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Chapter VIII. Of some amiable Cats, and Cats that have been good Mothers

In The Book of Cats

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Charles Henry Ross

One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: t…

How St. Monica Lived at Cassiacum with Augustine and His Friends, and How Augus…

In The Life of Saint Monica

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Frances Alice Forbes

This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason t…

Girlhood

In The Life of St. Teresa

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Frances Alice Forbes

Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October …

THE PASTORAL BEES

In Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs

Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

Charlotte Bronte, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…

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