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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Samantha on Children's Rights](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqvezb3d11efxvxf1eydbkn/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261013%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261013T031843Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=017b78d060745415b9b8acd2c86bb3f0f0b29c68e530afe213f3badc9769b40a) ## About this work Samantha on Children's Rights by Marietta Holley, Charles 1867-1910 \[Illustrator\] Grunwald — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside SAMANTHA ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS BY JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE (MARIETTA HOLLEY) Author of “Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition,” “Around the World with Josiah Allen’s Wife,” “Samantha at Saratoga,” Etc. ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES GRUNWALD G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I 7 II 20 III 40 IV 60 V 77 VI 91 VII 106 VIII 123 IX 137 X 149 XI 161 XII 171 XIII 182 XIV 195 XV 212 XVI 224 XVII 233 XVIII 238 XIX 256 XX 270 XXI 283 XXII 287 XXIII 295 XXIV 308 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE For five days he wuz shet up in his room and kep’ on bread and water Frontispiece And then all three on ’em yelled out: “Rubber neck! Rubber neck!” 49 The mair sot off back to Jonesville, my pardner runnin’ after her as he still had holt of the lines 110 She wuz whippin’ little Kate, her face all swelled up with what she called religious principle 157 I went up into the room and helped him ondress, and hearn him tell his prayers 220 I drawed him away at a good jog and walked him into what I thought wuz a place of safety 254 SAMANTHA ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS Jack has got a middlin’ round face, with eyes of dark blue. A sort of mornin’ glory blue, and at times they are big, that is when he is wonderin’ over sunthin’, or has found out sunthin’. And at times they will be sort o’ half shet up, like mornin’ glories when the sun is too hot. Then is the time when he has been wilted by Hamen and his wife. The fresh, vigorous desire for knowledge born in him, onbeknown to himself, jest as the freshness of the mornin’ glories wuz born in them, withered and… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fsamantha-on-childrens-rights) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fsamantha-on-childrens-rights) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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