A Literary Quote for the Day

Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. --Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (1874, 1914) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #300]

Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected.

--Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (1874, 1914) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #300]

Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. --Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (1874, 1914) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #300]

Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected.

--Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (1874, 1914) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #300]

The elm-tree avenue was all overgrown, the great gate was never unlocked, and the old house had been shut up for several years. -- Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs (1877, 1915) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #299]

The elm-tree avenue was all overgrown, the great gate was never unlocked, and the old house had been shut up for several years.

-- Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs (1877, 1915) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #299]

On the morning of November 18, 1863, a special train drew out from Washington, carrying
a distinguished company.

-- Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, The Perfect Tribute (1912) [Belle
Waterbury Wood Collection #200]

Beyond the reign of Peter the Great nothing is definitely known of the origin of the Tolstoi family. --Nathan Haskell Dole, The Life of Count Lyof N. Tolstoi (1911} [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #198]

Beyond the reign of Peter the Great nothing is definitely known of the origin of the Tolstoi family.

--Nathan Haskell Dole, The Life of Count Lyof N. Tolstoi (1911} [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #198]

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without my presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. --Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #193]

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without my presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

--Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #193]

With hale affection and abiding faith these rhymes and pictures are inscribed to the children everywhere. -- James Whitcomb Riley, Child-Rhymes (1909) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #191]

With hale affection and abiding faith these rhymes and pictures are inscribed to the children everywhere.

-- James Whitcomb Riley, Child-Rhymes (1909) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #191]

You are perhaps aware of the fact that there is a misunderstanding, it might almost be called a quarrel, existing between the painter and his public. -- John C. Van Dyke, Art for Art’s Sake, (1907) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #189]

You are perhaps aware of the fact that there is a misunderstanding, it might almost be called a quarrel, existing between the painter and his public.

-- John C. Van Dyke, Art for Art’s Sake, (1907) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #189]

What constitutes art in a book a picture, or a marble is a question that comes up with each new generation. -- John C. Van Dyke, What is Art?, (1910) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #188]

What constitutes art in a book a picture, or a marble is a question that comes up with each new generation.

-- John C. Van Dyke, What is Art?, (1910) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #188]

He entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the wind. --Henry Van Dyke, The Ruling Passion (1912) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #187]

He entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the wind.

--Henry Van Dyke, The Ruling Passion (1912) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #187]

Mercy and its blessed works always follow on the heels of cruelty, suffering, and war. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VIII (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #112]

Mercy and its blessed works always follow on the heels of cruelty, suffering, and war.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VIII (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #112]

The bones of the leaders of the great Civil War are widely scattered. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VII (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #111]

The bones of the leaders of the great Civil War are widely scattered.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VII (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #111]

James Abram Garfield was born at Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VI (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #110]

James Abram Garfield was born at Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol VI (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #110]

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol V (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #109]

Having thoroughly examined the ground, General Meade made a number of important changes in the positions of the troops under his command, and at an early hour took measures to reinforce his left, which was close to the enemy. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol V (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #109]

Having thoroughly examined the ground, General Meade made a number of important changes in the positions of the troops under his command, and at an early hour took measures to reinforce his left, which was close to the enemy.

President-elect Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Ill., for Washington February 11th. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol IV (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #108]

President-elect Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Ill., for Washington February 11th.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol IV (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #108]

The United States had gained its independence and a place among the nations. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol III (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #107]

The United States had gained its independence and a place among the nations.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol III (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #107]

This is a most enjoyable rabbit-hole.

Why not, indeed?

The reader will by this time have learned the most important facts concerning the settlement of the thirteen original colonies, save the last--Georgia. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol II (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #106]

The reader will by this time have learned the most important facts concerning the settlement of the thirteen original colonies, save the last--Georgia.

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol II (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #106]

-- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol I (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #105]

Christopher Columbus, though he was by no means the first white man to set foot on the shores of the New World, was, nevertheless, the true discoverer of America, and the glory of the grand achievement, through all the ages to come, will be his alone. -- Edward S. Ellis, Library of American History, Vol I (1895, 1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #105]

Christopher Columbus, though he was by no means the first white man to set foot on the shores of the New World, was, nevertheless, the true discoverer of America, and the glory of the grand achievement, through all the ages to come, will be his alone.

very much in doubt whether she did not love some one else more than she loved him.

--Henry Van Dyke, The Unknown Quantity (1912) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #186]

Before Toinette Grard made up her mind to marry Prosper Leclere,--you remember the man at Abbeville who had such a brave heart that he was not willing to fight with an old friend,--before Toinette perceived and understood how brave Prosper was, it seemed as if she were very much in doubt whether she did not love some one else more than she loved him. --Henry Van Dyke, The Unknown Quantity (1912) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #186]

Before Toinette Grard made up her mind to marry Prosper Leclere,--you remember the man at Abbeville who had such a brave heart that he was not willing to fight with an old friend,--before Toinette perceived and understood how brave Prosper was, it seemed as if she were

In the kitchen door of an old, weather-worn Vermont farmhouse stood Mr. Abimelech Jackwood, filling his pipe for an after-dinner smoke, and looking up at the sky with an air of contemplative wisdom. --John Townsend Trowbridge, Neighbor Jackwood… (1895) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #183]

In the kitchen door of an old, weather-worn Vermont farmhouse stood Mr. Abimelech Jackwood, filling his pipe for an after-dinner smoke, and looking up at the sky with an air of contemplative wisdom.

--John Townsend Trowbridge, Neighbor Jackwood… (1895) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #183]

“It’s a girl,” said Roden, laying a wager with himself. --Amelie Reeves, Virginia of Virginia (1901) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #180]

“It’s a girl,” said Roden, laying a wager with himself.

--Amelie Reeves, Virginia of Virginia (1901) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #180]

Sir Moses Montefiore, of the house of Rothschilds, and one of the very richest men in all the world, was in Jerusalem. --Joaquin Miller, The Building of the City Beautiful (1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #179]

Sir Moses Montefiore, of the house of Rothschilds, and one of the very richest men in all the world, was in Jerusalem.

--Joaquin Miller, The Building of the City Beautiful (1905) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #179]

There is nothing in New England corresponding at all to the feudal aristocracies of the Old World. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elsie Venner (1891) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #176]

There is nothing in New England corresponding at all to the feudal aristocracies of the Old World.

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elsie Venner (1891) [Belle Waterbury Wood Collection #176]

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