that was ever so long ago, when there were no lucifer
matches, and steel and tinder were used to light fires; when
soda and saleratus had never been heard of, but people made
their pearl ash by soaking burnt crackers in water; when the
dressmaker and the tailor and the shoemaker went from house
to house twice a year to make the dresses and coats of the
family."--_Transcript._

LITTLE GRANDFATHER

"The story of Grandfather Parlen's little-boy life, of the
days of knee breeches and cocked hats, full of odd
incidents, queer and quaint sayings, and the customs of 'ye
olden time.' These stories of Sophie May's are so charmingly
written that older folks may well amuse themselves by
reading them. The same warm sympathy with childhood, the
earnest naturalness, the novel charm of the preceding
volumes will be found in this."--_Christian Messenger._

MISS THISTLEDOWN

"One of the queerest of the Prudy family. Read the chapter
heads and you will see just how much fun there must be in
it: 'Fly's Heart,' 'Taking a Nap,' 'Going to the Fair,' 'The
Dimple Dot,' 'The Hole in the Home,' 'The Little Bachelor,'
'Fly's Bluebeard,' 'Playing Mamma,' 'Butter Spots,' 'Polly's
Secret,' 'The Snow Man,' 'The Owl and the Humming-Bird,'
'Talks of Hunting Deer,' and 'The Parlen Patchwork.'"

FLAXIE FRIZZLE

"Flaxie Frizzle is the successor of Dotty Dimple, Little
Prudy, Flyaway, and the other charming child creations of
that inimitable writer for children, Sophie May. There never
was a healthy, fun-loving child born into this world that,
at one stage or another of its growth, wouldn't be
entertained with Sophie May's books. For that matter, it is
not safe for older folks to look into them, unless they
intend to read them through. 'Flaxie Frizzle' will be found
as bright and pleasant reading as the others."--_Boston
Journal._

FLAXIE'S DOCTOR PAPA

"Sophie May understands children. Her books are not books
about them merely. She seems to know precisely how they
feel, and she sets them before us, living and breathing in
her pages. Flaxie Frizzle is a darling, and her sisters,
brothers, and cousins are just the sort of little folks with
whom careful mothers would like their boys and girls to
associate. The story is a bright, breezy, wholes