Boston Lyceum Bureau Advertising Circular
Prepared by James Redpath during May and June of 1869, this circular was intended to attract lecture engagements for Mark Twain during the 1869–70 season. It was in large part made up of press notices from the previous season’s tour. Redpath, who solicited copies of reviews from Clemens on 24 April 1869 (see 10 May 69 and 14 and 17 May 69, both to Redpath), eventually included eight extracts from seven newspapers: the Cleveland Herald (“Mark Twain and the Orphans,” 23 Jan 69, 3, and “Library Association—Lecture of ‘Mark Twain,’” 18 Nov 68, 8, the latter by Mary Mason Fairbanks [identified in the circular as “Another Cleveland journalist”]); the Newark (N.J.) Courier (probably 10 Dec 68); the Chicago Times (“The American Vandal Abroad,” 8 Jan 69, 3; misidentified as the Tribune); the Brooklyn Eagle (“Mark Twain on the Sandwich Islands,” 11 May 67, 3); the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune (“Mark Twain’s Lecture,” 23 Dec 68, no page; misidentified as the Republican); the Toledo Commercial (“Mark Twain,” 21 Jan 69, no page); and the Chicago Tribune (“Mark Twain,” 8 Jan 69, 4; misidentified as the Republican). .
Boston Lyceum Bureau circular, page 1 of a four-page folder. Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library (CU-MARK).
Boston Lyceum Bureau circular, page 2.
Boston Lyceum Bureau circular, page 3.
Boston Lyceum Bureau circular, page 4.
