UNFINISHED DRAMAS AND OTHER PIECES
The following fragments, consisting chiefly of scenes of dramas, were, for the most part, the work, very irregularly pursued, of some fifteen years, up to the last seven before her end. Interested as she was in the occupation, she wanted perseverance, self-appreciation, and latterly health and strength, to complete her designs.
The sister had always been aware of the planning of these dramas, about which Louisa freely conversed with her as long as they were only plans. But when they had been put to paper, nothing more was heard of them. If she sometimes prayed to be shown some of this work, the writer only carelessly answered, "I will, some day." She never gave her sister an idea that there was anything but a few scraps and mere failures, of which nothing could be made.
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