Mary Potter Playne

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    What happiness did poor Mother’s studies bring her? It is the melancholy tendency of such studies to separate people from their friends and neighbors and fellow creatures in whom alone lies one’s happiness.
    —Mary Potter Playne (c. 1850–?)

    I think if she lived in
    A little shoe-house—
    That little old woman was
    Surely a mouse!
    —Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)