 Harte's short story "The Luck of Roaring Camp" appeared in the magazine's second issue, propelling him to nationwide fame.When word of Charles Dickens's death reached Harte in July 1870, he immediately sent a dispatch across the bay to San Francisco to hold back the forthcoming issue of the "Overland Monthly" for 24 hours so that he could compose the poetic tribute, "Dickens in Camp".Harte's fame increased with the publication of his satirical poem "Plain Language from Truthful James" in the September 1870 issue of the "Overland Monthly".