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"The Bookery," Godey's Lady's Book, Jan 1896 to July 1898
"The Bookery" is a column in Godey's Lady's Book that recounts the magazine's newest book recommendations, complete with summaries, information about the authors, and short critiques. The column covers all kinds of social and cultural topics and…
"A Dish of Italian Scandal," Chicago Tribune, Oct 18, 1872
This reprint of a Boston Adertiser Letter by Brewster recounts a quarrel between the Saxon Duchess Marguerite and King Victor Emmanuel.
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"Art and Artists," Boston Evening Transcript, May 22, 1876
The reprint of a Brewster article in the Phildelphia Bulletin describes Alma Tadema's studio in Rome.
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"Our Artists in Rome," Public Ledger, Aug 16, 1876
The article reprints a part of a Brewster article for the Boston Advertiser in which the journalist lists US-American artists who left Rome to spend the summer elsewhere. Brewster mentions Story and Tilton among others.
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"Some Curious Particulars About the Illness and Habits of the Pope," Jackson County Banner, May 24, 1877
This reprint from the Philadelphia Bulletin speaks to the Pope's health and favorite food.
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Note about Brewster Article, The Bucks County Gazette, Feb 2, 1882
The note refers to a Brewster article for the Boston Advertiser. It mentions the Baroness von Bulow who, according to Brewster, shows "devotion" to her grandfather Liszt.
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"How Charlotte Cushman Came to Play 'Nancy Sykes,'" The Superior Times, Oct 26, 1878
The reprint from Brewster's article for the Boston Advertiser speaks to Cushman’s performance as Nancy Sykes before she went to England. It is a glowing review and covers Cushman’s financial precarity and beginning of her career. The article is…
Frances Elliot's Roman Gossip (1894)
Elliot's account of Rome displays his experiences and descriptions of the city. The preface defends gossip as a valid source of information for "domestic" and "familiar" stories that add to those widely known.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
Godey's Lady's Book
Godey's Lady's Book, later known as Godey's Magazine, is an American magazine devoted to women's issues and is first published by L.A. Godey in 1830 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.In 1837, Sarah Josepha Hale becomes the editor of Godey's Lady's Book.…
Edward Dicey's Rome in 1860 (1861)
Dicey dedicated his work to the Brownings.On pages 100-102, Dicey muses about the Papal press.
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Katherine C. Walker's "American Studios in Rome and Florence," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1866
The article praises a range of US-American artists living and working in Rome, among who Story, Hosmer, Tilton, and Hiram Powers can be found. It advertises their studios to potential US-American travelers who pass through Rome on their way and…
Harper’s Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar is an American magazine founded by Harper & Brothers in New York in 1867. On the cover of its inaugural issue, the magazine describes itself as "a repository of fashion, pleasure, and instruction."Inspired by the Berlin magazine…
Vogue
Vogue is an American magazine founded by Arthur Baldwin Turnure in 1892 as a weekly high-society journal. It primarily focuses on New York City's social elite and covers news of the local social scene as well as reviews plays, books, and music. The…
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitanis an American women's magazine launched by the Schlicht & Field Company in 1886. It focuses on issues related to fashion, household decor, cooking, and other domestic interests. Over the years, serialized fiction, book reviews,…
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is an American women's magazine first published in Massachusetts in 1885. The magazine aims "to produce and perpetuate perfection [...] as may be attained in the household" and provides its readers with recipes, health advice, and…
Ladies Home Journal
Ladies Home Journal is a monthly American women's magazine first published by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia in 1883. Besides short and serial fictional stories, the magazine is devoted to any issues related to home life. It contains…
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine is a Scottish magazine founded in 1817 by William Blackwood. The magazine is originally established as a Tory counterweight to the Whiggish Edinburgh Review and quickly gains notoriety by publishing satire on the…
"Personal," The Evening Star, July 1, 1880
The Evening Star characterizes Anne Brewster as "the accomplished correspondent" and a salonnière at Rome, Palazzo Maldura. Next to the "Political Notes," there is a column of "Washington Gossip."
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Chronicling America
Reviews of St. Martin's Summer, Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1866
The list of reviews from different periodicals praises Brewster as a "cultivated mind" and the book as a "record of feelings."
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Chronicling America
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…