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The Mistress Of The Manse
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268 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1874
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About the author
J.G. Holland
296 books3 followersJosiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was an American novelist and poet who also wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb. He helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly (afterwards the Century Magazine), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter Sweet" (1858), "Kathrina", the lyrics to the Methodist hymn "There's a Song in the Air", and many others.
Born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, on July 24, 1819, Holland grew up in a poor family struggling to make ends meet. After a time, Josiah was forced to work in a factory to help the family. He then spent a short time studying at Northampton (Massachusetts) High School before withdrawing due to ill health. Later he studied medicine at Berkshire Medical College, where he took a degree in 1844.
Holland died on October 12, 1881, at the age of 62, in New York City. Holland is buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts. His gravestone includes a bas-relief portrait sculpted by eminent American 19th-century sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and includes the Latin inscription "Et vitam impendere vero" meaning "to devote life to truth".
Although his literary products are rarely read today, during the late nineteenth century they were enormously popular, and more than half a million volumes of Holland's writings were sold. He is also remembered today for his contributions as an editor. Holland and his wife were frequent correspondents and family friends of poet Emily Dickinson.
Born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, on July 24, 1819, Holland grew up in a poor family struggling to make ends meet. After a time, Josiah was forced to work in a factory to help the family. He then spent a short time studying at Northampton (Massachusetts) High School before withdrawing due to ill health. Later he studied medicine at Berkshire Medical College, where he took a degree in 1844.
Holland died on October 12, 1881, at the age of 62, in New York City. Holland is buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts. His gravestone includes a bas-relief portrait sculpted by eminent American 19th-century sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and includes the Latin inscription "Et vitam impendere vero" meaning "to devote life to truth".
Although his literary products are rarely read today, during the late nineteenth century they were enormously popular, and more than half a million volumes of Holland's writings were sold. He is also remembered today for his contributions as an editor. Holland and his wife were frequent correspondents and family friends of poet Emily Dickinson.
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October 12, 2014
The Mistress of the Manse is, in my mind, primarily of interest in a historical context. Written in the 1870s, the themes of reconciliation between the Northern and Southern states were in fact quite contemporary when it was released. It is, in this sense, an extended poetic metaphor for the Reconstruction.
And therein lies the problem, in terms of reading this book for my pleasure. It's Victorian poetry. Hundreds of pages of it, and not of the quality one sees in similar works that maintain greater recognition in the 21st century. If you have a taste for the florid and overwrought, or are reading Reconstruction literature for a research project, I recommend this.
And therein lies the problem, in terms of reading this book for my pleasure. It's Victorian poetry. Hundreds of pages of it, and not of the quality one sees in similar works that maintain greater recognition in the 21st century. If you have a taste for the florid and overwrought, or are reading Reconstruction literature for a research project, I recommend this.
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