Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 / 2008-07-16 00:00:00
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THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE
A Romance
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
W. D. HOWELLS
1907
INTRODUCTION
Aristides Homos, an Emissary of the Altrurian Commonwealth, visited the
United States during the summer of 1893 and the fall and winter
following. For some weeks or months he was the guest of a well-known
man of letters at a hotel in one of our mountain resorts; in the early
autumn he spent several days at the great Columbian Exhibition in
Chicago; and later he came to New York, where he remained until he
sailed, rather suddenly, for Altruria, taking the circuitous route by
which he came. He seems to have written pretty constantly throughout his
sojourn with us to an intimate friend in his own country, giving freely
his impressions of our civilization.
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