The Story Book Girls
Page 35
by S. R. Crockett
By J. M. WHITFELD
Tom who was Rachel
A Story of Australian Life. Illustrated in Colour by N. TENISON. Largecrown 8vo, cloth, olivine edges, 5s. also cloth, 3s. 6d.
In "Tom who was Rachel" the author has described a large family ofchildren living on an up-country station; and the story presents afaithful picture of the everyday life of the bush. Rachel (otherwiseMiss Thompson, abbreviated to "Miss Tom," afterwards to "Tom ") is thechildren's step-sister; and it is her influence for good over the wilderelements in their nature that provides the real motive of a story forwhich all English boys and girls will feel grateful.