Truth is Everything;
By Mrs. Thos. Geldart. Second edition, price 2s. 6d.; or, elegantly boarded, gilt edges, 3s.
“The verdict of a jury of juveniles is that this is ‘a dear beautiful book.’ and the said verdict is accompanied with a request to the authoress to give us another as soon as may be. We may add that the story is simply and tenderly told; carries unobtrusively in it, not at the end of it, a right lesson; and is the work of a Christian and a lady. Pure, gentle, and devout it therefore is, of course.”—Eclectic Review.
“This is a charming little book for the young; the matter is very interesting, not over-drawn, while its tenor is to win over youth to the practice and love of truth.”—Patriot.
“It is written in a plain and simple, yet convincing style; and the incidents are of a most natural description, yet Mrs Geldart invests them with great interest. The characters of Ellen and Annie Norris, and Mary Marshall, are placed in striking contrast; and although the two former, unfortunately, assimilate the nearest to those we meet with in society, we would urge all our young friends to make the truth-telling Mary Marshall their example.”—Chronicle.
“‘Truth is Everything’ is a charming tale, attractive from the simplicity and beauty of feeling which pervade it—most useful because it steps not beyond the comprehension of youth. Free from any overstrained odour of sanctity, it yet teaches with earnestness and sincerity the value of religious as well as moral principle, and that no virtue can be exercised—no good principle can be carried out—without strength from above.”—Norwich Mercury.
Stories of Scotland.
By Mrs. Thos. Geldart. Fcap. 8vo. Price 2s. 6d., or, elegantly boarded, 3s.
“Often as the beauties of Scotland hare been delineated, and frequently as its numerous points of interest have been made available for the instruction of the young—from Sir Walter Scott’s “Tales of My Grandfather” downwards to the present time—there is scarcely one that will effect greater good than this clever and highly entertaining little volume. The object of its gifted authoress is evidently to blend valuable geographical and historical information in such a manner as to fix the attention of her juvenile readers, and make them imbibe facts which will live in their remembrance as long as they are spared as denizens of the present fleeting world; and whilst she pursues this—the fittest course to make education practical—she never lets an opportunity slip whereby she may influence the heart, and lead it from the contemplation of the things of time and sense to those which are more enduring.”—Bell’s Weekly Messenger.
May Dundas; or Passages in Young Life.
By Mrs. Thos. Geldart. Price 2s. 6d. cloth, 3s. gilt.
“A book much above the average in the class to which it belongs. The writing is marked by a very considerable degree both of grace and power. The first page bespeaks an author who knows how to describe. The pervading religious tone is satisfactory. Mrs. Geldart possesses the power of natural and refined pathos, especially in connexion with childish feelings. The prettiest thing in the book is the episode of the little girl, with her deep unspoken associations of feeling with her city home, in Finsbury Square, with the stool by the nursery fire, and with the three cornered glazed cupboard, and the china images within, which she remembered her lost mother placing there, and which she herself carried with her when she went away to die.”—Christian Witness.
Footmarks of Charity.
Containing The Man in Earnest—(Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton) Reminiscences of a Good Man’s Life—(Joseph John Gurney) The Pathway of Love—(Mrs. Fry) By Mrs. Thomas Geldart. Price 1s.