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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XIII: Oldport Days (search)
ever, but I can stand it if they can. . . . I have a new admirer, partially insane, like most of mine. The Higginsons made their home in a boardinghouse kept by a gentle Quaker lady, and of their hostess Colonel Higginson wrote:— Dear Mrs. Dame is as lovely as ever, and when she has young kittens to drown, warms the water to save their feelings. And of the Newport Quakers in general:— They seem like a kind of mild and virtuous machines from oldest to youngest, without passions ongenial spirits, and Mrs. Howe's home was always an attractive resort. Describing a visit to this spot, he exclaimed,—delicious there in valley! The sight and smell of wild flowers refreshed my soul—they are so rare here. To Newport and to Mrs. Dame's table drifted in those days sundry bright women, whose sparkling conversation and witty repartees made meal-time a brilliant occasion. One of these gifted women was Helen Hunt, who became an intimate friend of the Higginsons. The Colonel w
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, Index (search)
336, 337. Crane, Walter, 340. Crawford, Marion, and Higginson, 354, 355. Crothers, Rev. Samuel M., officiates at Colonel Higginson's funeral, 399-401. Cummings, Rev., Edward, 366. Curson, Mrs., the Higginsons live with, 105, 106. Curtin, Gov., and Higginson's plan, 204, 205. Curtis, Daniel, and Higginson, 42, 43. Curtis, George William, and anti-slavery, 142. Cushman, Charlotte, described, 130, 131. Dall, Mrs. C. H., 141; on Mademoiselle and her Campaigns, 157. Dame, Mrs., a Quaker, 255, 258. Dana, Richard H., about Higginson, 320. Darwin, Charles, account of, 324; visit to, 334. Decoration Day, a poem, 273, 340. Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson, 396, 398, 428. Devens, Charles, appeal to, 111, 112. Dickens, Charles, 339; reaction against, 336. Dickens, Child Pictures from, 277, 410. Dickinson, Emily, Higginson's acquaintance with, 312, 313; letters and poems of, edited, 368, 369. Disunion, plan for, 181, 182. Dobel