Books with author Lucretia P. Hale

Lucretia Hale was the daughter of Nathan Hale and the sister of Edward Everett Hale. The Peterkin family has delighted readers for generations. This collection contains some of the best-loved stories about this Victorian family. Stories included are The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee, About Elizabeth Eliza's Piano, The Peterkin's Try to Become Wise and many more.

Papers contain the last records of the Peterkin Family, who unhappily ventured to leave their native land and have never returned. Elizabeth Eliza's Commonplace Book has been found among the family papers, and will be published here for the first time. It is evident that she foresaw that the family were ill able to contend with the commonplace struggle of life; and we may not wonder that they could not survive the unprecedented, far away from the genial advice of friends, especially that of the Lady from Philadelphia. It is feared that Mr. and Mrs. Peterkin lost their lives after leaving Tobolsk, perhaps in some vast conflagration. Agamemnon and Solomon John were probably sacrificed in some effort to join in or control the disturbances which arose in the distant places where they had established themselves - Agamemnon in Madagascar, Solomon John in Rustchuk. The little boys have merged into men in some German university, while Elizabeth Eliza must have been lost in the mazes of the Russian language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Excerpt from The Peterkin PapersMrs. Peterkin shrank from this; it would make the whole matter more public than ever.Mr. Peterkin asked if she would prefer a book of their adventures she declared that she would, for there would be the covers, which would seem to shut it up, and make the matter less public.Mr. Peterkin thought a book might contain other adventures of the family. Solomon John would have written a book before now, if he had known what to write. Ty not mention that fact? The history of their troubles with keys would explain in part the difficulty of get ting into their own house the night of the Car nival, for if Agamemnon's invention of one key alone necessary, had been patented, they would have been saved this perplexity.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.

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Lucretia P Hale's, The Peterkin Papers is as wonderful today as I'm sure it was in 1880, when it was originally published. Meet the Peterkins, a nineteenth century family, totally lacking in common sense, and enjoy their troubles and adventures as they muddle through life's challenges. For example, what do the Peterkins do when their daughter, Eliza Elizabeth's piano is delivered and set in front of the living room window backwards. They solve this problem by simply opening the window and she sits outside, on the porch playing and practicing. This is all fine during the summer, but when fall and winter arrive, it becomes too cold for her to sit out, even in her winter coat. Enter the lady from Philadelphia...she's so wise that she always has a quick solution to these tough Peterkin problems. "But why don't you turn the piano around?" And the Peterkins are always amazed that they didn't think of that. As Mrs Peterkin says, "What shall we do when the lady from Philadelphia goes home again?" This is a delightful book of short chapters, each detailing a glitch in the Peterkin's lives, that will charm and amuse your family, as it has families for many generations. The Peterkin Papers is an American classic and the perfect read-aloud book the whole family can share together.

This volume contains a collection of tales concerning a family named 'Peterkin' - first published in 1880. The Peterkins are a likable but utterly inept family, that possess genius, reason, logic, and resourcefulness - but are noticeably lacking in common sense. A humourous and entertaining tale, this novel will appeal to fans of Hale’s work, as well as those with an interest in upper-middle-class life in the late-nineteenth century. The chapters of this book include: “Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper”, “Elizabeth Eliza’s Commonplace-Book”, “The Peterkins Practise Travelling”, “The Peterkins’ Excursion for Maple Sugar”, “The Peterkins at Home”, “Mrs. Peterkin in Egypt”, etcetera. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Collection of stories about a family named Peterkin which made the Peterkins a household word. The collected stories were published in 1880 under the title The Peterkin Papers. The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy-but not common sense. The stories are charming to modern readers for the details they give of life in the 1870s as lived by an upper-middle-class family in a small village about an hour's train ride from Boston.