So She Sat Down on the Lawn Behind the Thick Currant Bushes, Where She Could Not Be Seen From the House illustrated by Maria L. Kirk from the book ' Cornelli; a story of the Swiss Alps ' by Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901 Publication date 1921 Publisher Philadelphia, London, Lippincott company. Johanna Louise Spyri (12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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