# A New Story Book for Children

Author: Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66655

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+New+Story+Book+for+Children+Fern&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Nobody could be more astonished than I, to find myself famous. I never dreamed of it, when I sat in a small room, at the top of the house where I lodged, scribbling over a sheet of coarse foolscap with _noms de plume_, out of which I was to choose one for my first article—which article I never thought of preserving, any more than the succeeding ones, supposing my meagre pecuniary remuneration the only reward I was to hope for. I think the reason I selected the name “Fern,” was because, when a child, and walking with my mother in the country, she always used to pluck a leaf of it, to place in her bosom, for its sweet odor; and that gloomy morning, when I almost despaired of earning bread f...

## Chapters

- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-new-story-book-for-children-66655/chapters/15/index.md)