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I do not think that such a fact would now move the fancy of the liveliest newspaper man, so much has the West since returned upon the East in a refluent wave of authorship. But then the West was almost an unknown quality in our literary problem; and in fact there was scarcely... Read Full Overview

Literary Boston As I Knew It is a memoir written by William Dean Howells, an American author and literary critic. The book provides a detailed account of Howells' experiences and observations of the literary scene in Boston during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Howells... Read Full Overview

Literary Boston as I Knew It (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance), has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary... Read Full Overview

Among my fellow-passengers on the train from New York to Boston, when I went to begin my work there in 1866, as the assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly, was the late Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, who created in a subordinate city a journal of metropolitan... Read Full Overview

""Literary Boston As I Knew It"" is a memoir written by William Dean Howells, an American author and literary critic who was a prominent figure in the literary scene of Boston during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book provides a detailed account of Howells' experiences... Read Full Overview