Name: The Story of Silk
Author: Sara Ware Bassett
ISBN: 9782819903970

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The Story of Silk

By Sara Ware Bassett 7 Jan, 2019

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Excerpt: "Father once told me he had known of a lot of silkworms that stopped eating and died because a sudden noise frightened them," observed Pierre. "Such a calamity is not at all unusual, Pierre," returned his mother. "And more than that, if anyt ... Read more

Excerpt: "Father once told me he had known of a lot of silkworms that stopped eating and died because a sudden noise frightened them," observed Pierre. "Such a calamity is not at all unusual, Pierre," returned his mother. "And more than that, if anything alarms them after they have begun to spin they will frequently snap the thread of their cocoon and refuse to spin any more; if they do continue the interruption causes a lump, or rough place, in the filament so that it is imperfect and has to be broken and tied. In consequence, the silk is poorer and brings a lower price. So you see how really important it is not to jar their sensitive nerves." Less

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Sara Ware Bassett

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Sara Ware Bassett was an American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Bell...

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