Identifier: doctorpapa00mays (find matches)
Title: Doctor Papa
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: May, Sophie, 1833-1906
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Publisher: Boston : Lee and Shepard Publishers
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The authoress of The Little Piiudy Stories wouli 6«elected Auntj-laureatc If the children had an opportunity, foithe wonderful books she writes for their amusement. She isthe Dickens of the nursery, and we do not hesitate to say de-velops the rarest sort of genius Iri the specialty of depictingsmart Utile children. —i/arr/orci PoxL ^ U£ AMD SHEPARD^PUBLISHERSTBOSTON. lulsdnsuastn^i ^^UftnifM, ••». rr ut ms •MfFMVk,.^-- i^i;ii;il;ii;ii;ii;nlii!«* ^OPHIE MAYS ** LlTfLeiFOLKS^ SOOKS;
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■ The children wQlriol he left without healthful entertainment &1I1I*iind)y Instrnction so long as Sophie May (Miss Rebecca S. Clarke)Jives and wields her graceful pen in their behalf. Miss Clarke hasmade a close and Ipvlng study of childhood, and she Is almost idolu^.by the crowd of * nephews and nieces who claim her as aunt NotlnIng to ns can ever be quite so delightfully charming as were the Do(t;iDimple and the Little Prudy books to our youthful imagination;»but we have no doubt the little folks of to-d_ay wiU find the story oft^Flaxie Frizzle* 5and Jier young friends just as fascinating. There l»a sprightliness about all of Miss Clarkes books that attract? iHAyoung, and their jiurily, iheir absoluta cleanliness, repders them,lgjvaluable In the eyes of parents and all who we interested In the welfareof children. r-Jfpminy Star. _ _ ... i Genius comes io Kith Little PiTjdy. Compart jfilh her, attother book-children are cold creations of literati; she alone Is tbdTeal thing.

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