Author : Emily Mayer Higgins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530441396
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (413 download)
Book Synopsis Holidays at the Grange Or a Week's Delight by : Emily Mayer Higgins
Download or read book Holidays at the Grange Or a Week's Delight written by Emily Mayer Higgins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...]the whole cousinhood. She has many accomplishments: she does not talk French, Spanish, or Italian, but she knows how to play every game that ever was invented, can tell stories to suit every age, can soothe a screaming child sooner than any one else, can rattle off cotillions on the piano-forte of a winter's evening without thinking it hard that she cannot join in the dance; and lastly, can lay down an interesting book or piece of crochet work to run on an errand for Aunt, or untangle the bob-tails of a kite, without showing any signs of crossness. Self is a very subordinate person with her, and indeed she seems hardly to realize her separate individuality; she is everybody's Cousin Mary, and frowns vanish, and smiles brighten up the countenance, [...].