From Finland to Greece: Or, Three Seasons in Eastern Europe

[NY]: John B. Alden, New York, 1892. First Edition. Small octavo with blue boards and gilt title; frontispiece; viii, 327 pages: illustrations; 20 cm Very good (-); edgewear to boards; small chip to bottom front edge; corners lighty bumped; prior owner name scribbled out in ink on front flyleaf; pages clean and binding solid; leaves age-toned; a bit musty; light dampstain to some pages on bottom right edge of book block. Hardcover.

19th Century WomenTravellers. ¶ "Harriet Cornelia Hayward remains an intriguing figure in late‑19th‑century travel literature. Born likely in the mid‑19th century in the United States, she emerged as a keen observer of Eastern Europe during a period of profound cultural and geopolitical shifts. In 1892 she published her only known major work [this book]" —Google