Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III TEACHING SCHOOL IN BOSTON (1871-1872) To Charles Hale 91 Boylstox Street, Monday evening, February 20, 1871. Dear Charley, — You must know that I have agreed to edit the newspaper of the Frencli Fair, which is to come off here April 10. There will be six daily numbers. Think of my getting into an Editorial chair! I wrote to Emma to put her up to collecting me some trifles of a foreign nature, and I hope you will feel like sending me cuttings from papers not likely to reach here, and that, perhaps, you will write something — with the flavour of your chapters of our Nile novel, for example. I don't mean to write at all myself if I can help it, that is, to speak of, but to inspire all the distinguished to write. I have just been to see Dan Curtis and Mrs. about it, and they are very cordial, and promise to be as funny as they can. But of course the danger is that all outsiders will leave me in the lurch at the last moment. I enclose a " circular " with particulars. Now I want to tell you that the other evening I met your friend Howells for the first time. I have called on Mrs. H. once or twice but always missed her. He has promised me " something" for my newspaper. There is a great upheaving for this fair, and everybody has got a table or an album or a collection of some sort, and theatricals and private concerts have already been given to swell the proceeds. Truly yours, Susie. History Of A Long Day (FoR You And Annie) Boston, Sunday, March 19, 1871. This day has been so long that it seems exactly as if there had never been any other day; the annals of my former life are like the evidences of a pre- existent state. I have a general impression of being born of poor but honest parents; vague reminiscences of a happy childhood, dim recollectio...