American author, editor, and abolitionist

Life in the sick-room : essays / by Harriet Martineau ; with an introduction to the American edition by Eliza L. Follen.

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Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

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Life in the sick-room : essays / by Harriet Martineau ; with an introduction to the American edition by Eliza L. Follen.