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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, II: an old-fashioned home (search)
r 4 1/8 cents apiece; the clock for $3 3/4; and a little table in there for 1 cent. ... There was an old curious chair, which Mr. Morse finding he could not sell, broke. I was much obliged to him for I got a nice bat by it. Occasionally a bit of autobiography is found among the old letters, as this:— I vividly remember when I first swam above my depth in the Charles River. We boys had been learning to swim at a point in the river not far from the willows where we played and read Spenser's Faerie Queene. The first time I swam across from one point to another in this river was perhaps the proudest moment of my life. I had no feeling of fear, but one of great confidence. All along Mt. Auburn St. on the side bordering the river were apple trees and no houses. At the age of twelve the boy kept a diary of his own, from which it appears that one of his amusements was attending lectures on such subjects as these: The French Revolution, Ancient History, the poet Southey, a
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, Index (search)
, Sir, Walter, 339. Search for the Pleiades, A, 296, 415. Sewall, S. E., 193. Sharp, Professor, account of, 338, 339. Shaw, Robert Gould, Higginson writes verse about monument to, 388. Sims, Thomas, 142; the fugitive slave, 112– 15. Sixty and Six, a poem, 301. Smith, Joseph Lindon, 372; his outdoor theatre, 374. Smith College, influence of Higginson's writings on, 156, 157. Somerset, Lady, Henry, account of, 315. Soule, Silas, gains admission to prison, 198. Spenser, Herbert, account of, 335, 336. Spofford, Harriet Prescott. See Prescott, Harriet. Spooner, Lysander, kidnapping project, 195, 196. Stanley, Dean, described, 325. Stanley, Henry M., account of, 341, 342. Stevens, A. D. , 199, 200; project to rescue, 196-98; Higginson's letter to, 198, 199. Stewart, Capt., of Kansas, 151. Stone, Lucy, described, 97; Higginson's friendship with, 134-36; marries Henry Blackwell, 137. Storrow, Anne (Aunt Nancy), account of, 5, 6; and T. W. Hi