The Dutch Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911, 190 pp.) Lucy Adeline (Fitch) Perkins (1865-1937), No. 7098, wrote a series of seven "geographical" books for children in the first seven grades of school. In addition to The Dutch Twins , she wrote The Eskimo Twins , The Japanese Twins , etc. She also wrote a "historical" series of three books for grades four through seven. Lucy illustrated all the books herself.
The Dutch Twins , written for first graders, tells the story of Kit and Kat Vedder and has chapters with titles such as "The Day They Went Fishing," "Market Day With Father," and so forth. In the back of the book are two pages of "Suggestions To Teachers." The book also has a dedicatory page "To Lawrence and other children." Lucy's only son was named Lawrence Bradford Perkins.