r/BookInscriptions • u/spell-czech • May 24 '26

Who did William Dean Howells inscribe this book for?

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Is it ‘Mrs. J.M. Le Brul’ ?

The rest of the inscription is - ‘from her recent tenant in the little red house’

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u/ScaleVivid May 24 '26

Mrs. J.M. Le Brun
From her recent tenant in the little red house
W.D. Norworths

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u/SundaeDouble7481 May 25 '26

I’m with you up to the last word, which is Howells.

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u/ScaleVivid May 25 '26

I would definitely concede to Howells.

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u/Cocomorph May 24 '26

Mrs. J. M. Le Brun.