One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest

Hildegarde Grahame and her mother move, after her father's death, from New York City to a house in the country, where her kindness and concern enrich the lives of neighbors and relatives.

Spoiled New York City girl Hildegarde Graham is sent to stay with her mother's old nurse in the country, when her parents must take a trip to California, and learns the value of simplicity, kindness, and a more democratic sensibility.

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was an American writer famous for her children's books, biographies and poetry. First published in 1890, In My Nursery is a unique collection of more than a hundred charming ageless nursery rhymes, including The Baby's Future, The First Tooth, The Ballad of the Fairy Spoon, Good-night Song, Jingle, Little Old Baby and other. Richards dedicates the book to her mother Julia Ward Howe, famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic. A classic example of Richards' lively and undeniably pleasant style, this book is a real treasure. Do you want to dive...

In The Joyous Story of Toto, a young boy brings his forest friends home to his grandmother to keep her company and tell tales by the fire. Originally published in 1885, this edition has been designed for ease of reading by adults and children alike, and features illustrations by E.H. Garrett. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was born in Boston in 1850. She wrote more than 90 books in her lifetime. Originally published in 1885, The Joyous Story of Toto is the first of two books in the "Toto" series. "The Joyous Story of Toto is one of those happy inspirations which delight all readers both old...

CHILDREN, down on the planet which you call Earth, allow me to introduce myself to you I am the Man in the Moon. I have no doubt that you know a good deal about me, in an indirect way, and that your nurses have told you all sorts of nonsense about my inquiring the way to Norwich as if I didn't know the way to Norwich and various things equally sensible. But now I am going to tell you a little about myself, and a great deal about yourselves, and about everything in general. In short, I am going to write you a book, and this is the beginning of it.

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR George the Second on the throne of England, "snuffy old drone from the German hive"; Charles Edward Stuart ("bonnie Prince Charlie") making ready for his great coup which, the next year, was to cast down said George from the throne and set Charles Edward thereupon as "rightful, lawful prince-for wha'll be king but Charlie?," and which ended in Culloden and the final downfall and dispersion of the Scottish Stuarts. In France, Louis XV., Lord of Misrule, shepherding his people toward the Abyss with what skill was in him; at war with England, at war with...

Elizabeth (Betsy) Fry (21 May 1780 - 12 October 1845), nee Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist. She has sometimes been referred to as the "angel of prisons." Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane, and she was supported in her efforts by the reigning monarch. Since 2001, she has been depicted on the Bank of England 5 note Elizabeth (Betsy) Gurney was born in Gurney Court, off Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England into a prominent Quaker family, the Gurneys. Her...

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children. One well-known children's poem is her literary nonsense verse "Eletelephony," which is adapted into an animated segment (Vowel Letter Poem: E - Elephant) produced by Jeff Hale, and his animation studio, Imagination, Inc., for the television show Sesame Street.