The chancellor of the cathedral church of the Dublin and Glendalough dioceses (Anglican Communion), commonly called Christ Church Cathedral, wrote Clemens on 26 June (CU-MARK):

The Reverend Canon Charles Edward Tisdall (1822?–1905) was born in Dublin and received his academic degrees at Trinity College. In 1847 he was ordained a priest, and in 1863 assumed his position at Christ Church Cathedral, serving as chancellor until his death (Leslie). John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew (1823–74) was a noted elocutionist and orator who hosted a dinner for Clemens at the Langham Hotel in London in June 1873. The two men had met that May on board the Batavia en route from New York to Liverpool (Thompson, 82, 85). Charlotte Saunders Cushman (1816–76) was the most highly regarded dramatic actress of her day. In a letter of 3 March 1880, Tisdall recalled Clemens’s sending one of the requested autographs, probably Harte’s, and also asked for another charitable contribution, in aid of a destitute Dublin stage manager. In a note on the envelope, Clemens characterized Tisdall as “a man of perfectly indestructible cheek,” one of several London acquaintances who had done nothing “but beg favors of me which would make a brazen image blush” (CU-MARK).

Harte’s reply has not been found. Existing American copyright law did not explicitly deal with the issue of prior foreign publication. The London magazine may have been Temple Bar (see 15 Jan 75 to Howellsclick to open link).

The finished book was Tom Sawyer. The one in press was Sketches, New and Old.

Anna Griswold Harte ( L2 , 40 n. 2).