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Jamaica Pond (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
s to whom it should be dedicated to, but finally decided on three girl friends and added, Now to business. Homesickness assailed him at first, but after a few days he got rather more comfortable, reading The Flirt and those beautiful poetical passages in the Devil's Progress. Apparently the young pedagogue, as he calls himself, had no trouble in teaching the boys or making friends with them. He took them with him on his long rambles in search of flowers, and describes a tramp around Jamaica Pond in cloth boots in a pouring rain and furious cold gale, adding, these walks are nothing. But he was criticized by Mr. Weld for being on too informal terms with his pupils, and the necessary school discipline proved a hard problem. School began at half-past 6, with an interval for breakfast, and then continued until eleven. There was also an evening session from seven to eight, described in the journal as the cursed evening school, which prevented other more attractive plans. His favo
Roxbury, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
e was a frequent visitor at the Perkins homestead, and after an acquaintance of a few months the cousins became engaged, Higginson being then a youth of nineteen. One of the absorbing interests of his little world at this time was magnetism, various members of the circle trying experiments upon each other. Nothing is spoken of here, he wrote, but the Community and Magnetism. The group of Brookline cousins often exchanged visits with the young people at the Community, or Brook Farm, in Roxbury, where in modern parlance the experiment of the simple life was being tried. Wentworth thus describes his first drive thither:— I had to ask the way to the Community—but we came in sight of it at last, and a pleasant looking place it was. We passed some young men belonging there with long hair, who had just been gathering flowers and looked happy as possible. . . . I was delighted with the appearance of everything—and was especially aroused by hearing that young Dana [later editor of<
Brookline (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
to become a private tutor in the family of his cousin, Stephen H. Perkins, of Brookline. The last days at Jamaica Plain he thus describes:— February 28. Schters removed to Brattleboro, Vermont, Wentworth transferred his belongings to Brookline where he was to teach the three sons of Mr. Perkins. He took with him a quanles, and he took part in their frequent meetings and merrymakings. It was in Brookline that he first met his second cousin, Mary Channing, daughter of Dr. Walter Ch is spoken of here, he wrote, but the Community and Magnetism. The group of Brookline cousins often exchanged visits with the young people at the Community, or Broded the poem in his volume called The Estray, the youth's cup was full. In Brookline, the young man had plenty of leisure for his favorite pursuits, for he wrote:I feel overflowing with mental energies—I will be Great if I can. While in Brookline, Higginson tried to live freely and simply like the birds and squirrels, decl
Jamaica Plain (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
uation, Wentworth Higginson began looking about for employment, and in June, 1841, was engaged by Mr. Samuel Weld, of Jamaica Plain, as assistant in his school for boys, at six hundred dollars per year. In August he wrote Parker, I succeeded in getting a good room [at Jamaica Plain] for $25 the year and board from $3 to $4 [per month]. Settled in this new room, he began at once another journal. He was at first in a quandary as to whom it should be dedicated to, but finally decided on three school and to become a private tutor in the family of his cousin, Stephen H. Perkins, of Brookline. The last days at Jamaica Plain he thus describes:— February 28. School for the last time—. . . Bid the boys good-bye quite satisfactorily—thm. These visitations lasted into middle life, but were eventually outgrown. In a letter written a year after leaving Jamaica Plain, Wentworth said:— You will be glad that I got hold of a stock of spirits this evening that may last me throa s
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
to languages wholesale. And in one evening he perpetrated four sonnets to Longfellow, Motherwell, Tennyson, and Sterling,— good—the best things perhaps I've written. From Ellery Channing he gleaned some items about the profits of literature:— Ellery has just been telling me about Hawthorne whom he thinks the only man in the country who supports himself by writing. He is enabled to do this as his expenses are very small. Ellery says he [Hawthorne] might live for $300, as he does at Concord —there his farm gives apples enough to pay his rent, $75. He sells these and fishes in the river in summer. His magazine articles are paid higher than any one's except Willis who gets $5 a page. He could get what he chooses, probably $30, $40 or $50 an article. He is to be a regular contributor to three magazines—the Pioneer, Sargent's, and the Democratic Review. This of course would give him $1000 to $1500 a year. He writes very slowly and elaborately. Willis probably can get $50
