Jill, a Flower Girl
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ISBN / ASINB003EV5SYA
ISBN-13978B003EV5SY4
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Description
This volume was published in 1893.
Excerpt:
CHAPTER I.
The London season was at its height. The weather was wann
and sultry, the days were at their longest. The shops were
gay with beautiful dresses, richly trimmed bonnets, gloves,
parasols, hats -- the thousand and one pretty articles of
usefulness and beauty which are considered indispensable
by the people who drive about in carriages and live in the
large houses in the West End of London.
The time was right, and the more important shops were shut,
but the great houses in Grosvenor Square revelaed at this
moment their fullest and most brilliant life, for this was the
time when the great receptions of the season were given.
Before one of the largest and most important of these mansions
a small crowd had collected. It was the sort of crowd who are
fond of getting peeps inside the lovely palaces which they must
not enter. Rough looking boys, eager, pinched women, a few
men, and even some babies were present. They jostled one
another, and each in turn tried to force his or her way to the
front rank. They made remarks freely with regard to the
people who were going inside the house. The beautiful girl
and richly dressed matrons called for their outspoken admira-
tion.
..............................................................................
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
Excerpt:
CHAPTER I.
The London season was at its height. The weather was wann
and sultry, the days were at their longest. The shops were
gay with beautiful dresses, richly trimmed bonnets, gloves,
parasols, hats -- the thousand and one pretty articles of
usefulness and beauty which are considered indispensable
by the people who drive about in carriages and live in the
large houses in the West End of London.
The time was right, and the more important shops were shut,
but the great houses in Grosvenor Square revelaed at this
moment their fullest and most brilliant life, for this was the
time when the great receptions of the season were given.
Before one of the largest and most important of these mansions
a small crowd had collected. It was the sort of crowd who are
fond of getting peeps inside the lovely palaces which they must
not enter. Rough looking boys, eager, pinched women, a few
men, and even some babies were present. They jostled one
another, and each in turn tried to force his or her way to the
front rank. They made remarks freely with regard to the
people who were going inside the house. The beautiful girl
and richly dressed matrons called for their outspoken admira-
tion.
..............................................................................
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
