Took this volume of #ConstanceFenimoreWoolson back out on a whim. I had really enjoyed the selections from *Castle Nowhere*, which was mostly set around the Great Lakes, but had trouble getting into the next set of stories set in the South (from *Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches*).

Anyhow, decided to give it another go. The first two stories, the title story and "Sister St. Luke," fell rather flat to me, although the second was by far the better of the two.

#MorningReading was Fenimore Woolson's "St. Clair Flats" and *whoa* -- this is the first of the bunch to really stand out!

When, a few pages in, two travelers (including the narrator), somewhat lost upon extensive marshland, are directed to the house of someone named Waiting Samuel for shelter. We are treated to this humorous scene:

"'What is he waiting for?' I called back over my shoulder; for Raymond was rowing.

'The judgment-day!' answered Liakim, in a shrill key. The boats were now far apart; another turn, and we were alone."

(By that point I knew I was in for a treat! Some notes later.)

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So Woolson wrote several volumes of short stories (two published during her lifetime, two posthumously), a number of novels, and quite a bit of poetry.

Much of her stories and a few of her novels are available in e-copies via @gutenberg_org and other sources.

Yet very little of her #Poetry has been published online! It's a really good example of how even prominent writers (of their time), whose stuff is fully in #PublicDomain, has not yet it made its way to the internet.

(I find it good to have these examples to share with students, when encouraging them to visit a physical library and not just rely on what they can find in electronic databases!)

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