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Some Say; Neighbours in Cyrus

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

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Village gossip reaches a minister just as he is trying to concentrate on his reading. Mr. Lindsay, absorbed in birds and plants, becomes uneasy after overhearing talk about Rose Ellen Mellen and her mother's supposed plans for him. Rose Ellen brings him a rare goldenrod, while Mrs. Mellen's sudden difficulty hearing turns ordinary household conversation into a succession of misunderstandings. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards builds the opening of Some Say around this mixture of embarrassment, affection and local talk.

The companion tale, Neighbours in Cyrus, brings attention to sewing, sickness and the demands people place on one another. Anne Peace tends to Mrs. Means and fits Jenny Miller's dress, trying to keep peace when criticism stirs resentment. These stories offer younger readers domestic scenes in which kindness requires patience, and speech can either comfort a neighbour or make a difficult day harder.

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850-1943) was an American writer who produced more than ninety books, most of them for young readers. The daughter of Julia Ward Howe and the reformer Samuel Gridley Howe, she grew up in Boston and settled in Gardiner, Maine, where she wrote steadily for six decades.

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Reading time
About 70 minutes
Pages
37
Language
English
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