02735cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000390011324500460015226400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450503010041550801230071652013800083953400450221965300400226465300230230470000390232785600430236625710UtSlPG20260610133605.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aEwing, Juliana Horatia,d1841-188510aLast Words: A Final Collection of Stories 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-06-060 aMary'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.  aProduced by Sankar Viswanathan, Juliet Sutherland, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aChildren's stories1 aMurphy, Hermann Dudley,d1867-194540uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25710