“This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up.”—Scotsman.
ROSA MULHOLLAND (LADY GILBERT)
Cynthia’s Bonnet Shop. With 8 Illustrations by G. Demain Hammond, R.I. 5s.
Cynthia, one of three charming lively sisters of an impoverished Connaught family, desires to make money for the sake of her delicate mother. Cynthia and her star-struck sister Befind go to London, the former to open a bonnet shop, which becomes a great success, and the other to pursue the study of astronomy. How both girls find new interests in life, more important even than bonnet shop or star-gazing, is described with mingled humour and pathos.
“Just of the kind to please and fascinate a host of girl readers.”—Liverpool Mercury.
—The Girls of Banshee Castle. With 6 Illustrations by John H. Bacon. 3s. 6d. New Edition.
Three girls, with an old governess, migrate from Kensington to the West of Ireland. Belonging as they do to “the ould family”, the girls are made heartily welcome in the cabins of the peasantry, where they learn many weird and curious tales from the folk-lore of the district. An interesting plot runs through the narrative, but the charm of the story lies in its happy mingling of Irish humour and pathos.
“Is told with grace, and brightened by a knowledge of Irish folk-lore, making it a perfect present for a girl in her teens.”—Truth.
—Giannetta: A Girl’s Story of Herself. With 6 full-page Illustrations by Lockhart Bogle. 3s.
The story of a changeling who is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich English heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and has gained too much love and devotion to be a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.