Preservation vs. Accessibility in the Digital Life of Louisa May Alcott’s “The Brothers”

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Frontispiece of Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals, by Louisa May Alcott, edited by Ednah D. Cheney. Boston: Robert Brothers, 1890. Via the Internet Archive / public domain. Link. Louisa May Alcott was a prolific writer in her day, best known for her work Little Women.  This novel, published in 1868, is hardly … Continue reading Preservation vs. Accessibility in the Digital Life of Louisa May Alcott’s “The Brothers”

Walking a Fine Line: Publishing Chinese-American Stories in an Era of Xenophobia

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Image from Old Chinatown: A Book of Picture, by Arnold Genthe, with text by Will Irwin. New York: M. Kennerley, 1913. Via HathiTrust / public domain. Link. By the year of 1849, the California Gold Rush had begun, and people from all over the world flocked to the American West to get a taste of … Continue reading Walking a Fine Line: Publishing Chinese-American Stories in an Era of Xenophobia

Writing in the Sphere of Domesticity: Lydia Maria Child’s Works for Women and Children

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Frontispiece from Letters of Lydia Maria Child, by Lydia Maria Child, collected and arranged by Harriet Winslow Sewall. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Via HathiTrust / public domain. Biography Lydia Maria Child was a prolific American writer who had a profound influence in the nineteenth century and beyond. Born in Massachusetts in 1802, Child … Continue reading Writing in the Sphere of Domesticity: Lydia Maria Child’s Works for Women and Children

Mrs. Spring Fragrance

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Cover of Mrs. Spring Fragrance, by Sui Sin Far [Edith Maude Eaton]. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1912. Image from Cornell University Library via HathiTrust. Mrs. Spring Fragrance was the only collection of short stories published by the writer Sui Sin Far, who was born Edith Maude Eaton in 1865. A woman of Chinese-English descent, she grew … Continue reading Mrs. Spring Fragrance