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/ >