THE HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD; impressions of America.; Translated by Mary Howitt, in two volumes.
NY: Harper, 1853. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 651, 654. Hinge loose, little split to the cloth on the hinges and some soiling internally, but generally a VG copy. Howes B-745; Sabin 7713; Clark III, 450. Item #30040
The Swedish feminist was one of the best known and most influential Swedish women in the nineteenth century. She was a novelist, social worker and traveler. She traveled throughout the US for two years. While in Philadelphia, she toured the city with Sarah Josepha Hale as a guide, and heard Lucretia Mott speak. She traveled extensively in the south, entering it via the Ohio River.
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