The Peterkin Papers
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The Peterkin Papers is a collection of humorous short stories by American author Lucretia Peabody Hale. The book was first published in 1880, and a sequel, The Last of the Peterkins was printed in 1886.[1]
The first Peterkin story, The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee, was published in the April 1868 issue of the children’s magazine Our Young Folks.[2] Other stories in the series originally appeared in issues of Our Young Folks, until the periodical ceased publication in 1873.[3] Later Peterkin stories were published in St. Nicholas Magazine.[4][5]
