Born into an anti-slavery family of eight children, Howells aided his family by setting type in his journalist father's printing office.
Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" and referred to as one of the "luminaries of the stage" (61).
Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" and referred to as one of the "luminaries of the stage" (61).
Hyman quotes Kerr: "the Mercury's editor, Robert Henry Newell, detested Whitman's poetry, but loved [Adah] Menken, and she was able to beguile the editor into running her tribute" (59).
Born into an anti-slavery family of eight children, Howells aided his family by setting type in his journalist father's printing office.
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