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/ >