The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-02
LAURA E. RICHARDS.

LAURA T.. NCHAkDS.
Maine may we'll take just pride in
claiming as her own, the many noted
singers, authors and artists who are so
much IN the public eye at the present
time. Among well known writers must
pc included Laura Elizabeth Richards
(Mrs: Henry Richards) daughter of the
late Samuel G. and Julia Ward Howe of
Boston, Mass. Mrs. Richards inherited
her literary tastes from both of her par
ents and while very young showed
great fondness for books. She had ample
opportunities at home for gratifying her
love for reading, her fathers library
oelng exceptionally rich in rare and the
best of books.
Ut deeply imaginative temperament
mrs. Richards has perpe1 source of
interest and pleasure quite apart from
the surroundings of her daily life. She
Is one OF the principal writer's Of books
for the amusement of young people, in
culcating healthy morality eminentlv
adapted to develop and form the tastes
of young boys and girls. Mrs. Richards
spent much of her girlhood in Boston.
the home of her parents, but after her
marriage in 1871 to Mr.. Henry Richards
she took up her residence permanently
at Gardiner, Me.
Though her gift in writing was early
manifested, her first published literary
effort was Sketches and Scraps in 1881.
followed by Five White Mice that same
year. Its success stimulated her ambi-
ton to further efforts and as writer of
bright and interesting stories for chill
dren she has become constant contrib
utor and they meet with ready sale.
The following is a partial list of her
works, Joyous Story of Toto, Queen Hill
degarde, Captain January, Melody.
Three Margarets, Snowwhite, Mrs.
Tree, Godfrey Strong, The Green Satin
Gown, Peggy, Quicksilver Sue, Mrs.
Trees VIII, Our Tommy, The Silver
Crown, Grandmother, Marie, The Hurdy
Gurdy.
Mrs. richards latest literary effort is
the publication of Journals and Letters
of Samuel Gridley Howe, edited by his
daughter, with notes and a preface by
Frank B. Sanborn, complete in two vol
umes. The first bears the title of The
Greek Revolution, and that of the second
volume The Servant of Humanity. These
books contain a full and complete ac-
count of the life service of this most dis
tinguished philanthropist.
The period of the first volume COM
prises his youth and early manhood, es-
pecially the time of his noble and self
sacrificing volunteer services with the
Greeks in their efforts to throw off the
yoke of the Turks. Inspired by his love
of freedom, his hatred Of cruelty, and
his eagerness to relieve suffering, this
young American physician gave up his
ease, custom and money getting, and
fastened over the seas to fight savage
foe among savage mountains for love of
that dear land which was next in his af-
fections to his own, the land of the i'm
perishable Ideal.
His journals, luminous and continuous,
give wonderfully vivid and interesting
accounts Of the period destined to live
throughout the course of history. The
second volume, said to cover period of
AZ years, tells the story of DR.. Howe's
labors in the cause of humanity in his
own country; labors for the blind, the
deaf, the insane, the prisoner and cap
tive. The letters in this volume throw a
vivid light on the history of the 10Th cen
fury, and are mostly addressed to Horace
Mann, Theodore Parker and Charles
Sumner.
Mrs. Richards is social leader in
Gardiner and prominently identified with
all the interests of that city. The Rich
ards residence is one of the most at
tractive and pretentious in Gardiner and
from time to time many distinguished
literary and musical people have been en-
tertained there.
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