Romantic Days in Old Boston - The Story of the City and of Its People During the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

1910. With numerous illustrations. Contents: The Molding of a City; Brook Farm: An Essay in Socialism; The Real Zenobia; When the Slave Was a Hero; Wendell Phillips: Agitator; Theodore Parker and His Music Hall Pulpit; Boston's Share in the Irrepressible Conflict; The Old Boston Theaters and Their Stars; Some Artists and Musicians Who Made the City Famous; Social Queens and the World They Ruled; The Old Time Hostelries and Their Stages; The Great Boston Fire; Some Famous Visitors and the Way We Entertained Them; and Boston as a Literary Center.