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Little Fishers and Their Nets
Thirteen year old Nettie Decker is called home after having lived with another family for 7 years, to find that her father is a drunkard and…
A Sevenfold Trouble
This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the li…
Eighty Seven
Twelve-year-old Winter Kelland is an orphan indentured to a cold, harsh farming couple. His one bright spot is eight-year-old Vine, a neighb…
Twenty Minutes Late
Sequel to Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant. Being 20 minutes late after a day out with the Kedwins and Ben and Daisy, her siblings, starts a series o…
Ester Ried's Namesake
In Ester Ried's Namesake, Esther Ried Randall grapples with the weight of her name and the expectations that come with it. As she navigates …
Wise and Otherwise
Wise and Otherwise follows the journey of Mr. Tresevant, a young and somewhat immature pastor, as he and his spoiled wife arrive in the town…
David Ransom's Watch
A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…
Ruth Erskine's Crosses
Third book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym Pansy.
Four Mothers at Chautauqua
Final book in the Chautauqua Girls series. The four original girls return to Chautauqua on the 25 year anniversary of the trip that changed …
The Pocket Measure
Three young women are the central characters in this story. Callie and her husband are poor, but they are frugal, spending using God's princ…
Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain
Workers Together continues the journey of Dr. Stuart Everett and Joy Saunders, characters first introduced in Pansy's earlier work, Ester Ri…
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
Tip Lewis is a mischievous, unpromising scamp. One Sunday, a visiting Sunday school teacher tells his mission class how her minister had gro…
Ruth Erskine's Son
Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the…
Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…
The Man of the House
Ten-year-old Reuben Watson Stone is carrying a heavy burden. As "the man of the house", he feels responsible for supporting his wi…
The Hall in the Grove
Fearing that her son, Robert, will grow too intellectual to relate to his parents, Mrs. Fenton starts a "Chautauqua Literary & Scie…
Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…
Cunning Workmen
Miss Cora Parkhurst is an irresponsible and flighty Sunday school teacher for a group of young ladies. She has simply no time to prepare the…
Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan
Two shorter stories in one book. In "Miss Priscilla Hunter," the church has been carrying debt for years. It's an embarrassment, a…