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[Ill.u.s.tration]

”Laughing was the very mainspring of life at Camp Comfort; but the girls had never laughed yet as they did now, to see b.u.t.tons in full swing preparing to cook a pie.”

PENN s.h.i.+RLEY'S STORIES

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Miss Penn s.h.i.+rley is a very graceful interpreter of child-life. She thoroughly understands how to reach out to the tender chord of the little one's feelings, and to interest her in the n.o.ble life of her young companions. Her stories are full of bright lessons, but they do not take on the character of moralizing sermons. Her keen observation and ready sympathy teach her how to deal with the little ones in helping them to understand the lessons of life. Her stories are simple and unaffected.--_Boston Herald_.

THE LITTLE MISS WEEZY SERIES

Three volumes

LITTLE MISS WEEZY

One of the freshest and most delightful, because the most natural of the stories of the year for children, is ”Little Miss Weezy,” by Penn s.h.i.+rley. It relates the oddities, the mischief, the adventures, and the misadventures of a tiny two-year-old maiden, full of life and spirit, and capable of the most unexpected freaks and pranks. The book is full of humor, and is written with a delicate sympathy with the feelings of children, which will make it pleasing to children and parents alike.

Really good child literature is not over-plenty, despite the mult.i.tude of books that come daily from the press; and it is pleasing to welcome a new author whose first volume, like this one of Penn s.h.i.+rley, adds promise of future good work to actual present merit.--_Boston Courier_.

SPECIMEN ILl.u.s.tRATION FROM ”LITTLE MISS WEEZY.”