Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War
New Volumes
New Volumes.
The Seed She Sowed: A Tale of the Great Dock Strike. By Emma Leslie.
The heroine, Winnie Chaplin, is an invalid girl who, though confined to her room, finds a hundred opportunities of doing good and bringing happiness to those around her. The difficulties which the poor have to encounter, especially during great labour troubles, are strikingly depicted, and the lessons of mutual help and self-sacrifice strongly enforced.
Unlucky: A Fragment of a Girl's Life. By Caroline Austin.
The young daughter of an Indian officer, brought up since her mother's death by native attendants, suddenly finds herself no longer the only object of her father's affection. Her stepmother and herself misunderstand each other hopelessly. In the end the child's natural goodness enables her to conquer herself, and even to sacrifice her own life for her stepmother.
Everybody's Business. By Ismay Thorn.
The little heroine, Loïs, is the good angel of a city court, who, when driven out of the house by harsh treatment, finds a new home under the care of an old shoemaker and his lame son. Then trouble comes; the court is fever-stricken. Happily, when all seems at its worst, they are cared for by a noble-hearted doctor, who places them in a pleasant country home.