Project Gutenberg 2008-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 159 Ewing, Juliana Horatia 1841 1885 Ewing, J. H. (Juliana Horatia) Ewing, J.H. Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty Murphy, Hermann Dudley 1867 1945 Murphy, H. D. Murphy, Hermann D Last Words: A Final Collection of Stories Mary's meadow -- Letters from a little garden -- Snap-dragons -- Dandelion clocks -- The blind man and the talking dog -- So-so -- The Trinity flower -- The kyrkegrim turned preacher -- Ladders to heaven -- Sunflowers and a rushlight -- Tiny's tricks and Toby's tricks -- The owl in the ivy bush. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Last Words: A Final Collection of Stories" by Juliana Horatia Ewing is a collection of narrative tales written during the late 19th century. The stories explore themes of childhood, nature, and the complexities of family relationships, often through the eyes of young protagonists. In the opening portion, the narrative centers around a girl named Mary, who grapples with familial expectations, her own ambitions in cultivating a garden, and the challenges posed by local neighbors and their quarrels. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Mary, her family, and their interactions with the 'Old Squire,' who owns a neighboring piece of land called Mary's Meadow. The children are intrigued by this Meadow, which contains flowers and a nightingale, and they long to explore it despite their mother's warnings stemming from the conflict over land rights. As Mary tries to follow her mother's teachings about kindness, she embarks on a journey of planting flowers in the Meadow, driven by an innocent desire to beautify the landscape. However, her venture leads to frustration as she encounters conflict with the Old Squire, who accuses her of trespassing and theft, stirring feelings of shame and fear in Mary. This initial conflict sets the stage for deeper reflections on love, selfishness, and the nature of community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 422196 422203 2024-09-11T06:21:51.693209 2023-09-11T09:40:42.849554 text/html text/html 426516 2008-06-06T07:41:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 616334 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 663503 2024-09-11T06:21:58.530174 application/epub+zip 665706 2024-09-11T06:21:52.901182 application/epub+zip 241279 2024-09-11T06:21:52.253197 application/epub+zip 800192 2024-09-11T06:22:02.810147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 763087 2024-09-11T06:21:57.880175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340604 2022-09-12T05:39:34.501184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381105 380995 2024-09-11T06:21:50.537216 2023-09-11T09:40:41.798566 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 380934 2008-06-06T07:41:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145106 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 380927 2008-06-06T07:43:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145081 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21530 2024-09-11T06:22:03.019139 application/rdf+xml 18687 2024-09-11T06:21:52.430203 image/jpeg 2661 2024-09-11T06:21:52.378212 image/jpeg 623609 2024-09-11T06:21:51.753212 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia