Miss Taggart knows all the workings of the girlish heart. The experiences of the country girl brought up to worship nature and truth, to take things at their true worth, and to look always for the best in her friends and surroundings, suddenly called upon to face life in the home of her rich city cousins, and her unconscious influence in overcoming the petty jealousies and meannesses that make themselves manifest in an artificial society, form the theme that Miss Taggart has used for an intensely sympathetic and interesting story.
Jacks of all Trades. A Story for Girls and Boys.
By Katharine N. Birdsall. Illustrated in two colors by Walter Russell, with many text cuts. 12mo. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional.
Here is a story that shows conclusively that “the child is father of the man.” Miss Birdsall has written a book that should be read by every boy and girl who has any ambition or purpose to develop the best that is in them. The author has taken nobility of character as the key-note for a most wholesome and inspiriting story, the plot of which is of absorbing interest.
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