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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 28 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 10 0 Browse Search
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 7: passion flowers 1852-1858; aet. 33-39 (search)
turn to walk the street, In dangerous singleness, And run, as bravely as I might, The gauntlet of the press. And when I passed your balcony Expecting only blows, From height or vantage-ground, you stooped To whelm me with a rose. A rose, intense with crimson life And hidden perfume sweet-- Call out your friends, and see me do My penance in the street. She writes her sister Annie:-- My book came out, darling, on Friday last. You have it, I hope, ere this time. The simple title, Passion Flowers, was invented by Scherb A German scholar, at this time an habitue of the house. and approved by Longfellow. Its success became certain at once. Hundreds of copies have already been sold, and every one likes it. Fields foretells a second edition-it is sure to pay for itself. It has done more for me, in point of consideration here, than a fortune of a hundred thousand dollars. Parker quoted some of my verses in his Christmas sermon, and this I considered as the greatest of honors.
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 11: no. 19
Boylston place
: later Lyrics --1866; aet. 47 (search)
ies of our party are all there. I feel a certain enthusiasm in my work and subject, but do not communicate it to the audience, which seemed fatigued and cold; all at least but Pierce, Agassiz, and Davis. Had I done well or ill to read it? . . . Some soul may have carried away a seed-grain of thought. August 11.... To Mount Holyoke in the afternoon. The ascent was frightful, the view sublime. In the evening went to read to the insane people at the asylum; had not Later Lyrics, but Passion Flowers. Read from this and recited from the other. Had great pleasure in doing this, albeit under difficulties. Finished second Tribune letter and sent it. Back at the Valley, she plunges once more into Fichte; long hours of study, varied by picnics and sailing parties. To church at St. Mary's. X. preached. The beginning of his sermon was liberal,--the latter half sentimental and sensational. The love of Christ constraineth us, but he dwelt far too much on the supposition of a pe
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 8: divers good causes 1890-1896; aet. 71-77 (search)
ecember, 1895, appeared her first volume since Margaret Fuller, a collection of essays, published under the title of the opening one, Is Polite Society Polite? In the preface she says:-- I remember, that quite late in the fifties, I mentioned to Theodore Parker the desire which I began to feel to give living expression to my thoughts, and to lend to my written words the interpretation of my voice. Parker, who had taken a friendly interest in the publication of my first volumes, Passion Flowers and Words for the hour, gave his approval also to this new project. The great desire of the age, he said, is for vocal expression. People are scarcely satisfied with the printed page alone: tley crave for their instruction the living voice and the living presence. ... Of the title essay she says:-- I remember that I was once invited to read this essay to a village audience in one of the New England States. My theme was probably one quite remote from the general thought of my h
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Index (search)
; birth of first child, 96; settles at South Boston, 102-07; at Green Peace, 111, 112; birth of second daughter, 112; brother Marion's death, 130; birth of first son, 130, of third daughter, 133; second trip to Europe, 133-35; publication of Passion Flowers, 136-44, of Words for the Hour, 144, and of The World's Own, 144-45; edits paper for her children, 162-64; trip to Cuba, 173-76; publication of A Trip to Cuba, 176; Tribune letters, 176; birth and death of second son, 178-84; writing of Battarkman, Francis, I, 379; II, 54. Parliament of Religions, II, 178, 184. Parnell, C. S., II, 4, 5. Parnell, Delia, II, 4. Parnell, Fanny, II, 4. Parsons, verse by, II, 115. Parthenon, I, 274. Pascarello, Sig., II, 255. Passion Flowers, I, 59, 106, 135, 137, 142, 162, 251; II, 211. Pater, Walter, II, 168. Patti, Adelina, II, 5. Paul, Jean, I, 67. Peabody, A. P., I, 210. Peabody, F. G., II, 127. Peabody, Lucia, II, 260. Peabody, Mary, see Mann. Peace