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L. Meade

The Little Princess of Tower HillMeade L. T. The Little Princess of Tower Hill THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF TOWER HILL CHAPTER I. HER VERY YOUNG DAYS All the other children who knew her thought Maggie a wonderfully fortunate little girl. She was sometimes spoken about as the "Little Princess of Tower H...

Good LuckMeade L. T. Good Luck CHAPTER I Amongst the crowd of people who were waiting in the Out-Patients' Department of the London Hospital on a certain foggy day toward the latter end of November might have been seen an old cherry-cheeked woman. She had bright blue eyes and firm, kindly lips. S...

The School QueensMeade L. T. The School Queens BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879. She wrote ...

A Plucky GirlMeade L. T. A Plucky Girl CHAPTER I FORTUNE'S BALL I was born a month after my father's death, and my mother called me after him. His name was John Westenra Wickham, but I was Westenra Wickham alone. It was a strange name for a girl, and as I grew up people used to comment on it. Mot...

Daddy's GirlMeade L. T. Daddy's Girl CHAPTER I Philip Ogilvie and his pretty wife were quarrelling, as their custom was, in the drawing-room of the great house in Belgrave Square, but the Angel in the nursery upstairs knew nothing at all about that. She was eight years old, and was, at that criti...

Wild HeatherL. T. Meade Wild Heather CHAPTER I There are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all. There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet one when the adventur...

Turquoise and RubyMeade L. T. Turquoise and Ruby Chapter One Great Refusal “Nora, Nora! Where are you?” called a clear, girlish voice, and Cara Burt dashed headlong into a pretty bedroom all draped in white, where a tall girl was standing by an open window. “Nora!” she cried, “what are you doing ...

The Children of Wilton ChaseMeade L. T. The Children of Wilton Chase THIS STORYIS DEDICATED, WITH AFFECTION,TOMARJORYA CHILD WHO, POSSESSING THE SPIRIT OF LOVE AND SERVICE,HAS INSPIRED THE IDEA OF THAT OTHER MARJORYWHO APPEARS IN THESE PAGESAugust, 1891.CHAPTER I. MARJORIE'S WAY "I don't care," s...

Girls New and OldGirls New and Old CHAPTER I. A FIRST NIGHT IT was an autumn evening when Molly Lavender first arrived at Redgarth. This large school for girls was situated in a certain well-known district in the north of England. It adjoined a cathedral town of great beauty, and was in the neigh...

Mou-Setsé: A Negro Hero; The Orphans' Pilgimage: A Story of Trust in GodL. T. Meade Mou-Setsé – A Negro Hero The Orphans' Pilgimage – A Story of Trust in God Story 1 – Chapter I. Part I – The Town of Eyeo After all, his story began like any one else’s – he came into the world. In a picturesque to...