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CMS_ AN INCIDENT AT ROME .pdf
The narrator, traveling in Italy, meets an English lady, who recounts the story of Mrs. Bathurst and her son Murray, a young antiquarian who goes mad while conducting research in Rome. He is eventually reunited with his mother and restored to sanity.…

Dogs edited.pdf
After an older brother tells his younger siblings all about an extraordinary dog he encountered in New York City, his mother criticizes animal cruelty and reminds them of the fidelity and goodness of dogs.

 Look Before You Leap 1846 edited.pdf
A mother tells her daughters the story of a young woman who decided to marry an older man of whom she was fond but not passionately in love.

Marietza edited.pdf
A Greek/Chian girl witnesses the destruction of her home/island as a consequence of the 1822 uprising against Turkish domination, and subsequently marries her English protector.

Our Robins edited.pdf
The narrator spends time with her dying friend and the friend's young son, sharing a love of flowers and birds, and reflecting on the habits of robins and their similarities to human beings.

saturday night edited.pdf
A mother tells her children a bedtime story about a mysterious Friend who gives children precious gifts, and teaches a lesson about gratitude and prayer.

Scene at Niagara_edited.pdf
A description of Niagara Falls, followed by a conversation between and mother and son about the sublimity of nature and God.

SKEPTICISM.pdf
A young boy has a conversation with his mother in order to understand the meaning of skepticism.

Susy's Cow edited.pdf
A widowed mother must sell her daughter's beloved cow in order to pay for medical care. The cow demonstrates devotion to its calf and the daughter.
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