaining his cable of the previous day.