MARY
In the month of June, 1872, Mr. Edward Lynde, the
assistant cashier and bookkeeper of the Nautilus Bank
at Rivermouth, found himself in a position to execute
a plan which he had long meditated in...
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich is remembered only for his one children's novel, The Story of a Bad Boy (1869). He was, however, one of the most respected literary men of his time. Ranked with William Dean How...
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich established his reputation in 1865 when his poetry was enshrined by Ticknor and Fields in the distinguished Blue and Gold series, one of the highest honors an American poet could...
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, so closely identified with the Boston Brahmin-literati of the later nineteenth century, was Boston plated rather than the genuine article, to paraphrase his self-description, qu...
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich is of interest today for his contributions to American literature and journalism. As a literary figure he contributed to the development of realism in adolescent fiction; one of ...
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