TWAIN

saying that with his permission I desire to say to those societies in London & other cities of Great Britain under whose auspices I have partly promised to lecture, that I am called home by a cable telegram. I shall spend, with my family, the greater part of next year here, & may be able to lecture... during the autumn upon such scientific topics as I know least about & may consequently feel least trameled in dilating upon..., 1 side 8vo., written upside down on a piece of paper, headed 52 Bond Street, crossed out, London, 5th November together with an autograph letter signed by Tom Hood headed Mark Twain's Lecture and sending the instruction Please pass two & oblige..., 1 side 8vo., Fun Office, Fleet Street headed paper, 16th December