Description: Free Domestic Shipping - Not a reproduction. This is an original item. Annotated - in purple ink - and mounted in the center a double-sided 5.5 x 7.25" mat, a 2.5" x 3.5" calling card of American poet & writer Louise Chandler Moulton, signed "L. C. M." "Dear Author of South Sea Idyls" - I should be ungrateful, indeed, did not send you my thanks for all the pleasure you have given me by your delicious pages. I want to see you, gentle Islander. Will you come to Paris, this winter? I shall be there, please God, & shall be more than glad if you should drift that way. Here, where the sea is blue & the waves dash high & the great sweet moon shines, Iza & I talk of you. I was always your admirer, and then she has taught me to be your friend. L.C.M." Louise Chandler Moulton has an extensive Wikipedia Page which states she was in Paris in 1876. Here is some information from her page at Find-A-Grave: Poet and Authoress Louise Chandler Moulton was home taught by her father who was a minister. She began to write at a very early age and at age thirteen began to get some notice. By the time she turned fourteen she submitted a poem to the Boston newspaper which accepted her work and published it. When she turned eighteen she published her first work which included a collection of her stories and poems titled "This, That and the Other". It became an overnight success selling over fourteen thousand copies. In 1851 she enrolled at Willard's Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. She only remained at Williard's a little over a year before she began writing again. In 1855 she married William U. Moulton who was an editor for a Boston newspaper whom she met through her writings. By 1860 she had established herself as a writer and social reformer in the Boston area. Her literary works became so popular that she was hired by Godey's Lady's Book, Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's, Harper's Bazaar and Youth's Companion to publish her poems, stories and sketches. In the 1860's she published numerous books, including "Bedtime Stories", "Some Women's Hearts", "Fleeing from Tah", and many others. In early 1870 she was hired as the Boston correspondent for the New York Tribune. She wrote columns for the Tribune until 1876. Later in 1876 she traveled to Europe where she continued writing, and while in Europe one of her book was published called "Swallow flights". She met many in the literary community of Europe and developed many warm relationship. Upon her return to Massachusetts she was hired by the Boston Herald to write a weekly column and continued at the Herald until 1892. Among her best known works included "My Third Book," published in 1853 and "Lazy Tours in Spain and Elsewhere" published in 1896 and after her death in 1908 "Poems and Sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton" was published. Her works were so valued that the Library of Congress became the destination of her many works. She published over one hundred sonnets, several hundred short stories and books, and poems to numerous to accurately determine. She was considered one of the most prolific author's of her day and was a friend to many of the leading author's of her day. OF281 Terms and Conditions: FREE United States of America Postal Service FIRST CLASS MAIL SHIPPING to the United States. Uninsured International, including Canada, shipments are $15.00. If you purchase multiple items and let me send the invoice, I will try to adjust shipping to an incremental level. I prefer PayPal. If you wish to pay by any other means, please message me before buying at and ask permission, which will not be unreasonably withheld. When I send an invoice after you have purchased the item, please immediately remind me that you will be paying by another means.Postal insurance and/or registered mail for loss and/or damage protection will be an extra charge and offered only if specifically requested. If this concerns you, please message me in advance of your purchase. Sometimes I will require this to protect us both. All international shipments that request registered mail (insurance generally unavailable) will be charged a flat $16 for this service. The United States Postal Service has an excellent record with my shipments. I have been a member of the American Philatelic Society since 1978 and have been selling on eBay for years. You will need to work through Sales Tax issues with eBay. Buy with trust and confidence. Thank you for taking the time to view my items and make sure to review the other items in my eBay retail store, especially in this category.
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Location: Richmond, Virginia
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