Samantha at Saratoga, or, "Flirtin' with fashion" / by Josiah Allen's wife (Marietta Holley) ; illustrated by Frederick Opper.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Holley, Marietta, 1836-1926.

Contributor:

• Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937.
• Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
• Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Wit and humor, Juvenile--Fiction.
• Husband and wife--Fiction.
• Husband and wife.
• Springs.
• Manners and customs.
• Wit and humor, Juvenile.
• New York (State).
• Manners and customs--Fiction.
• Clothing and dress--Fiction.
• Clothing and dress.
• Wealth--Fiction.
• Wealth.
• Springs--New York (State)--Description and travel--Fiction.
• Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Fiction.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Satires.

Penn Provenance:

• Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) (Schimmel 7272))
• Willcox, E., Mrs. (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255))
• Ratts(?), Edward (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255))

Physical Description:

583 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm

Other Title:

• Samantha at Saratoga
• Flirtin' with fashion

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Hubbard Brothers, 1887.

Notes:

• "Sold by subscription only."
• Illustrations include facsimile wood engravings of views of Saratoga on different paper from text but counted in pagination; frontispiece port. (steel engraving) of the author.

Local Notes:

• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255) has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("To Mrs. E. Willcox on her birth day from her faithful friend Edward Ratts[?] Hoping that Samantha's adventures in Saratoga will make her 'laugh and be happy'. Feb. 6. 1888") on blank leaf following from free endpaper.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2255): some leaves at beginning and end of vol. detached from textblock; textblock partially detached from binding.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7272) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

OCLC:

187467556