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Appendix of Names
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• Appendix of Names This appendix includes the lesser-known or personal names that Woolson mentions more than once in her letters, as well as the names of all the people with whom she corresponded . Woolson often commented on British, Italian, German, Russian, and other royalty. For ease of location, names of royalty are grouped together under one heading. Frequently Used First Names Amasa: Amasa Stone Mather Charly: Charles Jarvis Woolson Jr., variously spelled Charley and Charlie Clara: Clara Woolson Benedict Clare: Clare Rathbone Benedict Constance/Connie: Constance Mather Flora: Flora Stone Mather Kate: Katharine Livingston Mather Libbie: Elizabeth Gwinn Mather Livingston: (Samuel) Livingston Mather Sam: Samuel Mather Will: William Gwinn Mather Family, Friends, Colleagues, Persons of Interest Adams, Oscar Fay (1855–1919): Writer and speaker on literature and architecture Alcott, Louisa May (1832–88): Woolson was sometimes impatient with how writers like Alcott increased the pressure on women to write for children’s markets. Alden, Henry Mills (1836–1919): Writer and editor at Harper’s with whom Woolson corresponded, especially about her response to his book God in His World (1890) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836–1907): Writer; Woolson’s editor at Atlantic Monthly Angelo: Woolson’s cook and servant at the Villa Brichieri in Florence Assunta: Woolson’s maid at the Villa Brichieri in Florence Averell, Jane: See Carter, Jane Russell Averell Baldwin, Dr. (1850–1910) and Mrs. William Wilberforce: Dr. Baldwin was the preferred physician of many British and American expatriates. Among Baldwin’s patients were Henry James and Alice James, whose cancer he diagnosed. Balestier, Carrie (1862–1939): See Kipling, Carrie Balestier Balestier, Wolcott (1861–91): Brother of Carrie Balestier Kipling; worked with Kipling on the novel The Naulahka (1892) 582 · Appendix of Names Barrett, Lawrence (1838–91): Irish-American actor Benedict, Clara Woolson (1843–1923): Woolson’s younger sister with whom she traveled throughout the South and Europe Benedict, Clare Rathbone (1868–1961): Woolson’s niece who lionized her after her death, compiling Five Generations (1930/32), a three-volume biography of the Woolson-Benedict families. Benedict cut and pasted many of Woolson’s letters into various books owned by her or by Woolson. The second volume ofFive Generations, Constance Fenimore Woolson, contains excerpts from many of Woolson’s letters and notebooks as well as some of her literary work. Benedict, George, Jr. (1840–71): Coeditor of the Daily Cleveland Herald and Clara Woolson Benedict’s husband, who left her a young widow when he was killed in a train wreck Benedict, George, Sr. (1812–76): Clara Woolson Benedict’s father-in-law and owner of the Daily Cleveland Herald. Woolson wrote “Letters from Gotham” for this newspaper in the early 1870s. Benedict, Harriet (Hattie): See Sherman, Harriet Berenson, Bernard (1865–1959): American expatriate art historian, who lived in the Villa I Tatti in Florence. The Villa is now Harvard University’s Center for Renaissance Studies. Bingham, Mrs.: A member of the Payne-Whitney family Black, William: Woolson complained that the general public preferred writers like Black to George Eliot. Boardman, Mabel Thorp (1860–1946): National Secretary of the Red Cross Booth, Mary (1831–89): Editor of Harper’s Bazar Boott, Elizabeth (Lizzie): See Duveneck, Elizabeth Boott Boott, Francis (1813–1904): American expatriate composer who lived in the Villa Castellani in Florence. Henry James drew on this villa and Boott’s relationship with his daughter Lizzie for his portraits of Gilbert and Pansy Osmond in Portrait of a Lady(1881).WoolsonusedJohnHay’spoem“ThroughtheLongDays,”settomusic by Boott, as a refrain in her story “Dorothy” (1892). Bourget, Paul (1852–1935): French novelist and intellectual. He and his wife Minnie were particular friends of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Bowen, John Eliot: Editor of The Independent Bowker, R. R.: Founder of Publishers Weekly. Woolson valued his literary criticism. Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848–95): Norwegian-born professor of Germanic languages at Cornell and Columbia. Boyesen was a prolific writer of fiction, essays, and reviews, including a review of Woolson’s Rodman the Keeper (1880). Bracken, Mrs.: A resident of Florence who offered her apartment to Woolson. Woolson refers to her servant Ansarro in several letters. Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1837–1915): British novelist [3.91.19.28] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 12:37 GMT) Appendix of Names · 583 Bronson, Edith (1861–?): Friend of Woolson’s in Venice and member of Daniel and Ariana Curtis’s circle at the Palazzo Barbaro. Bronson found a secretary/companion , Marie Holas, for Woolson during her last days in Venice. Bronson, Katherine de Kay: A friend...