a new england girlhood 新英格兰少女时代

A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD OUTLINED FROM MEMORY 1 A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD OUTLINED FROM MEMORY By LUCY LARCOM 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD OUTLINED FROM MEMORY 2 PREFACE THE following sketch was written for the young, at the suggestion of friends. My audience is understood to be composed of girls of all ages, and of women who have not forgotten their girlhood. Such as have a friendly appreciation of girls--and of those who write for them--are also welcome to listen to as much of my narrative as they choose. All others are eavesdroppers, and, of course, have no right to critise. To many, the word "autobiography" implies nothing but conceit and egotism. But these are not necessarily its characteristics. If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of the winds that whispered to it, of the birds that sang around it, of the storms that visited it, and of the motherly tree that held it and fed it until its petals were unfolded and its form developed. A complete autobiography would indeed be a picture of the outer a......