Thank you, Barbara. I've made note of this in my Day By Day entry in my website project. Who knows when this will be made public, though. On 1/20/23 12:47, Barbara Schmidt wrote: > Scott, > > I do not have a copy of Twichell's journals, but it seems Andrews may have > misdated or misread Twichell's journal entry date. Other sources, > including MARK TWAIN'S NOTEBOOKS AND JOURNALS, VOL. 2 indicate Frechette > visited Twain in Hartford in early 1882, (p. 414). In Fatout's MARK TWAIN > SPEAKING he reprints a toast Clemens gave to Frechette and indicates the > two first met in Montreal in 1881 (p. 166). Frechette, by the way, was a > brother to William D. Howells's brother-in-law. > > It looks to me like Andrews misdated Twichell's journal entry and then DBD > compounded the error. > > Barb > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 1:55 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Thank you. I actually have an account there but failed to not the >> "borrow for one hour" button. Alas Andrews does not provide a date for >> the Fréchette feté. >> >> On 1/20/23 10:55, Leslie MYRICK wrote: >>> Hi Scott, >>> You can find a copy of Andrews on the Internet Archive site, where you >> can >>> borrow it (requires registration). >>> This is always my first stop when I can't get to a library quickly. >>> https://archive.org/details/nookfarmmarktwai0000andr >>> Leslie >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 1:41 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>>> I've come across an enigmatic entry in Day By Day for January 12, 1879 >>>> >>>> January 12 Sunday – the Clemenses loved to entertain, something expected >>>> of many Nook Farm residents. according to Twichell’s journal, a dinner >>>> was given at Sam’s for Louis Fréchette, Poet Laureate of Canada: >>>> >>>> “M.T. /never was/ so funny as this time. The perfect art of a certain >>>> kind of story telling will die with him. No one beside /can/ ever equal >>>> him, I am sure” [Andrews 92]. >>>> >>>> This doesn't make much sense to me as Twichell was not in Munich in 1879 >>>> and Sam was not at Nook Farm. I believe the Andrews reference is to >>>> Andrews, Kenneth R. /Nook Farm – Mark Twain’s Hartford Circle. /Seattle: >>>> University of Washington Press, 1950. I don't have access to that. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >>>> >> -- >> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >> -- /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/