November 1895 Issue [Article] Literary Boston thirty years ago Download PDF Adjust Share by William Dean Howells, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF 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 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