Autumn Leaves, Original Pieces in Prose and Verse

by Anne Wales ABBOT (1808 - 1908)

03 - The Little South-Wind

Autumn Leaves, Original Pieces in Prose and Verse

The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publication. The editor would express her thanks to the writers, who, at her solicitation, have allowed them to be printed. They are published with the hope of aiding a work of charity,—the establishment of an Agency for the benefit of the poor in Cambridge,—to which the proceeds of the sale will be devoted. (Summary by Anne W. Abbot, ed)


Listen next episodes of Autumn Leaves, Original Pieces in Prose and Verse:
04 - Lines Written at the Close of Dr. Holmes's Lectures on English Poetry , 05 - Aunt Molly. A Reminiscence of Old Cambridge. , 06 - The Sounds of Morning in Cambridge , 07 - The Sounds of Evening in Cambridge , 08 - To the Near-Sighted , 09 - Flowers from a Student's Walks , 10 - Miseries. No. 1 , 11 - Miseries. No. 2. A Dark Night , 12 - Miseries. No. 3. Twine , 13 - Miseries. No. 4. Fresh Air , 14 - Farewell , 15 - Innocent Surprises. , 16 - The Old Sailor , 17 - Laughter , 18 - To Stephen , 19 - The Old Church , 20 - "Something than beauty dearer" , 21 - A Tale found in the Repositories of the Abbots of the Middle Ages , 22 - The Sea , 23 - Fashion , 24 - A Growl , 25 - To Jenny Lind , 26 - My Herbarium , 27 - The Ostrich , 28 - Cows , 29 - The Home-Beacon , 30 - The Fourth of July , 31 - From the Papers of Reginald Ratcliffe, Esq. Part 1 , 32 - From the Papers of Reginald Ratcliffe, Esq. Part 2 , 33 - From the Papers of Reginald Ratcliffe, Esq. Part 3