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Howells in Spain In October 1911 Howells travelled to Spain. Does anybody know, by chance,who were the persons who accompanied him in this trip or where could I find information regarding this issue? | |
Howells Quotation on Travel and Authorship: reprised Charles Baraw baraw63 at mac.com 7-15-06 | |
Howells and Moorefield Although well known throughout the world, WDH is hardly recognized by the historians in this area of Ohio in which he was nurtured. I am speaking about a little community in Harrison County Ohio called Moorefield. Moorefield is where his family moved and lived by an uncle for a while when he was growing up. I know that he had to have been given some education here because we did have numerous country schools during that time. One our teachers was George Armstrong Custer, who would have been about the same age as Howells, having been born in 1839. Howells was also an acquaintance and classmate of Edwin Stanton. I am researching his local early background at present, and wish to learn any information you have concerning that. | |
WDH and moving the literary center of the country to New York I hoped that maybe someone could help me with a research question. Where, exactly, does Edwin Cady declare that Howells moved the the literary center of the country with him to New York when he (Howells) moved from Boston in 1891? Also, does anyone know the details of Howells living arrangements between 1887-1891? It gets foggy in the biographies I have seen. Christopher T. Raczkowski,craczkow at indiana.edu 6/28/06 | You will have to do some hunting to get the details of WDH's living arrangements in this period. When I was trying to nail him down, I literally had to go through the published letters and note the addresses at the top of each letter. All through this period he seems to be moving from location to location. Partly there is the problem with the decline and death of Winnie. Partly it seems that he and Elinor rented apartments, sometimes for just a few months at a time, often in Manhattan, though New York seems to be a kind of pit stop during these years. Good luck. --Gary Culbert |
WDH and Verga I know that W.D.Howells wrote about Giovanni Verga, the Italian writer, but I couldn'find anything beacuse I don't know the titles of the things he wrote (maybe articles, or essays...) If someone can help me please write to me. |
.Gary Culbert 7-1-06 |
Howells Editions in Dust Jackets This is an address and email update to a query I made a few years ago. I am looking for books by Howells in their original paper dust jackets, especially the green cloth books published by Harper & Brothers in the 1900-1921 period. These had yellow dust jackets. Those I have found so far generally have sold for between $20 and $100, depending on title, edition and condition. I am a bookseller but am buying these for myself, not for resale. I'd like to build a full collection of all the Howells books that did have jackets. The earliest Howells title I've purchased so far in a paper dust jacket is "Stops of Various Quills," Harpers, 1895. (Note: some Howells titles from the 1890s had cloth dust jackets which are fairly common and I am less interested in these unless in really fine condition.) Also interested in signed Howells books, letters, photographs, etc. Thank you. Mark Godburn, The Bookmark, 520 Sheffield Plain Road, Sheffield, MA 01257. Email: sheffieldbooks at verizon.net Mark Godburn 5/18/06 | |
Howells Family Genealogy Hi, My name is William Howells Vinton and I was wondering if anyone knew William Cooper Howells and William Dean Howells' roots and if they have a family tree anywhere since then. The reason i am wondering is because obviously my name is Howells which apparently comes from my great-grandmothers maidon name. I was told that my great great grandfather was a writer so the timeline would be correct. This all could be coincidence but I was curious. Thank you. William Howells Vinton III, vinton.w at neu.edu | |
| Howells and Robert Louis Stevenson I have been reading Robert louis Stevenson's literary criticism and notice that, in his defence of 'romance' he makes fairly frequent reference to Howells as exemplifying the limitations of realism. Did Howells ever critique Stevenson's work in his Harper's Monthly column? arleen mccombieb.mccombie at btinternet.com 4/26/06 | I can't answer your query offhand, but there is background to what you came across. RLS was furious when A Modern Instance was published, as his wife had divorced her husband to marry RLS. He took the book as a personal affront and wrote an intemperate and insulting letter. His anger held even though he admitted WDH's kindness to him. He did not apologize for his response until 1893. Any work on RLS and WDH probably needs to take this into consideration. You may find a short summary of this event easily on page 267 of Lynn's biography of WDH. You can find WDH's review of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" in his Editor's Study column in Harper's Monthly for May, 1886. |
| Howells's Library (Martin Faber) I am trying to find out if Howells ever owned a particular novel (_Martin Faber_, by William Gilmore Simms). Was his personal library preserved after his death, and if so, have the contents been kept together in a particular location? I would appreciate any suggestions! Thanks so much! Elizabeth Ann Dietrich 3/9/06 | |
| "The Sea" Recently I ran into a song in a music book attributed to William Dean Howells and Edward MacDowell titled (at least in my music book) 'The Sea' with the lyrics as follows (printed in one block of text on my part): One sails away to see... one stands on the shore and cries; the ship goes down the world and the light on the sullen water dies. The whispering shell is mute, and after is evil cheer; she shall stand on the shore and cry in vain... many and many a year. But the stately wide-winged ship lies wrecked... on the unknown deep; far under, dead in his coral bed, the lover lies asleep... I recently went to try and find this in Howells' books and was having difficulty finding this in Howells' works. Is this correctly attributed to Howells, and if so, where might I find it? Where would I find some background information, critical essays, and commentary on it? Thanks, Ethan Sudman, ethansudman at comcast.net 3/6/06 | There's a partial answer to this on the Queries 1999 page, but if readers have more information, please send it to the site. |
| Howells and "moneywise" Hi, I found the following citation in the OED: | The reference would probably be to the following: Howells, William Dean, George Warren Arms, and Christoph K. Lohmann. Selected Letters, Volume 2, 1873-1881. Selected Edition of W.D. Howells ; V. 9. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1979. D. Campbell 2/25/06 ************* Gary Culbert |
Death date of Mildred Howells Dear Friends, Can anyone provide me with the year of death of Mildred Howells (born 1872), daughter of W. D. Howells? | Mildred Howells died on April 18, 1966 at age 93. Gary Culbert |
| Howells's dining life in New York Expanding on a past query, I would very much like to know if Howells, outside the novels, ever left evidence of his dining life in New York. He was obviously a keen eater, and A Hazard of New Fortunes is sprinkled with references to, or extended scenes in, little Italian, Spanish and French restaurants. I would love to know what restaurant served as the basis for "Maroni's" in that novel,and where it was that Howells referred to "Claret's," a mythical NY restaurant based on the real-life Sherry's. I am writing a history of New York restaurants, hence the question. William Grimes, grimes at nytimes.com 2/11/06 | |
| Howells's Voice : Is there any record of what Howell's sounded like--timber of voice, regional accent, etc.? I am quoting him in an informal talk and it would be nice to approximate his voice. Thanks steve.botts at transamerica. 2/8/06 | |
| A Howells Genealogy? Has there been genealogy done on Howells that I can access? I know his gggrandparents (mother's side) were: | |
| Rise of Silas Lapham and Lapham Rising Hi, I discovered William Dean Howells early last year--read A Modern Instance, The Rise of Silas Lapham, Indian Summer and A Hazard of New Fortunes in rapid succession--and, first, would like to thank you for this marvelous, informative site for an author who is now one of my favorites. |
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