To
Robert Eden
1–4 September 1878 • Ouchy, Switzerland (MS facsimile: sales catalog, AAA/Anderson Galleries, 29–30 January 1936, lot 115, UCCL 09278)
1–4 September 1878 • Ouchy, Switzerland (MS facsimile: sales catalog, AAA/Anderson Galleries, 29–30 January 1936, lot 115, UCCL 09278)
inscribed on the front flyleaf of a blank notebook:
To.
Rev. Robert Eden with the kindest remembrances of the author (i.e., th inventor) of this book:
Samℓ. L. Clemens
Mark
Twain
This is my latest & most innocent work.
S. L. C.
References
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS facsimile, AAA/Anderson Galleries catalog, 29–30 January 1936, lot 115.
AAA/Anderson Galleries catalog, 29–30 January 1936, lot 115, transcript; MicroPUL, reel 1.
According to the catalog, laid in the notebook is “an autograph statement by Alan O’Claughton”: “This note book was given to Rev. Robert Eden (English chaplain at Lausanne in 80’s) by Clements who had been staying at the same hotel as my late Mother-in-law (Mrs. Morse) and the family. Rev. R. Eden and the Morses were intimate friends and he gave it to Mrs. Morse on her leaving for home. [¶] I was told Clements handed the little book to Eden with a grave expression on his face, referred to their happy meeting and trusted he would take the little token of friendship. Eden received it with all due solemnity and murmured thanks—till he examined his gift. Alan O’Claughton.” Most of the Clemens items offered for sale in this catalog were from the collection of Irving S. Underhill.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.