Sketches and reminiscences of the Radical Club of Chestnut Street, Boston
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880. 12mo, pp. xii, 418; frontispiece and one plate; dark olive boards, gilt title on spine; bookplate of Fitchburg Historical Society, text clean and sound, very good. Mary Elizabeth Fiske Seargent was founder of Boston's Radical Club, which was hosted out of the Seargents' house. It was "a highly notable literary society that met weekly in their home with authors like Longfellow, Emerson and Whittier." (American Academy of Dramatic Arts) Contributions to this volume include works by John Greenleaf Whittier, Emerson, Henry James, William H. Channing, Samuel Longfellow, etc. Item #69898
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