"Wister's Big House" was the first countryseat in Germantown.
In these stories Mr. Wister has reproduced this life in fine fashion.
As regards the true Washington we have in Mr. Wister the right man.
Mrs. Wister is an excellent example of what might more correctly be called a “paraphraser” than a “translator.”
Dr. Wister is most positive and earnest in his opinion that you should remain where you are.
Wister proposed the baby's health, and I recited a quatrain which came to me early this morning.
He ask'd how Mr. and Mrs. Wister and the young ladies were, and sent his respects to us.
He accordingly came to Philadelphia, and there called upon Dr. Wister for advice.
I dared not decypher all that Mrs. Wister wrote in my behalf—because I knew it must be sincere!
May Mrs. Wister fare well upon her Voyage over the Atlantic, and find all well when she reaches her home.
