Project Gutenberg 2008-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 315 Ewing, Juliana Horatia 1841 1885 Ewing, J. H. (Juliana Horatia) Ewing, J.H. Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty Murphy, Hermann Dudley 1867 1945 Murphy, H. D. Murphy, Hermann D Last Words: A Final Collection of Stories Mary's meadow -- Letters from a little garden -- Snap-dragons -- Dandelion clocks -- The blind man and the talking dog -- So-so -- The Trinity flower -- The kyrkegrim turned preacher -- Ladders to heaven -- Sunflowers and a rushlight -- Tiny's tricks and Toby's tricks -- The owl in the ivy bush. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Last Words: A Final Collection of Stories" by Juliana Horatia Ewing is a collection of narrative tales written during the late 19th century. The stories explore themes of childhood, nature, and the complexities of family relationships, often through the eyes of young protagonists. In the opening portion, the narrative centers around a girl named Mary, who grapples with familial expectations, her own ambitions in cultivating a garden, and the challenges posed by local neighbors and their quarrels. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Mary, her family, and their interactions with the 'Old Squire,' who owns a neighboring piece of land called Mary's Meadow. The children are intrigued by this Meadow, which contains flowers and a nightingale, and they long to explore it despite their mother's warnings stemming from the conflict over land rights. As Mary tries to follow her mother's teachings about kindness, she embarks on a journey of planting flowers in the Meadow, driven by an innocent desire to beautify the landscape. However, her venture leads to frustration as she encounters conflict with the Old Squire, who accuses her of trespassing and theft, stirring feelings of shame and fear in Mary. This initial conflict sets the stage for deeper reflections on love, selfishness, and the nature of community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: British Literature 422346 2025-06-10T14:02:41.179477 text/html 426516 2008-06-06T07:41:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 616334 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 663530 2025-06-10T14:02:48.297403 application/epub+zip 665491 2025-06-10T14:02:42.399477 application/epub+zip 241192 2025-06-10T14:02:41.767428 application/epub+zip 800088 2025-06-10T14:02:52.696374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 763077 2025-06-10T14:02:47.565453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340604 2022-09-12T05:39:34.501184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381105 2025-06-10T14:02:40.116481 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 380934 2008-06-06T07:41:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145106 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 380927 2008-06-06T07:43:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145081 2008-06-06T07:43:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21943 2025-06-10T14:02:52.885380 application/rdf+xml 18687 2025-06-10T14:02:41.881433 image/jpeg 2661 2025-06-10T14:02:41.822433 image/jpeg 623481 2025-06-10T14:02:41.240440 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia