296 p. : ill. Pale green decorative cover, image of young woman sitting in a field, reading. List of publisher's other publications at end of book.fictionFiction for girls and young women. "A volume which mothers may place in the hands of their daughters to show that worldly marriages, however glittering and grand . . . are not to be purchased at the expense of religious conviction and truth."g. c gedge, children's fiction, wesleyan/methodist sunday school library