+ + + Lond. Times. 5: 129. Ap. 12, ’06. 4030w.
“Is in point of laborious research and painstaking arrangement, one of the most admirable pieces of editing that we have lately seen.”
+ + Nation. 82: 99. F. 1, ’06. 280w. + + + N. Y. Times. 11: 298. Ap. 21, ’06. 3240w. (Reprinted from the Lond. Times.) + + Spec. 96: 259. F. 17, ’06. 1760w.
Blanchard, Amy Ella. [Four Corners.] †$1.50. Jacobs.
The three Virginia acres on which the somewhat impoverished Corner family lived formed the center of the stage upon which the four little Corners, Nan, Mary Lee, and the twins, a cousin, an old mule named Pete, an angora cat, a mongrel dog, and a few delightful grownups, act out a little family drama. In it, sad little economies, sickness, and trouble bravely met, are contrasted with the joys of healthy girlhood with homely adventures, and happy little surprises. It is a story that will make careless little girls thankful for their blessings.
“It is a peasant, homy sort of tale.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 50w.
Blanchard, Amy Ella. Little Miss Mouse. †$1. Jacobs.
Miss Hester Brackenbury in days of affluence adopts two little waifs, a small boy and a girl, and when a few months later, she becomes poor she refuses to give them up but moves into a cottage and supports them by making buttonholes. It is a pretty story for grown-ups as well as children, for in the background is an old love-story which throws a mellow light upon the children in the foreground, their joys, their contentions and their troubles. In the end, thru little Miss Mouse and an old receipt, Aunt Hester is restored to her old estate.