GIRL, published in France under the title "En Famille," follows
"Nobody's Boy" as a companion juvenile story, and takes place with it as
one of the supreme juvenile stories of the world. Like "Nobody's Boy" it
was also crowned by the Academy, and that literary judgment has also
been verified by the test of time.
Noble-minded little Perrine, left destitute and
alone in the slums of Paris, must find her rich
grandfather, several days' journey away, or no one
knows what might happen to her. Even when she
finds him, in the midst of his great factories, he
may hate her because he had driven her father away
from home and disinherited him. How she had the
courage to go on and on until she reached
Maraucourt, and obtained work in her grandfather's
factory, and at last found a way into his heart,
is through every step a story of the most
absorbing interest to all lovers of childhood. She
triumphs over all discomforts, perils and schemers
with a firm faith in right things, and the
perseverance of one unable to do wrong things.
This disposition at last enables her to work great
benefits for the people and ensures her the
happiness of life lived at its best. This is one
of the greatest of inspirational stories.
Loyal ideals, with their inspiring sentiments, are preserved through the
most discouraging conditions. The building up of a little girl's life is
made a fine example for every child.
_12 mo. Illustrated. Beautiful cloth binding, stamped in gold with
cover inlay and jacket in colors_
_=Price per volume, $1.50 net=_
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=CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, Publishers, New York=
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation was retained,
for example, bare-foot and barefoot and ball room and ball-room.
Page 52, "posible" changed to "possible" (possible to do so)
Page 83, "diectly" changed to "directly" (directly off the)
Page 112, "Captian" changed to "Captain" (The Captain shook)
Page 115, "realiable" changed to "reliable" (their reliable khaki)
Page 149, "you're" changed to "your" (Louise, your daddy)
Page 159, "towl" changed to "towel" (towel over the)
Page 177, "ter
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