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Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the... Read Full Overview

A Cathedral Courtship is a romantic novel written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The story revolves around the life of a young American woman named Penelope Hamilton, who travels to England to explore the cathedrals and churches of the country. During her visit, she meets a charming... Read Full Overview

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A Cathedral Courtship

"A Cathedral Courtship", by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Kate Douglas Wiggin was american educator and author of children's stories (1856-1923).

We are doing the English cathedral towns, aunt Celia and I. Aunt Celia has an intense desire to improve my mind. Papa told her, when we were leaving Cedarhurst, that he wouldn't for the world have it too much improved, and aunt Celia remarked that, so far as she could judge,... Read Full Overview

A Cathedral Courtship is a novel written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, first published in 1893. The story is set in the small English town of Oldchester, where a young American woman named Penelope Hamilton arrives to visit her friend Lady Augusta Bracknell. While there, she meets... Read Full Overview