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In these stirring days facile American genius springs up, like brush fires, from coast to coast. IN THESE STIRRING DAYS FACILE AMERICAN GENIUS SPRINGS UP LIKE BRUSH FIRES FROM COAST TO COAST
al 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. In this hasty map we have gone up and down the hill, but the cross-street, Charles, although not so attractive, is nevertheless as rich in literary associations as any in Boston. Here lived, for a short time, at 164, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and at 131--also for a short time--Thomas Bailey Aldrich. It is, however, at 148, that we should longest pause. This, for many rich years, was the home of James T. Fields, that delightful man of letters who was the friend of many men of letters; he who entertained Dickens and Thackeray, and practically every foreign writer of note who visited this country; he who encouraged Hawthorne to the completion of the "Scarlet Letter," and he, who, as an appreciative critic, publisher, and editor, probably did more to elevate, inspire, and sustain the general literary tone of the city than any other single person. URITY IS AGAIN COMING INTO ITS OWN POSSESSES JULIA WARD HOWE'S HOUSE AT NO THIRTEEN THAT OF MOTLEY THE HISTORIAN AT SIXTEEN AND OF PARKMAN AT FIFTY IN THIS HASTY MAP WE HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN THE HILL BUT THE CROSS STREET CHARLES ALTHOUGH NOT SO ATTRACTIVE IS NEVERTHELESS AS RICH IN LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS AS ANY IN BOSTON HERE LIVED FOR A SHORT TIME AT ONE SIXTY FOUR OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AND AT ONE THIRTY ONE ALSO FOR A SHORT TIME THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIDGE IT IS HOWEVER AT ONE FORTY EIGHT THAT WE SHOULD LONGEST PAUSE THIS FOR MANY RICH YEARS WAS THE HOME OF JAMES T FIELDS THAT DELIGHTFUL MAN OF LETTERS WHO WAS THE FRIEND OF MANY MEN OF LETTERS HE WHO ENTERTAINED DICKENS AND THACKERAY AND PRACTICALLY EVERY FOREIGN WRITER OF NOTE WHO VISITED THIS COUNTRY HE WHO ENCOURAGED HAWTHORNE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE SCARLET LETTER AND HE WHO AS AN APPRECIATIVE CRITIC PUBLISHER AND EDITOR PROBABLY DID MORE TO ELEVATE INSPIRE AND SUSTAIN THE GENERAL LITERARY TONE OF THE CITY THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE PERSON
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