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GIANTS OF 19TH CENTURY MAKE AN ADVENTURE OF IDEAS
From: Evansville Courier & Press
Date: 20040111
Author:David Locker
In 1865, Cambridge, Mass., was only a village nestled close to Boston and centered on Harvard College. But intellectually, it was the hub of the United States. Residing there were William and Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Jr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell and their publisher, James T. Fields.
It was the habit of these eminent men to meet in clubs to discuss ideas. Two of these clubs were the Dante Club and the Metaphysical Club.
"The Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl (Random House, 2003).
The Dante Club consisted of Holmes Sr., Longfellow, Lowell, Fields and George ...
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