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It seems delightfully fitting that Louisburg Square  that very exclusive and very English spot which probably retains more of the quaint atmosphere and customs of an aristocratic past than any other single area in the city  should have been the home of the well beloved William Dean Howells. IT SEEMS DELIGHTFULLY FITTING THAT LOUISBOURG SQUARE THAT VERY EXCLUSIVE AND VERY ENGLISH SPOT WHICH PROBABLY MAINTAINS MORE OF THE QUAINT ATMOSPHERE AND CUSTOMS OF AN ARISTOCRATIC PAST THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE AREA IN THE CITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE HOME OF THE WELL LOVED WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
can craftsmanship ever since. If you should walk up and down the chessboard of Beacon Hill--taking the knight's move occasionally across the narrow cross-streets--you could not help treading the very squares which were familiar to the feet of that generation of authors which has permanently stamped American literature. At 55 Beacon Street, down near the foot of the hill and facing the Common, still stands the handsome, swell-front, buff-brick house where Prescott, the historian, lived. On Mount Vernon Street (which runs parallel to Beacon, and which, with its dignified beauty, won the approval of that connoisseur of beautiful streets--Henry James) one can pick out successively the numbers 59, 76, 83, 84, the first and last being homes of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and the other two distinguished by the residence of William Ellery Channing and Margaret Deland. Pinckney Street runs parallel with Mount Vernon, and the small, narrow house at number 20 was one of the homes of the Alcott family. EVER SINCE IF YOU SHOULD WALK UP AND DOWN THE CHESSBOARD OF BEACON HILL TAKING THE NIGHT'S MOVE OCCASIONALLY ACROSS THE NARROW CROSS STREETS YOU COULD NOT HELP TREADING THE VERY SQUARES WHICH WERE FAMILIAR TO THE FEET OF THAT GENERATION OF AUTHORS WHICH HAS PERMANENTLY STAMPED AMERICAN LITERATURE AT FIFTY FIVE BEACON STREET DOWN NEAR THE FOOT OF THE HILL AND FACING THE COMMON STILL STANDS THE HANDSOME SWELL FRONT BUFF BRICK HOUSE WHERE PRESCOTT THE HISTORIAN LIVED ON MOUNT VER NON STREET WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO BEACON AND WHICH WITH ITS DIGNIFIED BEAUTY WON THE APPROVAL OF THAT CONNOISSEUR OF BEAUTIFUL STREETS HENRY JAMES ONE CAN PICK OUT SUCCESSIVELY THE NUMBERS FIFTY NINE SEVENTY SIX EIGHTY THREE EIGHTY FOUR THE FIRST AND LAST BEING HOMES OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIDGE AND THE OTHER TWO DISTINGUISHED BY THE RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM ELLYRY CHANNING AND MARGARET DEALAND PINEY STREET RUNS PARALLEL WITH MOUNT VER NON AND THE SMALL NARROW HOUSE AT NO TWENTY WAS ONE OF THE HOMES OF THE ALCOTT FAMILY
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