Day: February 4, 2015

Front facade of Houghton Library

From the library of Sarah Orne Jewett: Not to be lent

The following is the fourth in a four-part series on books from the library of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) and her family. Though Jewett had published stories in magazines beginning in 1868, Deephaven (1877) was her first book, and its publication signaled her debut as a notable American author. Her pride is evident in the…