Sold by Peruse the Stacks, ABAA, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
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Very uncommon juvenile work from Scotland about which scant information is to be found. The story concerns Mabel, Minnie, and Mona, two schoolgirl friends and their archenemy, who develop and undertake a mission to educate the poor children of the miners living in the row houses down by the pit. The idea is to use gentler methods of introducing Christianity, at which the local missionaries and curates have failed: "We will take lessons from them and try to avoid what seems to have been their great mistake - injudiciousness; and perhaps showing a little too plainly that they considered them heathen, and were determined to convert them at any cost." The book contains themes of friendship and antagonism, philanthropy and stewardship, faith and hope. However, perhaps most interestingly, the story explores death and loss as the young protagonists first grapple with the passing of a miner's wife from consumption. (SPOILER ALERT)Then, Mabel becomes ill and Minnie must provide her and others hope as the young girl dies from fever due to a ruptured blood vessel. OCLC locates perhaps 3 physical copies of this rare book for the young, 19th century reader. . 18x14cm, [5], 128 plus [1], 8pp publisher's ads. Color frontis, 2 black and white plates, vignette chapter ornamentation. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, beveled edges, rear cover ruled and decorated in blind. Rubbing along joints and corners, light moisture staining and school presentation stamp to ffep, front hinge cracked at title and first signature else clean and sound. Very good.
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