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Ladies-In-Waiting

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Appleton had sent to her dressing-room, because she would have been obscured by the size of the offering, but she carried as much of it as her strength permitted, and laid the fragrant bouquet on the piano as she passed it. (A poem had come with it, but Tommy did not dare read it until the ordeal was over, for no one had ever written her a poem before. It had three long verses, and was signed “F.A.”—that was all she had time to note.)

A long-haired gentleman sitting beside Appleton remarked to his neighbor: “The girl looks like a flower; it’s a pity she has such a heathenish name! Why didn’t they call her Hope, or Flora, or Egeria, or Cecilia?”

When the audience found that Miss Tucker’s singing did not belie her charming appearance, they cast discretion to the winds and loved her. Appleton himself marveled at the beauty of her performance as it budded and bloomed under the inspiration of her fellow arti. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A collection of light romances set in the early part of the twentieth century. It was enjoyable to see the characters ranging from high-powered Washington types to simple country dwelling New Englanders, and to some extent I felt as though I were taking a tour of America (OK, the East Coast) as it w

Delightful--and made me smile! Especially the last story, A Cathedral Courtship. The sketches included throughout the book were great.

A collection of light-hearted, romantic short stories. The first two stories were the best.

New Release! Three charming and heartwarming stories featuring plucky heroines who are nonetheless willing to wait a while for the right man! Together in the same volume for the first time with pen-and-ink chapter artwork from Charles Dana Gibson and Charles E. Brock. Available now for 99-cents!

I read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm when I was younger, along with Little Women, Anne of Green Gables and all the other girls' classics, but somehow never got acquainted with any of Kate Douglas Wiggin's other works until recently. I never realized what a wonderful writer she was! These three short wo

Three charming and heartwarming stories featuring plucky heroines who are nonetheless willing to wait a while for the right man! Together in the same volume for the first time with pen-and-ink chapter artwork from Charles Dana Gibson and Charles E. Brock.