Memories of a Hostess: A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships Drawn Chiefly From the Diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields (Classic Reprint)

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Mrs. Fields From an early photograph; A Note of Acceptance Autograph of Julia Ward Howe; The Offending Dedication From First Edition of Hawthorne's "Our Old Home"; An Early Photograph of Dr. Holmes; Reduced Facsimile of Dr. Holmes's 1863 Address to the Alumni of Harvard; From the Play-bill of the Night of Dr. Holmes's "Great Round Fat Tear" (Shaw Theatre Collection, Harvard College Library); Facsimile of the Conclusion of Ultimus Smith's Declaration; Mrs. Fields From a crayon portrait made by Rowse in 1863; Fields, the Man of Books and Friendships; Louis Agassiz; Hawthorne in 1857; From a Letter of Hawthorne's After a Visit to Charles Street; Emerson From the Marble Statue by Daniel Chester French in the Concord Public Library; A Corner of the Charles Street Library; From a Note of Emerson's to Mrs. Fields

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