Domestic fiction; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Illustrated in Colour by JAMES BURDEN. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges.
5s.
After the death of her mother, Sylvia Sherwood has to make her own way
in the world as a telegraph clerk. The world she finds herself in is a
girls’ hostel in a big northern city. For a while she can only see the
uncongenial side of her surroundings. In the end, however, Sylvia,
contented at last with her hard-working, hum-drum life, finds herself
the successful writer of a book of children’s poems.
Bridget of All Work
Illustrated in Colour by JAMES BURDEN. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges.
5s.
The scene of the greater part of this story is laid in Lancashire, and
the author has chosen her heroine from among those who know what it is
to feel the pinch of want and strive loyally to combat it. There is a
charm about Bridget Joy, moving about her kitchen, keeping a light heart
under the most depressing surroundings. Girl though she is, it is her
arm that encircles and protects those who should in other circumstances
have been her guardians, and her brave heart that enables the word Home
to retain its sweetness for those who are dependent on her.
By E. L. HAVERFIELD
The Ogilvies’ Adventures
Illustrated in Colour by JAMES DURDEN. Large crown 8vo, cloth, olivine
edges, 3s. 6d.
Hester Ogilvie and her elder, but less energetic, sister, daughters of a
Canadian who is unable to support the whole of his family, are invited
to spend a few years with their English uncle, Sir Hubert Campion.
Hester is unable to please her uncle in any way. At length she runs
away to London to make her own living, but is taken back, and through a
great service she does her uncle, he agrees to help her to carry out her
original plans. Finally, he arranges that the Canadian and English
branches of the family shall live together.
"A most delightful story, which is admirably suited to the average
school-girl of to-day."--_Lady’s Pictorial_.
Audrey’s Awakening
Illustrated in Colour by JAMES DURDEN. Crown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges.
3s. 6d.; picture boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.
Audrey is a girl without ambitions, unsympathetic, and with a reputation
for exclusiveness. Therefore, when Paul Forbes becomes her stepbrother,
and brings his free and easy notions into the Davidson’s old home, there
begins to be trouble. Audrey takes a dislike to Paul at the outset; and
the young people have to get through deep waters and some exciting times
before things come right. Audrey’s awakening is thorough, if painful.
By MRS. HERBERT STRANG
The Girl Crusoes
A Story of Three Girls in the South Seas. With Colour Illustrations by
N. TENISON. 3s. 6d.; decorated picture boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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