Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life

This book, originally published in 1903, became a best-seller. It describes in conversation and prose the events in an 8 year old girl's life when she finds herself at her widowed grandfather's home where her presence is welcomed neither by other resident relatives nor by the staff. She has been raised as a Christian Scientist by her absent parents and how she solves various problems for herself and others contributes to an easy and delightful read.

About the Author:

Coming from an illustrious, artistic family CLB, whose father was a leading composer/song writer in the Civil War era composed "The Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" also had a brother, Frederick W. Root, a poet /composer of note, who encouraged her to write her stories. There were some thirty novels, all of which were basically romantic novels of those whose attitudes were affected some more and some less specifically by her enthusiastic acceptance of the newly popular denomination, Christian Science. Living mainly in Chicago after a very short marriage she spent summers on Bailey Island off the coast of Portland, Maine and many plots lead invitingly to that idyllic spot and reflect the perspectives and dialects of its yearround residents.