Four Girls at Chautauqua

MP3 Audio CD. These four girl friends: Ruth ? bratty and eccentric; Eurie ? frivolous and impish; Marion ? impoverished, liberated and witty Flossy ? timid and always undecisive; take new unforgettable adventures at Chautauqua and they had fun ever since then.

This series consists of these chapters: Introduced; The Question Discussed; Entering The Current; Fairpoint; Unrest; Feasts; Table Talk; "At Evening Time It Shall Be Bright"; Fleeing; How The "Flitting" Ended; Heart Touches; Flossy At School; "Cross Purposes"; The New Lesson; Great Men; War Of Words; Getting Ready To Live; The Silent Witness; An Old Story; People Who, "Having Eyes, See Not"; A "Sense Of Duty"; One Minute's Work; "I've Been Redeemed"; Sword Thrusts; Sermons In Chalk; "Their Works Do Follow Them"; Unfinished Music; Mental Problems; Waiting; Settled Questions; The Beginning Of The End; and The End Of The Beginning.

Isabella Macdonald Alden was an American author who wrote under her pen name, Pansy, as her father would call her. She was the daughter of her intellectual parents Isaac Alden and Myra Spafford Macdonald. At an early age, she developed a skill in writing a daily journal. When she was ten years old, she wrote her first book ?Our Old Clock? and was published. She was married to Reverend Gustavus Rossenberg Alden and had a son named Raymond. She pursued in writing, attending to church activities, and teaching at Oneida Seminary in New York.

Alden wrote around 100 books, which are mostly influenced by religious values. Her works are mostly inspired by Biblical passages and translated it into what a good Christian should be. Her books were also based on life experiences, some others by her interest in the Chautauqua movement.

Alden was very close to her sister Marcia, who married the Reverend Charles Livingston, they lived under one house for several years.