This story introduces the reader to the pleasant home of an English maiden, to whom, on her fifteenth birthday, is given the diary of her great-grandmother and namesake Marie Hamilton. This record of an early life, spent partly in the same old English home and partly amid stirring scenes of the French revolution, teaches the younger Marie just such lessons of unselfish love as are of value at her age.
BY DARLEY DALE.
THE FAMILY FAILING.
By Darley Dale, author of "Little Bricks," &c. With 4 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 2s. 6d.
This is a lively and amusing account of a family, the members of which while they lived in affluence were remarkable for their discontent, but who, after the loss of fortune has compelled them to seek a more humble home in Jersey, become less selfish, and develop very excellent traits of character under the pressure of comparative adversity. Their escapades and narrow escapes from serious dangers form an exciting part of the narrative, which contains many pleasant episodes of life in the Channel Islands.
"This is a cheery tale. The lesson is Content, and very nicely the story is told."—Tablet.
"This is at once an amusing and an interesting story, and a capital lesson on the value of contentedness."—Aberdeen Journal.
BY CHARLES PEARCE.