Laura Bridgman : the story of an opened door / by Laura E. Richards; prefatory note by William H. Burnham.

  • Laura E. Richards
Date:
1928
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Credit: Laura Bridgman : the story of an opened door / by Laura E. Richards; prefatory note by William H. Burnham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    holds the boy’s hand and guides it over the book. Though not a great work of art, it is a speaking like¬ ness of both children, and has an attraction all its own. When Dr. and Mrs. Howe returned from Europe, Laura continued for a time to live with them in the Doctor’s Part”; when they moved to their own home, “Green Peace,” it was judged best for her to remain at the Institution, which was henceforward and through life her real home. The first of the “Howe children,” Julia Romana, was born in Rome, March 12, 1844, and from the hour of her birth was an object of the deepest in¬ terest to Laura. When she first heard of the child’s birth, “she was almost beside herself,” notes Miss Swift, “and did not know what to do but hug and kiss me.” She wrote to the young mother in Rome: “I love your baby very much, & am your precious. [She is my precious.] I shall make a present for you to remember me many years. I should like to live with you and your husband & dear baby. While you were away one year I was in great misery, & had to miss you many times. I did not like to have you go away with Dr. Howe. As soon as you come home, I shall run to you & kiss & hug you very hard, & shall take my very dear baby & kiss it very softly & take off her things. I shall always set her a good example. I want to see her very much. I should like to make a very nice clothes to help you. ... I