Books with author frances boyd calhoun

The little boy carelessly drew the back of his hand across his mouth. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Are you wiping my kiss off?" "Naw 'm," he replied, "I's jest a—I's a-rubbin' it in, I reckon." "Come in, William," and his aunt led the way through the wide hall into w big bedroom. "Billy, ma'am," corrected her nephew. "William," firmly repeated Miss Minerva. "You may have been called Billy on that plantation where you were allowed to run wild with the negroes, but your name is William Green Hill and I shall insist upon your being called by it.

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A SCANDALIZED VIRGIN The bus drove up to the gate and stopped under the electric street-light. Perched on the box by the big, black negro driver sat a little boy whose slender figure was swathed in a huge rain coat. Miss Minerva was on the porch waiting to receive him. "Mercy on me, child," she said, "what on earth made you ride up there? Why didn't you get inside?" "I jest wanted to ride by Sam Lamb," replied the child as he was lifted down. "An' I see a nice fat little man name' Major

Frances Boyd Calhoun (1867-1909) was an American author and teacher, known today for just one work, the 1909 best-selling children’s book, Miss Minerva and William Green Hill, which was published just a few months before her death from a long illness. Miss Minerva and William Green Hill was incredibly popular, capturing the imagination of the American youth. It was the first in a series of 12 Miss Minerva books that appeared between 1909 and 1939, the remainder were written by Emma Speed Sampson (1868-1947).