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The Peterkin Papers By: Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale (1820-1900) |
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THE PETERKIN PAPERS BY
LUCRETIA P. HALE
With Illustrations
SEVENTH EDITION. BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1893 Copyright, 1880 By JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY and 1886 By TICKNOR & COMPANY
THE PETERKIN PAPERS Dedicated TO MEGGIE (THE DAUGHTER OF THE LADY FROM PHILADELPHIA) TO WHOM THESE STORIES WERE FIRST TOLD PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF
THE PETERKIN PAPERS.
The first of these stories was accepted by Mr. Howard M. Ticknor for
the "Young Folks." They were afterwards continued in numbers of the
"St. Nicholas." A second edition is now printed, containing a new paper, which has
never before been published, "The Peterkins at the Farm." It may be remembered that the Peterkins originally hesitated about
publishing their Family Papers, and were decided by referring the
matter to the lady from Philadelphia. A little uncertain whether she
might happen to be at Philadelphia, they determined to write and ask
her. Solomon John suggested a postal card. Everybody reads a postal, and
everybody would read it as it came along, and see its importance, and
help it on. If the lady from Philadelphia were away, her family and
all her servants would read it, and send it after her, for answer. Elizabeth Eliza thought the postal a bright idea. It would not take so
long to write as a letter, and would not be so expensive. But could
they get the whole subject on a postal? Mr. Peterkin believed there could be no difficulty, there was but one
question: Shall the adventures of the Peterkin family be published? This was decided upon, and there was room for each of the family to
sign, the little boys contenting themselves with rough sketches of
their india rubber boots. Mr. Peterkin, Agamemnon, and Solomon John took the postal card to the
post office early one morning, and by the afternoon of that very day,
and all the next day, and for many days, came streaming in answers on
postals and in letters. Their card had been addressed to the lady from
Philadelphia, with the number of her street. But it must have been
read by their neighbors in their own town post office before leaving;
it must have been read along its way: for by each mail came piles of
postals and letters from town after town, in answer to the question,
and all in the same tone: "Yes, yes; publish the adventures of the
Peterkin family." "Publish them, of course." And in time came the answer of the lady from Philadelphia: "Yes, of course; publish them." This is why they were published.
CONTENTS.
THE LADY WHO PUT SALT IN HER COFFEE ABOUT ELIZABETH ELIZA'S PIANO THE PETERKINS TRY TO BECOME WISE MRS. PETERKIN WISHES TO GO TO DRIVE THE PETERKINS AT HOME WHY THE PETERKINS HAD A LATE DINNER THE PETERKINS' SUMMER JOURNEY THE PETERKINS SNOWED UP THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO KEEP A COW THE PETERKINS' CHRISTMAS TREE MRS. PETERKIN'S TEA PARTY THE PETERKINS TOO LATE FOR THE EXHIBITION THE PETERKINS CELEBRATE THE "FOURTH" THE PETERKINS' PICNIC THE PETERKINS' CHARADES THE PETERKINS ARE OBLIGED TO MOVE THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGES MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PETERKINS' AGAMEMNON'S CAREER THE EDUCATIONAL BREAKFAST THE PETERKINS AT THE "CARNIVAL OF AUTHORS" IN BOSTON THE PETERKINS AT THE FARM
THE PETERKIN PAPERS. THE LADY WHO PUT SALT IN HER COFFEE.
This was Mrs. Peterkin. It was a mistake. She had poured out a
delicious cup of coffee, and, just as she was helping herself to
cream, she found she had put in salt instead of sugar! It tasted bad... Continue reading book >>
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