E-text prepared by Emmy, Brian Wilsden, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 58937-h.htm or 58937-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58937/58937-h/58937-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58937/58937-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/maryfrancessewin00frye Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). [Illustration: For all girls who love to make pretty things. Jane Eayre Fryer] THE MARY FRANCES SEWING BOOK or Adventures Among the Thimble People by JANE EAYRE FRYER Illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia CAUTION The entire contents of this book are protected by the stringent new copyright law, and all persons are warned not to attempt to reproduce the text, in whole or in part, or any of the illustrations. Copyright, 1913, by Jane Eayre Fryer * * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK ――OR―― ADVENTURES AMONG THE KITCHEN PEOPLE The Mary Frances Cook Book is the exceptionally clever and fascinating story of a little girl who wanted to learn to help her mother. Only it is much more than a story. It tells in story form how Mary Frances learned to cook. She wants to know what all the kitchen pots and pans are for, so she asks them. And they tell her―the pots and pans talk. The book gives recipes in the simplest, plainest words. It describes every operation clearly―just what Mary Frances did, and how she learned to avoid mistakes. The book stimulates the imagination and creates a desire to follow Mary Frances’ example. 8vo. Cloth, 170 pages. Over 200 colored illustrations by Margaret G. Hays and Jane Allen Boyer. PRICE $1.20 NET * * * * * * [Illustration: PREFACE] DEAR GIRLS: Many of you already know Mary Frances’ old friends, the Kitchen People, and have learned to love them. I hope all of you will do so in time. This book tells the story of Mary Frances’ new friends, the Thimble People, who helped her spend a delightful summer vacation at her Grandmother’s. It tells how she met Sewing Bird, who was a real Fairy Lady, and the other Thimble People; and how they taught her a lot of fascinating secrets, and finally took her on a long journey to Thimble Land, and brought her back safely, after the most marvelous adventures. Because they proved so helpful and friendly, she wants you to know them, too.