October 1887 Issue [Fiction] April hopes (chaps. XLIII-XLVIII) Download PDF Adjust Share by William Dean Howells, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Boston Boston (Mass.) Courtship Fiction Massachusetts Social life and customs More from William Dean Howells The Good Citizen “I have just had a gratifying illustration of the conscientious perfection of the American people in enacting and enforcing a law when they are agreed that it is really for… Eighty years and after Reports Where youth survives Adjust Share