Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.=
[Illustration: book front cover]
The book is as dainty and charming as any published in years. The cover
design and illustrations are in keeping with the story itself.--_Troy
Daily Times._
We recommend the book with pleasure.--_Boston Courier._
It is an excellent book for girls, old and young, and should find a
place in every home.--_Lutheran Observer._
A bright and wholesome story.--_The Advance._
=The Little Ladies of Ellenwood=
=And Their Hidden Treasure. By Sarah G. Connell. Illustrated. 12mo.
Cloth. $1.00.=
A delightful story for young people. It has a freshness, interest and
purity solely its own.--_St. Paul Dispatch._
A story with a moral, and a good one at that. Well and entertainingly
told and the characters are ably portrayed.--_Burlington Hawkeye._
Sarah G. Connell has written a story in which all the children will
delight. It tells of a family of six children who had been reared in
luxury by their loving father, and how, when bankruptcy darkened their
doors, they all took hold to make life in their altered circumstances
still happy and all the more worth living. The story is well told, and
there is enough fun scattered through its pages to make the reading
joyously interesting. It is a book which every child will
enjoy.--_Boston Times._
A fresh story which will hold the attention of young folk, especially
girls.--_Living Church._
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Transcriber's note:
For some unexplained reason, a few anecdotes appear twice.
Some possible typographical errors have not been altered, as they
might reflect acceptable spelling at the time the book was written.
Numerous punctuation marks have been inserted or amended.
Hyphenation: the following variants appear in this text:
"bell-man" and "bellman", "church-yard" and "churchyard",
"game-keeper" and "gamekeeper", "great-grandfather" and
"greatgrandfather", "help-mate" and "helpmate",
"Highland-man" and "Highlandman", "hill-side" and
"hillside", "nick-name" and "nickname".
On p. 17, the reference number [38] is almost certainly wrong, but it is
impossible to determine what the correct number should be.
On p. 102, "droughty" should possibly be "drouthy" but has not been
amended.
Incorrect page numbers in the Table of Contents have been silently
corrected. Similarly, titles of anecdotes have been silently corrected
to match the entries in the Table of Contents.
The following typographical amendments have been made:
p. 8 "mannderings" amended to "maunderings";
p. 9 "Peter Peeble's" amended to "Peter Peebles'";
p. 15 "denouément" amended to "dénouement";
p. 17 "lear" amended to "leear";
p. 18 "Reminiscenses" amended to "Reminiscences";
p. 44 "hapdened" amended to "happened";
p. 46 "causus belli" amended to "casus belli";
p. 55 "or" amended to "of";
p. 59 "Au old minister" amended to "An old minister";
p. 60 "pny" amended to "pony", and "It'so" amended to "It's";
p. 79 "vilage" amended to "village";
p. 91 "gav'd" amended to "gar'd";
p. 96 "Ses's" amended to "She's";
p. 97 "inqured" amended to "inquired";
p. 104 "brawled out" amended to "bawled out"
p. 119 "majesly" mended to "majesty";
p. 120 "peremtorily" amended to "peremptorily";
p. 126 "in in" amended to "in";
p. 127 "vengence" amended to "vengeance";
p. 141 "I have faud ye a bed" amended to "I have fand ye a bed"
p. 157 "esconced" amended to "ensconced";
p. 161 "Entrace" amended to "Entrance";
p. 168 "folowing" amended to "following";
p. 170 "to eager" amended to "too eager";
p. 171 "Sandly" amended to "Sandy";
p. 178 "pennny" amended to "penny";
p. 180 "to he very dignified" amended to "to be very dignified";
p. 182 "Kirkaldy" amended to "Kirkcaldy";
p. 183 "thea sermons" amended to "thae sermons", and "Spreyside" amended
to "Speyside";
p. 207 "Ursâ" amended to "Ursa";
p. 214 "_That_" amended to "_That's_".