Polly Oliver's Problem
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About This Book
Polly Oliver's Problem has been thought to have been inspired by Kate Douglas Wiggin's own life. Like Polly, Kate's mother ran a boarding house, and like Polly, Kate was a storyteller and teacher. When her mother's health takes a turn for the worse, the family doctor prescribes a change of climate. Polly must assume the responsibility for her mother's care and relocate the family to San Francisco, while trying to fulfill her dream of becoming a kindergarten teacher.
Chapters (47)
- Polly Oliver's Problem
- Kate Douglas Wiggin
- With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations
- Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge
- 1896
- KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
- POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM
- A STORY FOR GIRLS
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MRS. WIGGIN . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece MRS. OLIVER AND POLLY "IT IS SOME OF THE STUDENTS" "SHE OPENED THE BOOK AND READ"
- POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM.
- CHAPTER I.
- A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- CHAPTER II.
- FORECASTING THE FUTURE.
- CHAPTER III
- THE DOCTOR GIVES POLLY A PRESCRIPTION.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE BOARDERS STAY, AND THE OLIVERS GO.
- CHAPTER V.
- TOLD IN LETTERS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- POLLY TRIES A LITTLE MISSIONARY WORK.
- CHAPTER VII.
- "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- TWO FIRESIDE CHATS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- HARD TIMES.
- CHAPTER X.
- EDGAR GOES TO CONFESSION.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE LADY IN BLACK.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE GREAT SILENCE.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A GARDEN FLOWER, OR A BANIAN-TREE.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- EDGAR DISCOURSES OF SCARLET RUNNERS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- LIFE IN THE BIRDS' NEST.
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE CANDLE CALLED PATIENCE.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- POLLY LAUNCHES HER SHIPS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE CHILDREN'S HOUR: REPORTED IN A LETTER BY AN EYE-WITNESS.
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