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A Woman to Love Only With Gifts and Other Fragments
A mixed fragment of 19th century prose and dispatches covers portraits of Louisa May Alcott, a Canton arsenal report on Chinese weapon production, and dubious political puffery attributed to Mayor Harrison. The piece blends literary reminiscence, foreign reporting, and a claim of patent medicine endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Chandler
Miss Alcott
Louisa Alcott
Dr. Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Chicago
Harrison
San Francisco
Europe
Norman
Gasette