by Sophie May
SOPHIE MAY'S "LITTLE FOLKS" BOOKS.]
"The authoress of THE LITTLE PRUDY STORIES would beelected Aunty-laureate if the children had an opportunity, for thewonderful books she writes for their amusement. She is the Dickens ofthe nursery, and we do not hesitate to say develops the rarest sort ofgenius in the specialty of depicting smart little children."--_HartfordPost_.
_LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS, BOSTON_.
COPYRIGHT, 1834, BY LEE & SHEPARD.
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Portrait of Sophie May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)]
The children will not be left without healthful entertainment and kindlyinstruction so long as SOPHIE MAY (Miss Rebecca S. Clarke)lives and wields her graceful pen in their behalf. MISS CLARKEhas made a close and loving study of childhood, and she is almostidolized by the crowd of 'nephews and nieces' who claim her as aunt.Nothing to us can ever be quite so delightfully charming as were the'Dotty Dimple' and the 'Little Prudy' books to our youthfulimaginations, but we have no doubt the little folks of to-day will findthe story of 'Flaxie Frizzle' and her young friends just as fascinating.There is a sprightliness about all of MISS CLARKE'S books thatattracts the young, and their purity, their absolute _cleanliness_,renders them invaluable in the eyes of parents and all who areinterested in the welfare of children."--_Morning Star_.
"Genius comes in with 'Little Prudy.' Compared with her, all otherbook-children are cold creations of literature; she alone is the realthing. All the quaintness of children, its originality, its tendernessand its teasing, is infinite uncommon drollery, the serious earnestnessof its fun, the fun of its seriousness, the naturalness of its plays,and the delicious oddity of its progress, all these united for dearLittle Prudy to embody them."--_North American Review_.