Memories Of A Hostess A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships Drawn Chiefly from the Diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields

Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good+. 1922. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The pasted on spine label has some edge wear and nicking. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. This copy has been signed by Howe, with a short inscription, on the half title page. "He was the son of Bishop Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe. [2] In 1886, he graduated from Lehigh University and in 1887 from Harvard (A. M. , 1888) , where his son later taught law. He served as associate editor of the Youth's Companion from 1888 to 1893. In 1899 he married Fanny Huntington Quincy (1870–1933) , also an essayist and author, who was a sister to Josiah Quincy (1859–1919) and the daughter of Helen Fanny Huntington (1831–1903) & Josiah Phillips Quincy, poet, writer, and publicist. The couple had two sons and one daughter: Quincy Howe (1900-1977) , news analyst and author, Helen Huntington Howe (1905-1975) , monologuist and novelist who married Reginald Allen, and Mark De Wolfe Howe (1906-1967) , Harvard law professor, historian, biographer, civil rights leader. Howe returned to the editor role at Youth's Companion from 1899 to 1913, and also served as assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly in 1893-1895, and as editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin until 1913. He was also Vice President of the Atlantic Monthly company from 1911 to 1929. As an author he won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Barrett Wendell and His Letters. He was the editor of Harvard Volunteers in Europe in 1916. He received an honorary Litt. D. From Lehigh in 1916." ; Signed by Author .