“Perhaps the most striking feature of this pleasant story is the natural manner in which it is written. It is just like the conversation of a bright boy—consistently like it from beginning to end. It is a boy who is the hero of the tale, and he tells the adventures of himself and those nearest him. He is, by the way, in many respects an example for most young persons. It is a story characterized by sweetness and purity—a desirable one to put into the hands of youthful readers.”—Gettysburg Monthly.
“... A delightful and purposeful story which no one can read without being benefited.”—New York Observer.
MARY.
Mrs. Molesworth’s last story. Just Ready.
“Mrs. Molesworth’s reputation as a writer of story-books is so well established that any new book of hers scarce needs a word of introduction.”—Home Journal.
MACMILLAN & CO.,
66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.
Transcriber’s Notes
- Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication.
- Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged.
- Moved the frontispiece illustration to the corresponding place in the text, and adjusted the table of illustration accordingly.
- Collated table of illustrations, checked page numbers, and added its captions to the illustrations.
- Only in the text versions, delimited italicized text (or non-italicized text within poetry) in _underscores_ (the HTML version reproduces the font form of the printed book.)
- The HTML version contains relative links to pages and illustrations in the companion volume: [Gutenberg #48630: Sylvie and Bruno, Illustrated]
- Removed the note (N.B. “stagy-entrances” is a misprint for “stage-entrances”) because the typo was corrected in the companion volume