Memories of a hostess
Subtitle: a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields
By: by M.A. DeWolfe Howe.
Contributors: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915.; Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 -- Friends and associates.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870,; Fields, Annie, 1834-1915,; Friendship -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Actors -- United States -- Biography.; Actors.; Boston (Mass.) -- Intellectual life.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Taken from the diaries of a member of Boston's famous late 19th-century literary scene, this book profiles several prominent writers and artists, including Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Sarah Orne Jewett and others.
Table of contents: title: The house and the hostess; title: Dr. Holmes, the friend and neighbor; title: Concord and Cambridge visitors; title: With Dickens in America; title: Stage folk and others; title: Sarah Orne Jewett.