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A Little Girl in Old San Francisco
Part of Amanda Douglas' delightful Little Girl series of juvenile chapter books, this volume has young protagonist Laverne escaping privation and hardship in New England to find happiness in what the author calls the Queen City of the Western Coast. It is sure to be a hit with young readers who have an interest in American history.
A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for ?the place,? as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born, so she had never known or missed her. Her young, handsome, rich, petting father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world. They had always played together and been fond of each other. She only knew he was rich because she had heard people say so when they thought she was not listening, and she had also heard them say that when she grew up she would be rich, too. She did not know all that being rich meant. She had always lived in a beautiful bungalow, and had been used to seeing many servants who made salaams to her and called her ?Missee Sahib,? and gave her her own way in everything. She had had toys and pets and an ayah who worshipped her, and she had gradually learned that people who were rich had these things. That, however, was all she knew about it. During her short life only one thing had troubled her, and that thing was ?the place? she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children, and as soon as possible they were sent away from it?generally to England and to school. She had seen other children go away, and had heard their fathers and mothers talk about the letters they received from them. She had known that she would be obliged to go also, and though sometimes her father?s stories of the voyage and the new country had attracted her, she had been troubled by the thought that he could not stay with her. ?Couldn?t you go to that place with me, papa?? she had asked when she was five years old. ?Couldn?t you go to school, too? I would help you with your lessons.? ?But you will not have to stay for a very long time, little Sara,? he had always said. ?You will go to a nice house where there will be a lot of little girls, and you will play together, and I will send you plenty of books, and you will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of papa.? She had liked to think of that. To keep the house for her father; to ride with him, and sit at the head of his table when he had dinner-parties; to talk to him and read his books?that would be what she would like most in the world, and if one must go away to ?the place? in England to attain it, she must make up her mind to go. She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself. She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself. Sometimes she had told them to her father, and he had liked them as much as she did.
Betty Lee, Senior
Betty Lee, SeniorBetty Lee, who was sometimes jokingly called father?s little goldfish, had acquired that title by reason of her ability to swim and her golden head, though that was usually covered tightly by a rubber cap. As her taking part in most of the swimming contests among the girls of Lyon High necessitated good bathing suits, Betty was already prepared in that respect for her visit at the seashore.?Secrets were all very well. Betty had interest in everything. But her greatest interest was in the new experience ahead of her, the new country and the delights of the ocean. Her father warned her of new conditions, but she would quickly learn. Though there were no river current, there would be the undertow. Betty promised to use her common sense and swim within the boundaries allowed at the resort to which she was bound.? With the highest anticipations, then, Betty accompanied the Gwynnes and Kathryn Allen on the fascinating trip East and to New England. Dick Lee was at a boys camp. His twin, Doris, would soon be at a corresponding girls? camp, for it ?had to be fair,? at the risk, said Mr. Lee, of depleting the treasury. Mother and Amy Lou would remain in the city with Father, but would take an outing with him later, when a business trip would take him East again. Then Betty, returning from the visit with Carolyn, would meet other girl friends at a ?wonderful? Girl Reserve camp. Truly the summer could offer no more! Betty?s former chum at the little town of Buxton, Janet Light, with whom Betty still corresponded fitfully, as her full life permitted, wrote Betty that she was a ?lucky girl,? and Betty thought so too.
Change Signals: A Story of the New Football (Illustrated Edition)
Barbour (1870-1944) was an American novelist who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L H Bickford he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, their most notable work being Phyllis in Bohemia (1897). His other works included light romances and adventure stories. Over the course of his career Barbour produced more than 100 novels amd numerous short stories. First published in 1912, this football story forms part of the Yardley Hall School Stories series. With four full-page illustrations and a facsimile of the original cover.