A young Scotswoman, living with her rector uncle in a Welsh village, is wooed by various men.
Eliza Sophia Maine (1838-1891) wrote five novels in the 1870s, of which this is the first. Its ironically self-aware narrator and deftly-handled plot ought to have made its author better known than apparently she became.
A “pleasant little novel” that “deals with domestic life and never ventures beyond the natural limits of feminine knowledge.” Saturday Review, September 24, 1870
“The story is simple and unpretentious, but is told in so fresh and graceful a manner as to render it most acceptable.” Athenaeum, October 8, 1870
“Life and character in the remote Welsh valley are well drawn, and the narrator tells her story with vivacity in a natural, unaffected tone.” Spectator, January 28, 1871
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