An anthology of 19 stories by noted women authors, selected from children's periodicals of the late 19th century and reflecting American life and culture of that period.
Content:
The girl who could not write a composition / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward --
Cub / Mary Virginia Terhune --
Cooking class / Louisa May Alcott --
Johnny Squannot's revenge / Harriet Prescott Spofford --
In the turtle-crawl / Helen Stuart Campbell --
In old Florence / Rebecca Harding Davis --
More ways than one / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward --
Joe's mother / Harriet Prescott Spofford --
Cousin from Boston / Louise Chandler Moulton --
Jack's Independence Day / Rose Terry Cook --
Bound Girl / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
A member of the harnessing class / Sarah Chauncey Woolsey --
Miss Butterfly / Mary Virginia Terhune --
Ainslee's valentine / Helen Stuart Campbell --
William Henry's letters to his grandmother / Abby Morton Diaz --
Stage tavern / Sarah Orne Jewett --
Patchwork School / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
Girl with the cannon dresses / Sarah Orne Jewett --
A child of the sea folk / Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Frederick Ungar
Release
August 26, 1980
ISBN
0804420432
ISBN 13
9780804420433
Companions of Our Youth: Stories by Women for Young People's Magazines, 1865-1900
An anthology of 19 stories by noted women authors, selected from children's periodicals of the late 19th century and reflecting American life and culture of that period.
Content:
The girl who could not write a composition / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward --
Cub / Mary Virginia Terhune --
Cooking class / Louisa May Alcott --
Johnny Squannot's revenge / Harriet Prescott Spofford --
In the turtle-crawl / Helen Stuart Campbell --
In old Florence / Rebecca Harding Davis --
More ways than one / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward --
Joe's mother / Harriet Prescott Spofford --
Cousin from Boston / Louise Chandler Moulton --
Jack's Independence Day / Rose Terry Cook --
Bound Girl / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
A member of the harnessing class / Sarah Chauncey Woolsey --
Miss Butterfly / Mary Virginia Terhune --
Ainslee's valentine / Helen Stuart Campbell --
William Henry's letters to his grandmother / Abby Morton Diaz --
Stage tavern / Sarah Orne Jewett --
Patchwork School / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
Girl with the cannon dresses / Sarah Orne Jewett --
A child of the sea folk / Sarah Chauncey Woolsey