Index for Looking toward sunset by Lydia Maria Child

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"Looking Toward Sunset" by Lydia Maria Child is a collection of literary works and reflections on aging, written during the late 19th century. The volume includes essays, poems, and stories that explore the themes of friendship, memory, and the richness of life experiences in old age. Through its carefully selected pieces, Child aims to provide consolation and inspiration for those grappling with life's later stages. The opening of "Looking Toward Sunset" introduces the lives of two close friends, Harriet Brown and Jane White, who grow up together in Maine. Their friendship is characterized by shared childhood experiences and distinct family circumstances; Harriet is more privileged while Jane is tied to her family's economic struggles. As they mature and embark on separate paths—Harriet marrying a wealthy merchant and Jane starting a family—they face the bittersweet reality of life's changes and the pain of separation. This poignant start depicts the joys of youth alongside the inevitabilities of adulthood, laying the groundwork for a broader exploration of life's journey and the emotional richness that comes with aging. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

• The Project Gutenberg eBook ofLooking toward sunset
• Chapter 2
• Looking toward Sunset.FROMSOURCES OLD, NEW, ORIGINAL,AND SELECTED.
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• PREFACE.
• CONTENTS.
• THE FRIENDS.ByL. M. CHILD.
• Chapter 10
• THE GOOD OLD GRANDMOTHER,WHO DIED AGED EIGHTY.
• THE CONSOLATIONS OF AGE.TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF ZSCHOKKE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
• THE OLD MAN DREAMS.ByOLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
• A RUSSIAN LADYOF THE OLD SCHOOL.A
• THE OLD MAN’S SONG.TO HIS WIFE.
• THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF MARCH.THE BIRTHDAY OF ——.
• A CHRISTMAS STORY FOR GRANDFATHER.ByCHARLES DICKENS.
• JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO.ByROBERT BURNS.
• OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
• EVERLASTING YOUTH.By Rev.EDMUND H. SEARS.D
• LIFE.
• THE MYSTERIOUS PILGRIMAGE.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• THE HAPPIEST TIME.ByELIZA COOK.
• ODE OF ANACREON.TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK.
• CICERO’S ESSAY ON OLD AGE.
• THE FOUNTAIN.ByWILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
• A POET’S BLESSING.FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND.
• BERNARD PALISSYE
• OLD AGE COMING.
• UNMARRIED WOMEN.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• THE OLD MAID’S PRAYER TO DIANA.
• GRANDFATHER’S REVERIE.ByTHEODORE PARKER.
• THE HOUSE IN THE MEADOW.ByLOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
• A STORY OF ST. MARK’S EVE.ByTHOMAS HOOD.
• WHAT THE OLD WOMAN SAID.
• THE SPRING JOURNEY.
• MORAL HINTS.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• THE BOYS.WRITTEN FOR A MEETING OF COLLEGE CLASSMATES.ByOLIVER W. HOLMES.
• ODE OF ANACREON.TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK.
• MYSTERIOUSNESS OF LIFE.FROM MOUNTFORD’S EUTHANASY.
• EXTRACTS FROMTHE GRANDMOTHER’S APOLOGY.ByALFRED TENNYSON.
• THE ANCIENT MAN.
• MILTON’S HYMN OF PATIENCE.ByELIZABETH LLOYD HOWELL.
• LETTER FROM AN OLD WOMAN, ON HER BIRTHDAY.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• BRIGHT DAYS IN WINTER.ByJ. G. WHITTIER.
• THE CANARY BIRD.
• OLD BACHELORS.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• TAKING IT EASY.ByGEORGE H. CLARK.
• OLD AUNTY.
• RICHARD AND KATE.A SUFFOLK BALLAD.
• LUDOVICO CORNARO.DERIVED FROM THE WRITINGS OF CORNARO.
• ROBIN AND JEANNIE.ByDORA GREENWELL.
• A GOOD OLD AGE.FROM MOUNTFORD’S EUTHANASY.
• MY PSALM.ByJOHN G. WHITTIER.
• JOHN HENRY VON DANNECKER.DERIVED FROM MRS. JAMESON’S SKETCHES, LONGFELLOW’S HYPERION, AND FROM VARIOUS EUROPEAN LETTERS.
• THE KITTEN AND THE FALLING LEAVES.ByWILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
• DR. DODDRIDGE’S DREAM.
• THE OLD PSALM-TUNE.ByHARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
• THE LOST BOOKS OF LIVY.
• TO ONE WHO WISHED ME SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.ByALICE CARY.
• GROWING OLD.IADDRESSED TO UNMARRIED WOMEN.
• EQUINOCTIAL.ByMRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY.
• EPITAPH ON THE UNMATED.
• A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.J
• AT ANCHOR.K
• NOVEMBER.ByREV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
• MEDITATIONS ON A BIRTHDAY EVE.ByREV. JOHN PIERPONT.
• THE GRANDMOTHER OF SLAVES.BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER.
• AULD LANG SYNE.ByROBERT BURNS.
• OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
• OLD UNCLE TOMMYFROM THE CHRISTIAN REGISTER.
• SITTING IN THE SUN.
• AUNT KINDLY.ByTHEODORE PARKER
• CROSSING OVER.FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND.
• A LOVE AFFAIR AT CRANFORD.ByMRS. GASKELL.
• TO MY WIFE.ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF OUR WEDDING.
• THE EVERGREEN OF OUR FEELINGS.EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN OF J. P. RICHTER.
• OUR SECRET DRAWER.
• THE GOLDEN WEDDING.
• THE WORN WEDDING RING.ByW. C. BENNETT.
• HINTS ABOUT HEALTH.ByL. MARIA CHILD.
• THE INVALID’S PRAYER
• THE OLD PASTOR AND HIS SON.FROM THE GERMAN OF JEAN PAUL RICHTER.
• REST AT EVENING.ByADELAIDE A. PROCTER.
• Transcriber’s Notes
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
• Chapter 87

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