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One also likes to recall that Jenny Lind was married at number 20. Chestnut Street  which after a period of social obscurity is again coming into its own  possesses Julia Ward Howe's house at number 13, that of Motley the historian at 16, and of Parkman at 50. ONE ALSO LIKES TO RECALL THAT JENNIE LYNDE WAS MARRIED AT NO TWENTY CHESTNUT STREET WHICH AFTER A PERIOD OF SOCIAL OBSCURITY IS AGAIN COMING INTO ITS OWN POSSESSES JULIA WARD HOWE'S HOUSE AT NUMBER THIRTEEN THAT OF MOTLEY THE HISTORIAN AT SIXTEEN AND OF PARKMAN AT FI
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. 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. ERATURE 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 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
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