Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

In a small waiting-room at Blank Hospital a girl was walking up and down, with quick, impatient steps. Every few minutes she stopped to listen; then, hearing no sound, she resumed her walk, with hands clasped and lips set firmly together. She was evidently in a state of high nervous excitement, for the pupils of her eyes were so dilated that they flashed black as night instead of gray; and a bright red spot burned in either cheek. In the corner, in...

A collection of fables and stories for children in elementary school.

This is a Project Gutenberg edition released in 2008. From Encyclopedia.com (retrieved 5/24) Richards wrote over 80 books. Her stories and novels offer neither profound nor unique glimpses into American life; but as the statements of the ideal nature of children and of young women, the tales are of great interest. By giving us competent young women who are kind and good and at the same time fallible and given to mischief, Richards provides a model...

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. [Source: Wikipedia]

Baby goes for a rollicking ride on a jiggling, joggling locomotive.

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