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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (27 February, 1850 – 14 January, 1943) was an American writer. She often published as Laura E. Richards & wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children.
Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
This book (edition published in 1902) is now available on Project Gutenberg, through the efforts of fine folks at Distributed Proofreaders. I get to put my name on it, because I put in significant work on it to complete all the final checks and generate the HTML version. Check it out! This is general fiction book, funny, with a few illustrations.
This reminded me on a small scale of LM Montgomery. I enjoyed it though parts were a bit boring particularly when she discusses the politics of the day.