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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
The admirable local coloring which Mrs. Whitney has given to her thoroughly New England tales is of priceless value, and her simplicity and exquisite delicacy is delightful.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899 $1.50
The story is told in Mrs. Whitney's well-known style, and abounds in those humorous touches and flashes of inspiration which make her stories so charming.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 50c
A tender and touching tale of an invalid child who spent her little life in adding to others' joys.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1
Story of the courting of Miss Catherine Schuyler while touring the English cathedral towns in company with Miss Celia Van Tyck.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1
The scenes are laid in California. Polly's problem is how to add to a limited income.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1
Timothy is in quest of a mother for a little girl who has been his companion on a wretched baby farm. Bright, touching and humorous.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1887. $1.25
Stories of life in rural New England, in which will be found equal parts of pathos and humor.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
The author has made an unlovely middle-aged woman the center of a story of sustained power, showing her stern struggle with fate and unfaltering persistence in the path she has chosen.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.50
It is a book which will be appreciated wherever the pathos and dignity of human nature make their appeal to sympathetic readers.