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Richards (LAURA ELIZABETH an American)

LAURA ELIZABETH, an American writer of juvenile books, daughter of Julia Ward Howe; born in Boston, Mass., in 1850. She published Daughter of Julia ardh a great number of children's books, among them: "Five Mice" (1880); "Our Baby's Favorite" (1881); "Tell-Tale from Hill and Dale" (1886); and "Toto's Merry Winter" (1887); "Captain January" (1890); "Nautilus" (1895); "Love and Rocks" (1898); "Snow White" (1900); "Letters and Journals of Samuel Bridley Howe" (1906-1909) ; "Two as a peacemaker. Subsequently, how- Noble Lives" (1911); "Julia Ward ever, he sided with his brother against Howe" (1915) (with her sister Maude taken Howe Elliott). "Daughter of Jehu" prisoner at Lewes, and imprisoned for a year, till the battle of Evesham (1265) set him free. In 1267 he was a third time married, to Beatrice, niece of the Elector of Cologne. Richard died at Kirkham, April 2, 1272, broken-hearted at the loss of his eldest son, Henry, who was murdered at Viterbo by the Montforts, and immortalized by Dante. Two other sons died also without issue.

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