Julia Ward Howe

From Literary Boston of Today
Julia Ward Howe - The Battle Hymn of the Republic

"Mine Eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord . . . "

Literary Boston of Today (1902)

Wishing I could travel back in time to Boston of 1902.

Literary Boston of Today [1902]
by Helen Maria Winslow
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1902

Dogs of Noted Americans (1888)

As a dog lover, this two-part article caught my eye. It is from St. Nicholas magazine, Volume 15, Part 2 for May to October 1888. I found these articles while looking for the name of Mrs. Deland's dog.

Dogs of Noted Americans

Part I

• General James A. Garfield
• General Robert E. Lee
• Edward Eggleston
• John G. Whittier
• Constance F. Woolson
• Frances Hodgson Burnett

Part II

• John Burroughs
• T. G. Aldrich
• Frank R. Stockton
  

Mrs. Deland and Her Dog - Photo

This photo is from an article in Good Housekeeping Magazine, Volume 44, 1907, page 506. The dog is a "bob-tailed sheep dog . . . from the kennels of Mrs. Richard Harding Davis".

The Truth of the Novel - by Margaret Deland

Articles by Margaret Deland published in The Independent, Volume 51, 1899:

• The Truth of the Novel
• The Ethics of the Novel
• The Value of the Novel
  

Margaret Deland's Reception Room

The following illustration is from the National Magazine, Volume 9, 1899, page 527. It depicts the reception room in Margaret Deland's home on Mount Vernon Street in Boston. The windowsill is lined with pots of hyacinths; and there are bookshelves against the wall.

Margaret Deland Comments on Dr. Lavendar

The central character in Margaret Deland's tales of Old Chester is the minister Dr. Lavendar. He is a wonderful character. One wishes he were a real person.

In an interview in the New York Times of March 28, 1920, Mrs. Deland has the following to say about Dr. Lavendar:

"She denied him a flesh-and-blood embodiment but she said he was a composite of her husband, and an uncle of hers, Dr. William Campbell, once President of Rutgers College. 'But Dr. Lavendar was also made up,' she said; 'I had thought of an old minister as a moving factor in a series of stories of plain folk; so I just put certain qualities, like butter and eggs, together, and Dr. Lavendar was the cake.'"

The article goes on to say that people had written to Mrs. Deland to ask for Dr. Lavendar's address so that they might put themselves under his spiritual guidance. It would indeed be wonderful to have someone like Dr. Lavendar in one's life. He is a wonderful combination of common sense and spiritual light and has a way with those who seek his guidance in Mrs. Deland's tales of Old Chester.