Popular stories for girls : four complete books by famous juvenile authors ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Four-in-one books for girls

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls--Juvenile fiction.

Girls.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Publishers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Hamilton, Patty (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 204, [8], 205, [7], 204, [6], 206, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cupples & Leon Company ..., [between 1934 and 1939]

Contents:

Ruth Fielding of the red mill, or, Jasper Parloe's secret / Alice B. Emerson

Peggy and Michael of the coffee plantation / Anna Andrews

The linger-nots and the mystery house, or, The story of nine adventurous girls / Agnes Miller

Billie Bradley and her inheritance, or, The queer homestead at Cherry Corners / Janet D. Wheeler.

Notes:

Terminus post quem for publication date from advertisement for Ruth Fielding and her crowning victory, first published in 1934; terminus ante quem from autograph dated 1939 on front free endpaper of Schimmel Collection copy.

Series statement from dust jacket.

Publisher's advertisement for each series at end of each work.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has dated 20th-century autograph ("Patty Hamilton . 1939") on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Contains:

Emerson, Alice B. Ruth Fielding of the red mill.

Andrews, Anna. Peggy and Michael of the coffee plantation.

Miller, Agnes. The linger-nots and the mystery house.

Wheeler, Janet D. Billie Bradley and her inheritance.

OCLC:

1246445315