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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 226 226 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 42 42 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 23 23 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 15 15 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 10 10 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 8 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 8 8 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 7 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 6 6 Browse Search
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904 6 6 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XIII: Oldport Days (search)
Bank of Faith in money matters, wrote the relieved author, when pretty low I always expect a windfall—so to-day came a letter from Lee & Shepard . . . with check for $247. 5 for sales since their failure . . . a very reassuring letter at once removing that uncertainty for the future which was my chief solicitude. This successful history was translated into French in 1875, and two editions were published. In 1876, a German version was printed, and it was translated into Italian in 1888. In May, 1879, the book was adopted by the Boston public schools. This seemed to the author a real access of fortune—yet I always think how little money can give after all. One of the best endorsements of the book came from a boy of eight, the son of a Harvard professor, who declared, I like your History of the United States about as well as the Odyssey. Another came from a teacher in North Carolina: My class is intensely interested in it [Young Folks' History]. The book has in it more to
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XIV: return to Cambridge (search)
still snow-clad, is far less picturesque and companionable than our New England mountains. It was impossible not to be drawn into politics and, in the fall of 1888, Colonel Higginson was nominated as Representative to Congress by the Democrats of the Fifth Congressional District. The question whether to accept this nominatio O papa, I'm so glad you are not elected. Restored to the quiet of his study, he edited, with his friend Mrs. Ella H. Bigelow, a volume of American Sonnets; in 1888, wrote his book Travellers and Outlaws; and on New Year's Day, 1889, the diary recorded: Looking forward also to my volume of poems, the fulfilled dream of a life;e was in frequent communication with Governor Russell and Mr. F. H. Rindge, of California, in reference to the public gifts of the latter to the city of Cambridge (1888). Mr. Richard H. Dana has called attention to the fact that when petitions or documents relating to public movements were brought to Colonel Higginson to endorse,
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, Bibliography (search)
oration. [Poem.] (In Scribner's Monthly, June.) Def. VI. Old Dutch Times in New York. (In St. Nicholas, Sept.） Same. (In Young Folks' History of the United States. 1875.) Editorials. (In Independent, Woman's Journal.) 1875 (Newport） English Statesmen. (Brief Biographies of European Public Men Series.) Edited the 3 other volumes in this series. Young Folks' History of the United States. Tr. into French (2 editions), Paris, 1875; into German, Stuttgart, 1876; into Italian, 1888. Questions on Higginson's Young Folks' History of the United States. For the use of teachers. Pph. Life of Emerson. (In Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.) The Word Philanthropy. (In Free Religious Association. Freedom and Fellowship in Religion.) Def. VI. Introductory Address, Free Religious Association. Pph. The Gymnasium and Gymnastics in Harvard College. (In Vaille and Clark, comp. Harvard Book, vol. 2.) 1876 (Newport） History of the Public School System in Rh<