by
Harriet H. Robinson
1898
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Boston: 100 Purchase Street
Chapter 4 She leaned forward, and watched the lighted shops, the crowded pavements, and listened hungrily to the noise of traffic. She was so absorbed in doing this that she gave the conductor absently the coppers for a twopenny ticket, and omitted to answer his caustic reference to her outstretched foot. When he had gone…
Who Stole the Tarts?
Pig and Pepper
Chapter 16 Mord Em’ly said good-bye to Mitchell’s Dining-Rooms, and Mrs. Mitchell kissed her, cried a good deal, and gave to her ten shillings over and above her wages, a number of ham sandwiches, and a bunch of coral that originally came (Mrs. Mitchell said) from goodness only knew where. Miss Mitchell so far unbent…
Lucy Larcom is one of the best-known mill girls. In this book, she describes her early years in Massachusetts.
The Characteristics of the Early Factory Girls