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Miss Blake Once More

In The Uninhabited House

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Charlotte Riddell

A Victorian charmer! River Hall is a handsomely furnished, eminently desirable residence, conveniently situated in a fashionable district. I…

HEAT AND ENERGY; BEVERAGES AND APPETIZERS

In What to Eat and When

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Susanna Cocroft

What is the purpose of food? How can it be utilized best to maintain health, aid recovery from illness and raise robust children, while bein…

July in the Poultry Yard

In Making Home Profitable

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Kate Saint Maur

A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…

CHAPTER III: THE HOPE OF YEARS TO COME -MARCH

In Botany, The Story of Plant Life

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Julia Mcnair Wright

Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…

Chapter XVII: A Council of War

In The Cask

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Freeman Wills Crofts

Though he went on to write dozens of other novels over an almost 40-year career, his debut work--this 1920 detective mystery--is considered …

CHAPTER XXI: PRINCESS ELLA

In Six Years at the Russian Court

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Magaretta Eagar

From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…

Chapter XXII: Rachel's Visit to Miss Parrott

In Five Little Peppers and Their Friends

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Margaret Sidney

From the Preface: "There were so many interesting friends of the Five Little Peppers, whose lives were only the faintest of outlines in…