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FIVE MINUTE STORIES


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Books by Laura E. Richards


=STEPPING WESTWARD=

    This charming autobiography by the daughter of Julia
    Ward Howe and Samuel Gridley Howe is replete with
    amusing anecdotes and portraits, especially of famous
    literary figures of Boston. It epitomizes a long and
    useful life. Illustrated. $3.00


=FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE=

    The absorbing story of “The Angel of the Crimea” told
    by the daughter of the person most responsible for
    encouraging Miss Nightingale to become a nurse.     $1.75


=JOAN OF ARC=

    The stirring life and pathetic death of Domremy’s
    girlish heroine, who once saved France and today
    inspires it.                                        $2.00


=ELIZABETH FRY=

    The true story of Elizabeth Fry, the famous Quakeress,
    who through extraordinary zeal revolutionized the
    English prison system and was known as the “Angel of
    the Prisons.”                                       $1.75


ABIGAIL ADAMS AND HER TIMES

    A biography of the interesting and active wife of
    John Adams, based upon her own diaries and letters
    and contemporary records, and told in Mrs. Richard’s
    delightful style.                                   $2.00


=LAURA BRIDGMAN=

    The famous American woman who though stricken blind and
    deaf led such a wonderfully rich and helpful life is
    the subject of this biography.                      $2.00


=SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE=

    Mrs. Richards is especially qualified to write the
    biography of her distinguished father. Woven into the
    biography is the account of the many friendships Dr.
    Howe formed through his amazing personality and his
    work. As a picture of a great man and his times, her
    book is warm, glowing and human. Illustrated.       $2.50


=QUICKSILVER SUE=

    A charmingly told story for girls of impetuous, lovable
    Sue and steady Mary.                                $1.50


=MERRY-GO-ROUND=

    A delightful collection of rhymes, jingles, nonsense
    poems, and light and amusing narrative bits by the
    supreme American exponent in this field of verse for
    children. Illustrated,                              $1.50


=HARRY IN ENGLAND: Being the Partly-True Adventures of H. R. in the
Year 1857.=

    A charming tale of a little American boy’s adventures
    during a visit to England. Delightfully illustrated by
    Reginald Birch.                                     $1.50

  =New York=   =D. Appleton-Century Company=    =London=




_Books by Laura E. Richards._


“Mrs. Richards has made for herself a little niche apart in the
literary world, from her delicate treatment of New England village
life.”—_Boston Post._

[Illustration]

    “=SOME SAY=,” and a companion story, “=NEIGHBOURS IN
      CYRUS=.” 16mo, 50 cents.


    =JIM OF HELLAS=; or, =IN DURANCE VILE=, and a companion
      story, =BETHESDA POOL=. 16mo, 50 cents.


    =MARIE.= 16mo, 50 cents.

“Seldom has Mrs. Richards drawn a more irresistible picture, or framed
one with more artistic literary adjustment.”—_Boston Herald._

“A perfect literary gem.”—_Boston Transcript._


    =NARCISSA=, and a companion story, =IN VERONA=. 16mo,
      cloth, 50 cents.

“Each is a simple, touching, sweet little story of rustic New England
life, full of vivid pictures of interesting character, and refreshing
for its unaffected genuineness and human feeling.”—_Congregationalist._

“They are the most charming stories ever written of American country
life.”—_New York World._


    =MELODY.= The story of a Child. 16mo, 50 cents.

“Had there never been a ‘Captain January,’ ‘Melody’ would easily take
first place.”—_Boston Times._

“The quaintly pretty, touching, old-fashioned story is told with
perfect grace; the few persons who belong to it are touched in with
distinctness and with sympathy.”—_Milwaukee Sentinel._


    =SAME.= _Illustrated