Christmas In Spain; Or, Mariquita's Day Of Rejoicing (1910)
25 pages long.https://archive.org/details/christmasinspain00pome/page/n5/mode/2up
Christmas In Sweden; Or, A Festival Of Light (1911)
28 pages long.https://archive.org/details/christmasinswede00pome/page/n5/mode/2up
Little-Known Sisters Of Well-Known Men (1912)
"IN preparing this series of biographical sketches, the author has wandered far afield and has collected data from many sources. The substance of four chapters was embodied in a thesis presented for the Master's degree at Boston University and the material for three others was collected in the library of the British Museum while the author was pursuing further graduate study in England. But the volume as it stands to-day represents much further research and revision.The fact that the manuscript was begun without any thought of publication and that the work has covered several years of research in the libraries of many different towns and cities has made it impossible always to give credit for the origin of material. Wherever possible, the author of a direct quotation has been credited in the text; and, in a bibliography published at the end of the volume, an effort has been made to name the principal works which have been consulted. But the fact that five of the women whose lives are here presented have never previously been the subject of any biographical sketch has made it necessary to gather and collate material from varied sources. In each case the references to the sisters in the most authentic biographies of their brothers have formed the basis of each essay; but often the most important facts or anecdotes have been found in some book of memoirs of the period, in some chance reference in a magazine article, or even in the notices of some yellowed newspaper. Under these circumstances, it has not been possible to verify every quotation.
In selecting the sisters of English and American authors, the purpose has been to present those who may truly be said to have been hitherto little known to the general public. Two of the women, however, cannot, in justice, be thus described. Dorothy Words worth has for fully half a century been the standard for literary sisterhood, and it has been very amusing to find almost every devoted sister of a literary man compared to her by some biographer. The details of Mary Lamb's life are also familiar to many readers. But no volume dealing with the sisters of literary men would be complete without these two, and it is hoped that in writing once again of their lives and activities, the author has succeeded in bringing the reader in a personal way to a more complete appreciation of their place and influence in the success of their beloved brothers. Five of the women who have been considered are, so far as the writer has been able to ascertain by research in two countries, pictured here for the first time ; while the lives of two others are treated more completely than they have been elsewhere. Visits to the homes and haunts of these women have carried the author through the narrow streets of Old London, along the by-ways of rural England, into sunny Italy and to the literary shrines of the New World, Days thus spent have vitalized her impressions of the characters of those she has striven to portray and interpret until, at times, they have seemed almost like living companions." (Introduction)
https://archive.org/details/littleknownsiste000479mbp/page/n9/mode/2up
The Italians; A Study Of The Countrymen Of Columbus, Dante, And Michael Angelo (1914)
53 pages long. Divided into short chapters; Ideal for novice readers.https://archive.org/details/italiansstudyofc00pome/page/n9/mode/2up