From forecastle to Academy, sailor and artist; autobiography (1904)
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911 · Buffalo, The Matthews-Northrup Works · leaf 367
took memore than thirty times to accomplish it. Afterwards Iwas a guest in his house a week painting a portrait ofMrs. Holland. A more genial and happy family I havenot seen; the last I saw of this noble man was when,with my wife and daughter, we were in New York onour way to Europe in 1880, when… … ^ ACADEMICIAN, TRAVELS IN EUROPE with opportunities to meet other interesting people, maleand female. I had the entree to the evenings of the lit-erary coteries, and I never failed to profit by the privilege.How precious to me now is the memory of the culturedcrowd that filled Mrs. Bottas parlors.…
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