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.
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