Books with author Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney

INTRODUCTION. FOR those who have not read the first vol- ume of this series, " Witch Winnie, the Story of a King's Daughter." We four girls, Adelaide Armstrong, Milly Roseveldt, Emma Jane Anton, Nellie Smith, had been chums at boarding school. o (Let it here be explained that although my name is Nellie, I am never called anything but Tib by my friends.) We occupied a little suite of apartments in the tower, consisting of a small study parlor from which opened two double bedrooms and one single one. Our family was called the Amen Corner, because our initials, arranged as an acrostic, spelled the word Amen, and because we were a set of little Pharisees, prigs, and " digs," not particularly admired by the rest of the school, but exceedingly virtuous 7 8 INTRODUCTION. and preternaturally perfect in our own estima- tion. This was our status at the beginning of our first school year together, and the change that came over us, owing to the introduction into our circle of Witch Winnie, the greatest scape- grace in the most mischief-making set of the school, the "Oueen of the Hornets,' has al- <-^ ready been told. A quieting, earnest influ- ence acted upon Winnie, and a natural, merry- hearted love of fun reacted on us, and we were all the better for the companionship. The greatest practical result outside the change in our own characters was the forma- tion, by the uniting of the " Arrfen Corner' and the " Hornets," of a Ten of Kind's Dau^h- o o ters, who founded the Home of the Elder Brother, for little children. This institution was adopted by our parents, who formed them- selves into a board of managers, but left much of the working of the enterprise in our hands.* The Home prospered during the first year of its existence in a truly wonderful manner. It was undenominational and unendowed. No * This Home is a truthful picture of one really founded by a band of little girls the Messiah Home, at 4 Rutherford Place, Stuyvesant Square, New York, which is aided in its good work by different circles of King's Daughters. INTRODUCTION. 9 rich church or wealthy man stood behind it. It was entirely dependent on the efforts of a few young girls, and on the voluntary sub- scriptions of benevolent people. But it grew day by day. Little ripples of influence wi- dened out from our circle to others. During the vacation our ten separated, and at each of their homes they formed other tens, who worked for the same object. Every one who visited the Home was interested in its plan of work, which was to help the poor without pau- perizing them ; to aid struggling women whose husbands had died, or were in hospitals or prisons, and who could have no homes of their own, by providing them with a substitute for the baby farming, so extensively carried on in the tenement districts, by offering them, on the same low terms, a sweet and wholesome shelter for their little ones. Some wondered why we charged these poor women anything ; why the half charity was not made a free gift. But wiser philanthropists saw the superior kindness of this demand. The women whom we wished to aid were not beegars. but that worthy, struggling class who, overbur- dened, but still desperately striving, must sink in the conflict unless helped, but who still wished to do all in their power for their chil- 10 INTRODUCTION. dren, and brought the small sum asked for their board with a proud and happy self- respect. One of our own members, Emma Jane An- ton, on graduating at Madame's, became ma- tron of the Home, assisted by dear Miss Prill- witz, formerly our teacher of botany, from whose heart this beautiful thought had blossomed. The Home was just across the park from the school building and we frequently vis- ited it ; but though we were all deeply inter- ested in this sweet charity, it did not interfere with our studies or with a great......

Title: Three Vassar Girls in Italy. A holiday excursion of three college girls through the classic lands.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Champney, Elizabeth Williams; <Original Pub Date> 1886.<Physical Description> 240 p. ; 4º.<Shelfmark> 10132.f.13.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Three Vassar Girls Abroad: Rambles Of Three College Girls On A Vacation Trip Through France And Spain For Amusement And Instruction. With Their Haps And Mishaps<author> Elizabeth Williams Champney<publisher> Estes and Lauriat, 1883<subjects> France; Portugal; Spain; Women college students; Women travelers

Excerpt from Three Vassar Girls Abroad: Rambles of Three College Girls on a Vacation Trip Through France and Spain for Amusement and Instruction; With Their Haps and MishapsVechten, and Barbara Atchison. They had moored their boat under the willows, and while other girls improved their hour of exercise by quick pulling up and down the pond, they discussed an important project in the privacy of their green-canopied, water-paved arbor. Vacation was approaching, and plans for the summer were now the absorbing topics of conversation. Maud sat in the stern, her pretty face silhouetted darkly against the radiant disc of a Japanese umbrella, which, with the sunlight filtering through, had all the effect of a rose-window. It was she who had called her two dearest friends tosecret conclave to inform them that her arrange ments were happily settled. She was to go to Europe with her sister, Mrs. Arnold, who proposed to spend the summer in travel, and to meet her husband, a naval Officer, at Nice, in the winter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.