The Vault at Pfaff's
R. W. P.. "The Child's First Lesson: A Shooting Star [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-2-11).
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract
A mother chides her very young son about not running to her mother's side like good little boys are want to do. Upon seeing a shooting star that night, the child wonders at how much it must love its mother to fly so fast.