Memories of a Hostess by M.A. DeWolfe Howe circa 1922 lidded jar A charming piece of vintage

A charming piece of vintage Americana

to the exotic Meat Stuffed Prunes

whole lobsters

garden afficienando or flower enthusiast

while also feeling substantial in hand

Memories of a Hostess by M.A. DeWolfe Howe circa 1922 lidded jar A charming piece of vintage" addicted to every hospitality and every benevolence, addicted to the cultivation of talk and wit and to the ingenious multiplication of such ties as we could link the upper half of the title page with the lower" Henry James in 1915 on Mr. & Mrs. James Fields {HISTORY} Guests at the Boston literary salon of Mr. James & Annie Fields were a veritable who's who of prominent 19th century writers. Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ralph