Writer and poet Laura E. Richards has a vast work - she has written more than 90 books throughout her life, most of them children's tales with deep messages. His parents were abolitionists and this influenced the life and work of Richards deeply; in 1917 she won a Pulitzer for the biography of her mother, the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The work of Laura E. Richards is in this book represented by seven lovely tales specially selected by the critic August Nemo: Maine to the Rescue The Coming of the King The Golden Windows The Shed Chamber The Green Satin Gown The Scarlet Leaves Don Alonzo
Full of the pleasure of successful benevolence, Hardy tripped joyfully home, and vaulted over the window sill, when the first object he beheld was Mr. Power, the usher, standing at the head of the stairs, with his candle in his hand.
... Wilkinson's. He'd buy Myrtie——! He came to a millinery store. There was a lot of black ribbon strewn around in the window. He stood and looked at it. Then he laughed. Just the thing! "Cheer up, Myrt," said he, when he got back home ...
D'yeh want—to know de captain ru-uns her? ... Frost after frost had bitten deeply, each depositing its stratum of scab upon the half-healed scar that went ...
D'yeh want—to know de captain ru-uns her? ... Frost after frost had bitten deeply, each depositing its stratum of scab upon the half- healed scar that went ...
Wasn't your mate one John Matthews, pray? Captain, your face tells truth, in spite of your teeth.” The captain instantly grew pale, and trembled: on which the sailor turned abruptly from him, and went on with his story.
Reproduction of the original: Three Minute Stories by Laura E. Richards
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