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Excerpt from The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward HoweThis slight and hasty account of some of my mother's later activities was written to read to a small group of friends with whom I wished to share the lesson of the Eleventh Hour of a life filled to the end with the joy of toil. More than one of my hearers asked me to print What I had read them, in the belief that it would be of value to that larger circle of her friends, the public. ...

Excerpt from Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief WorkFirst of all, look for the Sicans, some say they are of the same pre-aryan race as the Basques. After the Sicans come the Sikels. They are Latins, people we feel quite at home with, their coming marks the time when the age of fable ends and history begins. Next come the Phoeni eiaus, the great traders of the world, bringing the rich gift of commerce. They set ...

Excerpt from Atalanta in the South: A RomanceThe large drawing-room was lighted comfort ably, though not brilliantly. The guests already assembled had drawn into a semicircle before the fire, and were listening to Mrs. Harden's last good story, when the door opened, and Philip Rondelet entered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from Two in ItalyShe is your daughter? I asked. The resemblance was strong.I cannot deny it, but she is afraid Of her own shadow. The Sisters have had her since she was so high it is time for her to come out into the world a little. She is not so stupid as you might think, she can use her needle like a nun.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comTh...

Excerpt from Roma Beata: Letters From the Eternal CityWe at once engaged an apartment bathed with sun in the Piazza di Spagna, sun from early morning till late afternoon. But when we moved into it, the day was overcast. The apartment which had been tropical with the sun when we hired it was arctic without it!We interviewed our padrona (landlady), an immense woman, and demanded a fire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Excerpt from Laura Bridgman: Dr. Howe's Famous Pupil and What He Taught HerIf there be any measure Of success in what they have attempted, it is due to the courageous spirit which has breathed from the faded ink of the dusty folios, the early letters and records, traced by their father's beloved hand this spirit has animated them even as his ringing voice once roused them to whatever duty lay before them. If they have succeeded in portraying s...

Excerpt from Sun and Shadow in Spain: With Pictures From Photographs and Frontispiece in Color N e plus ultra, said Hercules, as he wrapped his lion's skin about him and set sail for Libya to call on Atlas. Every time you write the sign for the dollar you draw the Columns of Hercules and the scroll for his parting words, N e plus ultra. Carthage was here! The poor Carthaginians built a tower on Calpe, to watch for the dreaded Roman galleys s...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Excerpt from The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe The acorns are again ripe on your oaks, the leaves of your nut tree begin to turn gold, the fruit trees you planted a lustre since, droop with their weight of crimson fruit, the little grey squirrels leap nimbly from bough to bough busily preparing for winter's siege. The air is fragrant with the perfume of wild grape, joyous with the voices of children passing to the white school ...

Excerpt from The San Rosario Ranch "Welcome her, all things youthful and sweet, Scatter the blossoms under her feet!" The house was a large square building, simple and hospitable in appearance. A wide veranda ran about the four sides, heavily draped by climbing roses and clematis. There were indisputable evidences that visitors were expected. Old Tip, the dog, knew it as well as everybody else about the house. He had been routed out from hi...

Excerpt from Sun and Shadow in Spain: With Pictures From Photographs and Frontispiece in Color N e plus ultra, said Hercules, as he wrapped his lion's skin about him and set sail for Libya to call on Atlas. Every time you write the sign for the dollar you draw the Columns of Hercules and the scroll for his parting words, N e plus ultra. Carthage was here! The poor Carthaginians built a tower on Calpe, to watch for the dreaded Roman galleys s...

Excerpt from Atalanta in the South: A Romance Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief, with a glass that ran, And the high gods took in hand Fire, and the falling of tears, And a measure of sliding sand From under the feet of the years, And wrought with weeping and laughter, And fashioned with loathing and love, With life before and after, And death beneath and above, For a day a...

Excerpt from Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief Work Sicily, the "Four Corners" of that little ancient world that was bounded on the west by the Pillars of Hercules, is to southern Europe what Britain is to northern Europe, Chief of Isles, universal Cross-roads. Sicily lies nearer both to Africa and to Europe than any other Mediterranean island, and is the true connecting link between East and West. Battle-gro...

Excerpt from Roma Beata: Letters From the Eternal CityWe at once engaged an apartment bathed with sun in the Piazza di Spagna, sun from early morning till late afternoon. But when we moved into it, the day was overcast. The apartment which had been tropical with the sun when we hired it was arctic without it!We interviewed our padrona (landlady), an immense woman, and demanded a fire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Excerpt from Laura Bridgman: Dr. Howe's Famous Pupil and What He Taught Her If there be any measure Of success in what they have attempted, it is due to the courageous spirit which has breathed from the faded ink of the dusty folios, the early letters and records, traced by their father's beloved hand this spirit has animated them even as his ringing voice once roused them to whatever duty lay before them. If they have succeeded in portraying...

Excerpt from Two in ItalyShe is your daughter? I asked. The resemblance was strong.I cannot deny it, but she is afraid Of her own shadow. The Sisters have had her since she was so high it is time for her to come out into the world a little. She is not so stupid as you might think, she can use her needle like a nun.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comTh...

Maud Howe Elliot (1854-1948) was an American writer, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sister, Laura E. Richards, on their mother's biography "The Life of Julia Ward Howe" (1916). [Facsimile reprint.]

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...