The Mahogany Tree

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The Mahogany Tree was a weekly [1] literary magazine published from January until December 1892. The magazine was based in Boston. [2]

Overview

The magazine was started by Mildred Aldrich, [3] and it was supposedly "devoted solely to the 'fine arts'." [4] As a review in The Harvard Crimson said, the aim was to "give criticisms on books, pictures, music, and acting." [3] It has since been described as "one of the first forums for decadent-aesthetic ideas in the United States." [5]

Contributors comprised Philip Henry Savage, Ralph Adams Cram, [6] Louise Imogen Guiney [6] and F. Holland Day, [6] amongst others. The magazine was the first to publish the work of Willa Cather. [5] [7]

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References

  1. The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, ed. Lorna Sage, Cambridge University Press, 30 September 1999, page 9
  2. Douglass Shand-Tucci; Ralph Adams Cram (1 November 1996). Ralph Adams Cram: Life and Architecture. Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 333. ISBN   1-55849-061-2 . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Harvard University Library
  4. D.M.R. Bentley, The Confederation Group of Canadian Poets, 1880-1897, University of Toronto Press, 31 August 2003, page 214
  5. 1 2 Weir, David (2007). Decadent Culture in the United States. SUNY Press. p. 56. ISBN   978-0-7914-7917-9 . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 D.M.R. Bentley, The Confederation Group of Canadian Poets, 1880-1897, University of Toronto Press, 31 August 2003, page 334
  7. Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, University of Nebraska Press; Rev Ed edition, 1 November 1970, p. 578