CHAPTER VI.
In and Near Boston--Edward Everett Hale--Thomas Wentworth Higginson--Julia Ward Howe--Mary A.Livermore--A Day at the Concord School--Harriet G.Hosmer--"Dora D'Istria," our Illustrious Visitor.
Edward Everett Hale was kind to me, as he was to all who came within his radius.

He once called to warn me to avoid, like poison, a rascally imposter who was calling on many of the authors in and near Boston to get one thousand dollars from each to create a publishing company, so that authors could have their books published at a much cheaper rate than in the regular way.

This person never called on me, as I then had no bank account.

He did utterly impoverish many other credulous persons, both writers, and in private families.

All was grist that came to his mill, and he ground them "exceeding small." I met Mr.Hale one early spring at Pinehurst, North Carolina, with his wife and daughter.