| A Garland For Girls Contributor(s): Alcott, Louisa May (Author) |
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ISBN: 1678199478 ISBN-13: 9781678199470 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Love & Romance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 148 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A Garland For Girls1887 Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the Mayflower Club. A very good name, and the six young girls who were members of it made a very pretty posy when they met together, once a week, to sew, and read well-chosen books. At the first meeting of the season, after being separated all summer, there was a good deal of gossip to be attended to before the question, "What shall we read?" came up for serious discussion. Anna Winslow, as president, began by proposing "Happy Dodd;" but a chorus of "I've read it " made her turn to her list for another title. "'Prisoners of Poverty' is all about workingwomen, very true and very sad; but Mamma said it might do us good to know something of the hard times other girls |