Brattleboro (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
hall never be so, I fear—for every now and then comes something and upsets me. Either a cloud that will pursue me—or sunbeam that I must pursue . . . and I sometimes sigh to see that I do not become calmer as I grow older. Even at this early age he declared, My great intellectual difficulty has been having too many irons in the fire. This was a trouble with which he was destined to contend always. A month later, in April, 1842, about the time that his mother and sisters removed to Brattleboro, Vermont, Wentworth transferred his belongings to Brookline where he was to teach the three sons of Mr. Perkins. He took with him a quantity of books which were throughout life inseparable companions in his wanderings. In preparation for this new position he had purchased a new flash vest! and reports, Promenaded the [Boston] streets in my silk attire till 7. Again, Took a walk after church— my new pants perfect. ... Walked out from Boston to Cambridge. My new boots pinched my feet so I c<
chool and to become a private tutor in the family of his cousin, Stephen H. Perkins, of Brookline. The last days at Jamaica Plain he thus describes:— February 28. School for the last time—. . . Bid the boys good-bye quite satisfactorily—they are really sorry to lose me, and I felt so too. . . . Had a delightful evening till near II packing—then home and worked like a horse till I—taking up the carpet and everything else. March 1. Rose before 6 and fixed things. . . .We got Mrs. Putnam's ladder and the wardrobe slid down very easily. Wentworth now went to his mother's in Cambridge for a few weeks, whence he wrote, An exquisite soft spring day which would have cheered the soul of a lobster–and it did mine. A few days later he added, Assumed my Cambridge state of mind. . . . I certainly intend to try—and not give way to the causeless melancholy I have occasionally fallen into heretofore, and resolved to wake up from my dreams and work. All through these ear
Ellery Channing (search for this): chapter 4
relatives within a radius of a few miles, and he took part in their frequent meetings and merrymakings. It was in Brookline that he first met his second cousin, Mary Channing, daughter of Dr. Walter Channing, and sister of the Concord poet, Ellery Channing. A few years older than himself, unworldly, intellectual, and brilliant in conversation, she proved a congenial companion. She was a frequent visitor at the Perkins homestead, and after an acquaintance of a few months the cousins became enbegun to dabble a little in the study of it—next winter I shall go into languages wholesale. And in one evening he perpetrated four sonnets to Longfellow, Motherwell, Tennyson, and Sterling,— good—the best things perhaps I've written. From Ellery Channing he gleaned some items about the profits of literature:— Ellery has just been telling me about Hawthorne whom he thinks the only man in the country who supports himself by writing. He is enabled to do this as his expenses are very sma
at Mr. Weld received his apology in ominous silence. The next day he wrote, Sleepy and homesick all day. The young teacher continued ineffectual efforts to like smoking, which he had decided in college days was a necessary accomplishment. His diary says, Got quite enthusiastic in reading about Student Life in Germany, got a pipe and smoked it as well as I could, and determined to get a meerschaum. But the experiment was a failure and later smoking was wholly abandoned. He added, Read Italian, having brought over [from Cambridge] my books and resolved to set about it resolutely. Read poetry by a moonlit window. Another evening after the pangs of toothache, genius burned, and he sat up until three in the morning writing blank verse. He read one of his poetical effusions to his family and they laughed at its sentimentality, which enraged me . . . went to bed angry and feeling unappreciated. Resolved to show them no more poetry. The youth's imagination was as vivid as a chil
Nathaniel Hawthorne (search for this): chapter 4
e wrote:— I have taken up reading very strong,—am much interested in Carlyle's Miscellanies and have quite a fancy for German—have begun to dabble a little in the study of it—next winter I shall go into languages wholesale. And in one evening he perpetrated four sonnets to Longfellow, Motherwell, Tennyson, and Sterling,— good—the best things perhaps I've written. From Ellery Channing he gleaned some items about the profits of literature:— Ellery has just been telling me about Hawthorne whom he thinks the only man in the country who supports himself by writing. He is enabled to do this as his expenses are very small. Ellery says he [Hawthorne] might live for $300, as he does at Concord —there his farm gives apples enough to pay his rent, $75. He sells these and fishes in the river in summer. His magazine articles are paid higher than any one's except Willis who gets $5 a page. He could get what he chooses, probably $30, $40 or $50 an article. He is to be a r
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