Addams remarks on her neglect in thanking her Washington hostess, sends Ellen Gates Starr's book and comments on the engagement of Rose Pastor and J. G. Phelps Stokes.
Addams' autobiographical account of her education at Rockford College and her travels in Europe. This is the second of six articles excerpted from Twenty Years at Hull-House.
Addams writes Smith about the end of the National Conference on Charities and Corrections in St. Louis and sends an update on her health and travel plans.
In this narratively rich article in McClure's, Addams reflects on her meeting with Tolstoy in Russia in 1896, on her admiration for his principles, and on her pragmatic approach to good work in the urban, industrial context of Hull-House and its diverse surroundings.
Addams writes Wald about her schedule of commitments over the next few weeks and provides an update her health and on the health of Mary Rozet Smith, as well.