The Peterkin Papers

Originally appearing as a series of short stories in a children's magazine, The Peterkin Papers is a collection of tales of a hysterically inept family named The Peterkins.

The Peterkin's unfortunate lack of common sense causes hilarious unintended consequences nearly everytime they have an idea. The Peterkins muddle through life's challenges with love and cooperation, but when they come to their wits' end, they know they need help. The Peterkins decide to consult the wise, sensible "Lady from Philadelphia" who manages to extricate them from their troubles with sensible commonplace solutions.

Table of Contents
Chapter 01: The Lady Who Put Salt In Her Coffee
Chapter 02: About Elizabeth Eliza's Piano
Chapter 03: The Peterkins Try To Become Wise
Chapter 04: Solomon John's Book
Chapter 05: Mrs. Peterkin Wishes To Go To Drive
Chapter 06: The Peterkins At Home. At Dinner
Chapter 07: Why The Peterkins Had A Late Dinner
Chapter 08: The Peterkins' Summer Journey
Chapter 09: The Peterkins Snowed-Up
Chapter 10: The Peterkins Decide To Keep A Cow
Chapter 11: The Peterkins' Christmas-Tree
Chapter 12: Mrs. Peterkin's Tea-Party
Chapter 13: The Peterkins Too Late For The Exhibition
Chapter 14: The Peterkins Celebrate The Fourth Of July
Chapter 15: The Peterkins' Picnic
Chapter 16: The Peterkins' Charades
Chapter 17: The Peterkins Are Obliged To Move
Chapter 18: The Peterkins Decide To Learn The Languages
Chapter 19: Modern Improvements At The Peterkins'
Chapter 20: Agamemnon's Career
Chapter 21: The Educational Breakfast
Chapter 22: The Peterkins At The "Carnival Of Authors" In Boston
Chapter 23: The Peterkins At The Farm

Beloved as a children's book since 1880 (but actually meant as a satirical look at the ineptitude of the upper class), these selected tales of the misadventures, difficulties, and ever-present perplexities of the Peterkin family will fill the listener with unabashed delight!

This book in detail the Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The first of the Peterkin stories appeared in 1867 in a magazine named Our Young Folks, later named St. Nicholas Magazine. The series continued for nine years, and made the Peterkins a household word.

Meet the Peterkins, a lovable crew with a notable lack of common sense. These comic tales chronicle their roundabout attempts to solve simple, everyday problems. Cheerful and energetic, the close-knit family of eight resides in a village near Boston. They play their piano from the front porch because the movers left it with the keyboard facing the parlor window, and they're ready to raise the ceiling to make way for a towering Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of "the wise old lady from Philadelphia" keeps them from acting on their more elaborate madcap schemes.
Author Lucretia Hale, sister to writer and cleric Edward Everett Hale, helped break new ground in children's literature by writing stories to amuse young people rather than instruct or uplift them. These tales first appeared in 1867 in a popular children's magazine of the era, and in the course of a decade, the Peterkins became a household word. "The years pass them along to every new generation," noted Harper's Bazaar, "with the hint that human nature is about the same everywhere and all the time." Hailed by The New York Times as "a masterpiece" and graced with 153 delightful black-and-white illustrations, this book offers a glimpse of nineteenth-century New England life that charms readers of all ages

This book is written of the Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories and is her best-known work. The first of the Peterkin stories appeared in 1867 in a magazine named Our Young Folks, later named St. Nicholas Magazine. The series continued for nine years.

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The Peterkin Papers
Lucretia Peabody Hale, american journalist and author (1820-1900)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- DEDICATION
-03- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE PETERKIN PAPERS
-04- THE LADY WHO PUT SALT IN HER COFFEE
-05- ABOUT ELIZABETH ELIZA'S PIANO
-06- THE PETERKINS TRY TO BECOME WISE
-07- SOLOMON JOHN'S BOOK
-08- MRS PETERKIN WISHES TO GO TO DRIVE
-09- THE PETERKINS AT HOME. AT DINNER
-10- WHY THE PETERKINS HAD A LATE DINNER
-11- THE PETERKINS' SUMMER JOURNEY
-12- THE PETERKINS SNOWED UP
-13- THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO KEEP A COW
-14- THE PETERKINS' CHRISTMAS TREE
-15- MRS PETERKIN'S TEA PARTY
-16- THE PETERKINS TOO LATE FOR THE EXHIBITION
-17- THE PETERKINS CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY
-18- THE PETERKINS' PICNIC
-19- THE PETERKINS' CHARADES
-20- THE PETERKINS ARE OBLIGED TO MOVE
-21- THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGES
-22- MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PETERKINS
-23- AGAMEMNON'S CAREER
-24- THE EDUCATIONAL BREAKFAST
-25- THE PETERKINS AT THE CARNIVAL OF AUTHORS IN BOSTON
-26- THE PETERKINS AT THE FARM

The first of these stories was accepted by Mr. Howard M. Ticknor for the Young Folks. They were afterwards continued in numbers of the St. Nicholas.