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Excerpt: ...were on the road before the sun, and busily pursued their route through the delightful valley of the Mohawk. It was now that Julia, in some measure accustomed to her proximity to her hero, began to enjoy the beauties of the scenery; her eye dwelt with rapture on each opening glimpse that they caught of the river, and took in its gaze meadows of never-failing verdure, which were beautifully interspersed with elms that seemed coeval with the country itself. Occasionally she would draw the attention of her aunt to some view of particular interest; and if her eager voice caught the attention of Antonio, and he turned to gaze, to ponder, and to admire

When the author of these little tales commenced them, it was her intention to form a short series of such stories as, it was hoped, might not be entirely without moral advantage; but unforeseen circumstances have prevented their completion, and, unwilling to delay the publication any longer, she commits them to the world in their present unfinished state, without any flattering anticipations of their reception. They are intended for the perusal of young women, at that tender age when the feelings of their nature begin to act on them most insidiously, and when their minds are least prepared by reason and experience to contend with their passions.

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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.The first of two tales for adolescent girls written by Cooper under the pseudonym Jane Morgan, "Imagination" is a piece of light fiction 124 pages in length. It begins along the Hudson River on the outskirts of New York City at the summer home of Miss Margaret Emmerson, where that lady's niece and ward, Julia Warren, sixteen, is bidding farewell to her closest friend, Anna Miller. The Millers, a large family, are, for economic reasons, moving from New York City to the banks of the Genesee in the western part of the state. The two boarding-school companions are distressed at the necessity of parting, and Anna is further disturbed about leaving the metropolis to live in a frontier village. They promise to write to each other frequently. As the Miller carriage disappears from view, Julia rushes to her room to give vent to her feelings."Heart" is the second of two stories in Tales for Fifteen, a slight volume of fiction written by Cooper under the pseudonym Jane Morgan. [1] The story opens with a street scene in New York City. As Maria Osgood, twenty, and her friend and distant relative Charlotte Henley, seventeen, are walking along a busy street on a wintry day, they observe a crowd gathered around a man writhing on the sidewalk. Maria declares him a drunkard and urges that they pass on without delay. Charlotte thinks the man ill rather than drunk and she is distressed that none of the onlookers makes any move to assist the afflicted stranger. Seymour Delafield, a wealthy young bachelor in the crowd, observes both Charlotte's beauty and her sympathy for the sufferer, and admires her greatly for both these qualities. When George Morton appears on the scene, Charlotte is confident that this young man, who is all heart, will aid the stricken stranger. Her good opinion of him is justified as George places the man, who has suffered a fit, in a hired hack and takes him to an almshouse where he can be given medical attention. As the carriage drives away, Charlotte expresses her concern that George, in frail health, is not wearing any overcoat. Maria then introduces Charlotte to Delafield, who walks the girls home, engaging them en route in witty conversation.

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IT was quite early on the following morning, when Mr. Delafield rung at the door of the house in which the father of Miss Henly resided. The gentleman had obtained the permission of the young lady, the preceding evening, to put himself on the list of her visiting acquaintance, and a casual introduction to both of Charlotte's parents had smoothed the way to this intimacy.

Do—do write to me often, my dear Anna!" said the weeping Julia Warren, on parting, for the first time since their acquaintance, with the young lady whom she had honoured with the highest place in her affections. "Think how dreadfully solitary and miserable I shall be here, without a single companion, or a soul to converse with, now you are to be removed two hundred miles into the wilderness." "Oh! trust me, my love, I shall not forget you now or ever," replied her friend, embracing the other slightly, and, perhaps, rather hastily for so tender an adieu; at the same time glancing her eye on the figure of a youth, who stood in silent contemplation of the scene. "And doubt not but I shall soon tire you with my correspondence, especially as I more than suspect it will be subjected to the criticisms of Mr. Charles Weston." As she concluded, the young lady curtisied to the youth in a manner that contradicted, by its flattery, the forced irony of her remark.