xxv, 465 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 23 cm
OCLC
ocm01183901, ocm01183901
Includes index.
"Translations of the books of Kate Douglas Wiggin": pages 445-447.
A digital reproduction is available from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University, Women and work collection.
Foreword -- "I remember" -- Childhood plays and pleasures -- Diary of a "truly" little girl -- Beginning of hero-worship -- A journey with Dickens -- School days and home teaching -- "Stepping Westward" -- Girlhood gayeties -- An operatic friendship -- A turn in the road -- A fairy godmother -- The study of kindergarten -- Learning to teach -- Teaching versus acting -- The Concord School of Philosophy -- Marriage and authorship -- Friendships that counted -- A first journey to Europe -- A Hungarian Countess -- An English country house -- A new career -- Semi-professional readings -- London experiences -- A reunited family -- The state o' Maine beckons -- An ocean romance -- A wedding journey -- Dinners to celebrities -- London and Oxford -- Edinburgh and Holyrood Palace -- Experiences in Erin -- Books and their backgrounds -- Collaborations: translations -- A change of scene -- The barn that came to life -- The barn's hospitalities -- A village Dorcas Society -- Adventures of a playwright -- Rebecca goes to London -- "Entertaining strangers" -- The heart of the home -- "The song is never ended!"