The Peterkin Papers
Lucretia P. Hale
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, Sept. 13, 2013)
Excerpt: ...Osborne, in despair; "they'll never guess 'P'!" The next scene was gorgeous. Solomon John, as a Turk, reclined on John Osborne's army-blanket. He had on a turban, and a long beard, and all the family shawls. Ann Maria and Elizabeth Eliza were brought in to him, veiled, by the little boys in their Hindoo costumes. This was considered the great scene of the evening, though Elizabeth Eliza was sure she did not know what to do,