Excerpt from My Vineyard at Lakeview When I first took up rural pursuits as my vocation, I Was not altogether unacquainted with the theories and principles which pertain to them. From my boyhood, I have always had a great fondness for gardening, and all labor incident to country life. When learning my trade in the Village printing office, I took great delight in read ing all the agricultural and horticultural exchanges. My companion apprentice, Bob, as we called him then, always thought it stupid to read papers of that kind, preferring, for himself, to follow up with great care all political con troversies, and taking great delight at the complete sum mersaults which expert politicians (in those days) some times found it convenient to make. Many of these horticultural publications I took possession of, by permis sion of the editor, and carefully preserved. I now consider them one of the important features of my little library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Keeper of the Vineyard: A Tale of the Ozarks But to-day I am a woman, harassed with the doubts and fears of middle age; peering into the future with anxious eyes; and with four hungry Children looking to me for bread. Nothing sobers one like that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lillie Coit and her mother, Martha Hitchcock, were hostesses of Larkmead's bohemian salon in California's Napa Valley, where distinguished guests whiled away the hours with singing, dancing, and reading poetry under the stars. "A Salon at Larkmead", Martha's never-before-published diaries, chronicles this dazzling life of leisure in Napa Valley at the moment of the region's transition from wilderness to garden.

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