I knew I should have looked ahead, but I'm still in 1879. I haven't added much to my project until 1896. On 1/20/23 13:13, Leslie MYRICK wrote: > The Twichell excerpt reappears in MTDBD under 3 February 1882, when > Frechette was a guest of the Friday Evening Club at the Clemens's home. > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 4:06 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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/ >> -- /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/