Library, the Athenaeum, the 8thstreetlatina co Historical Society, the John
Carter Brown and 8thstreetlatina co John Hay Libraries of Brown
University,
and
the newly opened Shepley Library in Benefit Street. One
may picture him yet as he was in those days; tall, slim, and
blond, 8thstreetlatina co with studious eyes and a slight droop, dressed
somewhat carelessly, and giving a dominant impression of
harmless awkwardness rather than attractiveness.
His walks were always adventures in 8thstreetlatina co antiquity, during which
he managed to recapture from the myriad relics of a
glamorous 8thstreetlatina co old city a vivid and connected picture of the
centuries before. His home was a great Georgian mansion
atop the well-nigh precipitous hill that rises just east of the
river; and from the rear 8thstreetlatina co windows of its rambling 8thstreetlatina co wings he
could look dizzily out over all
the clustered spires, domes,
roofs, and skyscraper summits of the lower town to the
purple hills of the countryside beyond. Here he was born, and
from the lovely classic porch of the double-bayed brick
facade