L introductory II. The isles OF greece obstacles are things over come Iv. Transition v. The institution VI. Laura bridgman the institution again VIII. Friendship and marriage IX. The valley OF reform the school for feeble-minded XI. The head OF the house anti - slavery and kindred matters kansas and free soil. The CIVIL war XIV. The doctor XV. The last crusades appendix the london royal normal college for the blind the hero, by John Greenleaf Whittier A memorial tribute, by Oliver Wendell Holmes index.
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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (27 February, 1850 – 14 January, 1943) was an American writer. She often published as Laura E. Richards & wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children.
Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".