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Two Notable Deaths

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Day
8
Month
March
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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Boston, M.'.rch 5. - Amos Bronson Alcott, fouuder of the famous Gonoord school of transcendental phüosophy and author of philosopkie ü and critical works, died in this city yeaterday. Mr. Alcot'j was bom in Woloolt, Conn., November 29, 170!). He began teaching f;er a brief mercantile experience, flrst in Connecticut, then in Boston aud ult'mately in t'oncord, Mass., wbera he founded tne fatnous philosophical iiis'i'ute. His celebrity, nowever, rests not only upon the success of his school, but also upon his farne as a th.nker and conversatioualist For some yeara be resided in Boston with nis daughter, Louisa May Alcott In 1836 he pnblished " Conversations with Children on the Gospels;" in 1868, "Tabletas;" In 1872, "Concord Days," aml in 1882, " Sonnets and Canzonets. " Boston, March 7. - Miss Louisa M. Alcott, the famotis author of " Little Women " and other storics, died of brain fever at her home in this city yesterday morning, aged 56 years. She was the danghter of A. Broneon Alcott, the author and philosopher. Miss Alcott was not aware of her father'a death. She had been Buffering several days from a co!d, which finally retsulted in brain fever. Mis AlcotS began to write stories when in her teens, and when in her ] 6th year she chose writing as her profession, nnd set diligently to work. When the civil war broke out she went to Washington to nurse the wounded soldiers, afterward publishing her experiences there under the title of 1 Hospital Sketches." Five years af ter, in 1868, she published the iirst volume of " Little Woroen,'1 the book on whicb. despite her nnmerous other works, her fame will always reen

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