fiction

Former library copy, with adhesive labels on spine and cover.
Stamped "Lawrence Public Library".
Library card holder (with library card) inside back cover.

Softcover book.
From back cover:
North Andover author and feminist, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911) was an early advocate of clothing reform for women, urging them to burn their corsets. Inspired by the Lawrence Pemberton Mill Tragedy of 1860, Phelps wrote this story based upon one of the actual workers, Asenath S. Martin. It originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 1868.
Preface to this edition by Louise Sandberg, Special Collections, Lawrence Public Library, author of Lawrence in the Gilded Age.

Former library copy, with adhesive labels on spine and cover.
Stamped "Lawrence Public Library".
Library card holder (with library card) inside back cover.

Softcover book.
From back cover:
North Andover author and feminist, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911) was an early advocate of clothing reform for women, urging them to burn their corsets. Inspired by the Lawrence Pemberton Mill Tragedy of 1860, Phelps wrote this story based upon one of the actual workers, Asenath S. Martin. It originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 1868.
Preface to this edition by Louise Sandberg, Special Collections, Lawrence Public Library, author of Lawrence in the Gilded Age.

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is a collection of children's stories. The inside cover bears a label which reads: "Reg. No. 105780/Shelf No. P 2348/Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872". The flyleaf page bears a label which reads: "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc./Boston, Mass.".

This book is part of the Noonan Family collection. Newspaper article found in book is from a Boston newspaper dated June 10, 1919. The headline reads"Girl Chauffeur Overseas, Home" "Harriet Rantoul Assisted in Caring for Sick". This article has been removed from the book.

This book is part of the Noonan Family collection. Newspaper article found in book is from a Boston newspaper dated June 10, 1919. The headline reads"Girl Chauffeur Overseas, Home" "Harriet Rantoul Assisted in Caring for Sick". This article has been removed from the book.