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FROM: "Lamb, Ellen" <[removed]@Central.tased.edu.au>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 3:41 AM

Dear All
I have a patron looking for the title of a children's book she read some
years ago. I suspect that it may be of a similar vintage to Little Women and
the Katy stories - certainly the theme is reminiscent...
A young girl (parson's daughter?) goes to stay with her wealthy cousin in
New York (?) and goes to school with her. The country cousin is practical,
reliable etc, possibly named Polly. The city cousin is flighty and
irresponsible,thinking only of fun, and has a younger brother and sister.
Some years later the city girl's father loses all his money and it is the
country cousin, now living in the city and teaching, who shows the family
how to cope with a much-reduced lifestyle. Probably set around the turn of
(last) century.
Hope these details ring a bell with someone out there..
TIA

Ellen

Ellen Lamb
State Library of Tasmania
30 Alexander Street
Burnie TAS 7320
[removed]@central.tased.edu.au

FROM: Claudia C Breland <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 8:49 AM

This is An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott. Here's the
description from our catalog: "Polly's friendship with the wealthy
Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth
about the relationship between happiness and riches. "

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:41:13 +1100 "Lamb, Ellen"
<[removed]@Central.tased.edu.au> writes:
>
> Dear All
> I have a patron looking for the title of a children's book she read
> some
> years ago. I suspect that it may be of a similar vintage to Little
> Women and
> the Katy stories - certainly the theme is reminiscent...
> A young girl (parson's daughter?) goes to stay with her wealthy
> cousin in
> New York (?) and goes to school with her. The country cousin is
> practical,
> reliable etc, possibly named Polly. The city cousin is flighty and
> irresponsible,thinking only of fun, and has a younger brother and
> sister.
> Some years later the city girl's father loses all his money and it
> is the
> country cousin, now living in the city and teaching, who shows the
> family
> how to cope with a much-reduced lifestyle. Probably set around the
> turn of
> (last) century.
> Hope these details ring a bell with someone out there..
> TIA
>
> Ellen
>
> Ellen Lamb
> State Library of Tasmania
> 30 Alexander Street
> Burnie TAS 7320
> [removed]@central.tased.edu.au
>
>
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/19/01, 10:28 AM

In a message dated 1/19/2001 9:48:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@juno.com writes:

<<

This is An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott. Here's the
description from our catalog: "Polly's friendship with the wealthy
Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth
about the relationship between happiness and riches. "
>>

Claudia -

You were reading my mind. That's exactly the title that popped into my head.
I loved that book and re-read it many times.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/19/01, 11:16 AM

>From: "Lamb, Ellen" <[removed]@Central.tased.edu.au>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Old children's title
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:41:13 +1100
>
>
>Dear All
>I have a patron looking for the title of a children's book she read some
>years ago. I suspect that it may be of a similar vintage to Little Women
>and
>the Katy stories - certainly the theme is reminiscent...
>A young girl (parson's daughter?) goes to stay with her wealthy cousin in
>New York (?) and goes to school with her. The country cousin is practical,
>reliable etc, possibly named Polly. The city cousin is flighty and
>irresponsible,thinking only of fun, and has a younger brother and sister.
>Some years later the city girl's father loses all his money and it is the
>country cousin, now living in the city and teaching, who shows the family
>how to cope with a much-reduced lifestyle. Probably set around the turn of
>(last) century.
>Hope these details ring a bell with someone out there..
>TIA
>
>Ellen
>
>Ellen Lamb
>State Library of Tasmania
>30 Alexander Street
>Burnie TAS 7320
[removed]@central.tased.edu.au
>
>

This may well be "An Old-Fashioned Girl," which is in fact by L. M. Alcott,
author of "Little Women," and, if I am not mistaken, does have two major
parts to it.

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FROM: Jennifer Loeffel <[removed]@mcfls.org>
REC'D: 1/20/01, 10:56 AM

The book is An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott. One of my favorite books of youth!

Jennifer Loeffel
Greendale Public Library

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From: Lamb, Ellen [[removed]@Central.tased.edu.au]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 3:41 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Old children's title


Dear All
I have a patron looking for the title of a children's book she read some
years ago. I suspect that it may be of a similar vintage to Little Women and
the Katy stories - certainly the theme is reminiscent...
A young girl (parson's daughter?) goes to stay with her wealthy cousin in
New York (?) and goes to school with her. The country cousin is practical,
reliable etc, possibly named Polly. The city cousin is flighty and
irresponsible,thinking only of fun, and has a younger brother and sister.
Some years later the city girl's father loses all his money and it is the
country cousin, now living in the city and teaching, who shows the family
how to cope with a much-reduced lifestyle. Probably set around the turn of
(last) century.
Hope these details ring a bell with someone out there..
TIA

Ellen

Ellen Lamb
State Library of Tasmania
30 Alexander Street
Burnie TAS 7320
[removed]@central.tased.edu.au

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