Four Girls at Cottage City

TitleFour Girls at Cottage City
Year for Search1895
AuthorsKelley-Hawkins, Emma D[unham](1863-1938)
Date Published1895
PublisherContinental Printing Co.
Place PublishedProvidence, RI
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

Mostly a sentimental novel, but includes a chapter, “The Dream that Saved a Soul,” that recounts a visit to a eutopian afterlife based on Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s popular Gates novels (see 1883 Phelps). 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Boston, MA: James H. Earle, Publishing, 1898 which is rpt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, with an “Introduction” by Deborah E. McDowell (xxvii-xxxviii). 

Holding Institutions

Hathi, PSt

Author Note

African-American female author (1863-1938)

Full Text

1895 Kelley-Hawkins, Emma D[unham] (1863-1938). Four Girls at Cottage City. Providence, RI: Continental Printing Co. Rpt. Boston, MA: James H. Earle, Publishing, 1898 which is rpt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, with an “Introduction” by Deborah E. McDowell (xxvii-xxxviii). Hathi, PSt

Mostly a sentimental novel, but includes a chapter, “The Dream that Saved a Soul,” that recounts a visit to a eutopian afterlife based on Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s popular Gates novels (see 1883 Phelps). African-American female author.