The author wishes to express her cordial thanks to Messrs HOUGHTON AND
MIFFLIN for their courtesy in allowing her to quote from the
“Reminiscences” of Julia Ward Howe (published by them in 1899) and from
“Julia Ward Howe” (published by them in 1916). She also desires to thank
Mrs. LAURA E. RICHARDS for her kind permission to quote from “The
Journals and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe” (published by Dana Estes &
Company in 1906).
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