He wrote both poems and novels, and is generally hailed as the inventor of the historical novel. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born in Scotland and educated to the bar. Tennyson’s and Scott’s poetry have both been published in editions with covers of various covers, including green and blue. In On the Way Home, Rose Wilder Lane wrote that the Wilders owned copies of both Tennyson’s Poems and Scott’s Poems. In Chapter 12, the book is “green and gilt,” while in Chapter 19, it is “blue and gilt.” It is not known what color Laura’s copy of Tennyson was in fact, in her handwritten Pioneer Girl manuscript, she receives a copy of Scott’s Poems, not Tennyson’s. Scott’s Poems? Notice that Wilder describes her copy of Tennyson’s Poems differently in two chapters of Little Town on the Prairie. It first appeared in Tennyson’s 1855 volume: Maud, and Other Poems it was also included in T he Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, published in both one- and two-volume editions by various publishers.

“Maud” is a quite lengthy poem of twenty-two parts the verses used in Little Town on the Prairie (Chapter 20, “The Birthday Party”) begin Part XXII. While waiting for Mary Power to come by to walk to Ben Woodworth’s birthday party with her, Laura Ingalls tried to overcome her restlessness by reading one of her favorite Tennyson poems. These two poems are also found in separate entries on. In the linked volume, “Maud” is on page 168. It first appeared in his 1842 two-volume work, Poems.

“The Lotus Eaters” was by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). She keeps the secret, and later receives the book as a gift (see Chapter 19, “The Whirl of Gaiety”). Laura reads a portion of the poem “The Lotus Eaters” before realizing the book must have been hidden there as a Christmas present for her. In Little Town on the Prairie (see Chapter 12, “Snug for Winter”), Laura Ingalls finds a copy of Tennyson’s Poems hidden in Ma’s bureau drawer. It was a perfectly new book, beautifully bound in green cloth with a gilded pattern pressed into it… – Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 12, “Snug for Winter” Collection of works by Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet laureate born 1809.

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