November 1895 Issue [Article] Literary Boston thirty years ago Download PDF Adjust Share by William Dean Howells, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 19th century American authors American periodicals Anecdotes Authors and publishers Boston Boston (Mass.) Celia Thaxter Edwin Percy Whipple George Ticknor Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Intellectual life J.T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge James R.(James Ripley) Osgood Julia Ward Howe Lucy Larcom Massachusetts Portraits Samuel Bowles Thomas Bailey Aldrich William Dean Howells Adjust Share