Hills of the Shatemuck is a pastoral set in the Hudson River area of New York. It follows the lives and doings of a rural family, and was based in part on the early life through young manhood of the author's father, Henry Warner. As with the rest of ...
According to Wikipedia: Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 - March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of Elizabeth Wetherel...
Excerpt from Pine Needles
However, they did not hear it, and' if they guessed at the substance of it I don't know; but Flora had too much curiosity and Meredith too much affection engaged, to be over scrupulous. So they came, and were welcomed, I...I do not know how studies and the usual forms of school recitations went on; but they did go on; smoothly, I suppose. I even recollect that mine went on successfully. With my double or treble motive for desiring success, I had also a reason for pr...
Melbourne House Volumes I-II includes the first two books of the Daisy, series. Follow little Daisy as she seeks to live a genuine Christian Life. She meets with many temptations and struggles but her spirit is persevering and honest. Historical F...
The third and fourth books in the “Matilda Series”. Things are looking up for Matilda; Adopted by a loving family, her life has taken a dramatic turn for the better. But there are still struggles to overcome and lessons to be learned. Maltida...
The first and second books in the “Matilda Series” written by Susan Warner. Set in the late 1800’s these books follow the story of Maltilda and her new life as a Christian. Matilda deals with issues like, being misunderstood, having a heart o...
Low stirrings in the leaves, before the wind Wakes all the green strings of the forest lyre. LOWELL. The light of an early Spring morning, shining fair on upland and lowland, promised a good day for the farmer's work. And where a film of thin smoke s...
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"She look'd and saw that all was ruinous, Here stood a shattered archway plumed with fern; And here had fall'n a great part of a tower, Whole, like a crag that tumbles from the cliff, And like a crag was gay with wilding flowers, And high above a pie...
"She look'd and saw that all was ruinous, Here stood a shattered archway plumed with fern; And here had fall'n a great part of a tower, Whole, like a crag that tumbles from the cliff, And like a crag was gay with wilding flowers, And high above a pie...
"Let no one ask me how it came to pass; It seems that I am happy, that to me A livelier emerald twinkles in the grass, A purer sapphire melts into the sea." Eleanor could not stay away from the Wednesday meetings at Mrs. Powlis's house. In vain she h...
The door stands open of a handsome house in Walnut Street-the Walnut Street which belongs to the city of William Penn; and on the threshold stands a lady, with her hand up to her brows, shielding her eyes from the light. She is watching to see what w...
Susan Bogert Warner was an American author of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theologigical works. Writing as "Elizabeth Wetherall," she wrote over thirty novels. Her first, "The Wide, Wide World," was most popular, and was translated into...
Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell, " thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Howeve...
A little girl was coming down a flight of stairs that led up from a great hall, slowly letting her feet pause on each stair, while the light touch of her hand on the rail guided her. The very thoughtful little face seemed to be intent on something ou...
It was the morning after that Sunday when Matilda had been baptized. The girls came down to prepare breakfast as usual; Maria in a very unsettled humour. She was cloudy and captious to a degree that Matilda could not understand. The kitchen was hot; ...
It is now a good many years ago that an English family came over from the old country and established itself in one of the small villages that are scattered along the shore of Connecticut. Why they came was not clearly understood, neither was it at a...
American-born writer Susan Warner was a devout christian who also wrote a number of evangelicall/religious works. Her most famous novel is The Wide, Wide World. She also wrote under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell....
Christmas day was grey with clouds; on the roofs of the city and in the streets the sun never shone all day. People called it cold. Sarah Staples found it so on her crossing. Inside Mrs. Lloyd's front-door, however, it seemed to Matilda to be nothing...
Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She wrote, under the name of Elizabeth Wetherell, thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However,...
Anna Bartlett Warner (1827-1915) was an American writer and author of several hymns and religious songs for children. The best known of her songs is almost certainly Jesus Loves Me, This I Know; however some stanzas of this were written by David Ruth...
Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell," thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However...
Susan Bogert Warner was an American author of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. Writing as "Elizabeth Wetherall," she wrote over thirty novels. Her first, "The Wide, Wide World," was most popular, and was translated into F...
American-born writer Susan Warner was a devout christian who also wrote a number of evangelicall./religious works. Her most famous novel is The Wide, Wide World. She also wrote under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell...
First published in 1850 and exceeded in popularity then only by Uncle Tom's Cabin, this domestic epic narrates the seven-year pilgrimage of a girl sent out into the world at age ten by a dying mother and a careless father. Moved from relative to rela...