The Little Colonel Series

It is in this book, that we meet Joyce Ware, and Betty Lewis, and Eugenia Forbes, and they learn about the "Road of the Loving Heart," the memories you leave with other people.

Here Lloyd is told by her mother that patience is "putting up with anything that happens to you without making a fuss about it."

At the Cuckoo's Nest, they meet Molly, an orphan, whose little sister she fears is still in the clutches of their drunken father.

The rest of the book revolves around the girls's search for Molly's sister, Dot, and their good works for the less fortunate. This book is dwells on the tenets of Christianity.

They are fascinated by a new girl, Ida, who is in love. Lloyd is sorely torn between doing right and helping Ida. Eventually they all learn that Ida's aunt was correct in her assessment of Ida's love, but by then it is too late for Ida.

This book introduces the story of the three weavers. This story is an allegory that convinces the girls to refrain from giving their love away in their teens, but to wait until they are old enough to judge that a man is a real prince.

Lloyd does come out and make a long visit, however.

Joyce has had to give up going to school and leave civilization for the sake of her mother. She has ambitions to be a real artist and is crushed to be so far from any further schooling and to be burdened with so many homemaking duties.

Her good nature and kindness are rewarded, and there is time for moralizing about the evils of gambling and promoting the virtues of only falling in love with men who have never stained themselves.

This is a wonderful school and the descriptions of life there is quite interesting.

Lloyd gets sick right before Christmas vacation, however, and when she comes home, her doctor tells her she must take it easy. She doesn't and suffers a relapse and must skip the spring term at school.

After moping and feeling sorry for herself, Lloyd learns that helping others is a good way to quit feeling sorry for yourself.

The occasion for it is the marriage, held at the house, of Eugenia Forbes.

The description of the wedding decorations is worth the price of the book.

Toward the end of the book, Mary Ware is told of a compliment and is given the goal of making of herself a real naturalist, which she is already close to becoming.