Letter from Augusta J. Evans, Mobile, Alabama, to Rachel Lyons Heustis, January 4, 1860

Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, wishes her friend, Rachel, a happy New Year. She expresses that she would like to have Rachel with her when she travels to Europe. With the sales of her book, Beulah, doing well she is expecting to have time to do this. Augusta relates the books that she have r...

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Main Author: Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 (Correspondent)
Format: Electronic
Published: University of Alabama Libraries
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Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/19728
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Summary:Augusta Evans, an Alabama novelist, wishes her friend, Rachel, a happy New Year. She expresses that she would like to have Rachel with her when she travels to Europe. With the sales of her book, Beulah, doing well she is expecting to have time to do this. Augusta relates the books that she have read and her view that one must process an intimate knowledge of Dante. She tells of recent correspondence from Colonel Seaver, the most incorrigible of all punsters, Mr. Derby, and Nina Moses.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.