Title: A Christmas Cake In Four Quarters [annotated by Ashlee Nelson]

Author: Lady Barker

Publication details: Frederick Warne and Company, 1887, London

Part of: Nineteenth-Century Novels Collection

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“Current Literature.” Daily News, London. 22 Dec. 1871

Transcription of relevant section of “Current Literature.” Daily News, London. 22 Dec. 1871: par. 5.

“Of Christmas books for the amusement of young folk we can heartily praise Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen’s “Moonshine” (Macmillan), containing a dozen marvellous or comical stories, pleasantly told as one would talk to the children one loves, and conceived in a healthy and happy spirit. The like favourable verdict is to be passed on Lady Barker’s “Christmas Cake Cut in Four Quarters” (Macmillan), which has an interesting tale from or of each of the four quarters of the globe – saving that Africa is left out, and Polynesia, represented by New Zealand, occupies its place."