Ocupation: Novelist
Life: September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909
Birthday: September 3
Death: June 24
This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.
topic: Summer, Country, Flower, Ripening, Late Summer, Leaves And Flowers, Summer Garden, Summer Inspirational, Summer Sun, Summer Days, New England