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Excerpt from Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland: With Other TalesMY dear ernest {h {although it is highly improbable that your happy and sheltered childhood and youth will ever be checkered by the struggles with for tune and the world painted in the following Scenes from Life, yet I am sure they cannot fail to interest you, increase your sympathy with all who suffer, and teach you to rejoice in the well-earned triumphs of uprightness,...

Excerpt from The Pearls: And Other TalesOne of the gloomiest of gloomy November days had just drawn to a close, the church clock in the little town of K on the Prus sian frontier, had struck nine. Hung heavily overhead, from which fell occa sionally great drops of rain, the streets were pitch-dark, for the almanac promised moon light, and wherefore then waste so much precious oil? At long intervals, the dread silence was broken by the rumbling...

Excerpt from The Pearls: And Other TalesFortune, and a luxuriant Southern nature, have so encircled you with their gifts, so be decked your path with fruits and ¿owers, that your friend has nothing to offer save this gar land of tender moral blossoms, which she hopes you will prize, not only for its own gentle merit, but also from your memories of a happy time when one roof sheltered many loving hearts, now scattered far and wide.About the Pub...

Excerpt from Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland: With Other TalesMY dear ernest {h {although it is highly improbable that your happy and sheltered childhood and youth will ever be checkered by the struggles with for tune and the world painted in the following Scenes from Life, yet I am sure they cannot fail to interest you, increase your sympathy with all who suffer, and teach you to rejoice in the well-earned triumphs of uprightness,...