Two elderly sisters at a grey stone hall on the Borders take in a foundling boy, and the old legend of a household Lubber-fiend who threshes the corn for a bowl of cream takes on a new shape. Alongside it come The Brownies, in which two idle boys learn to be secret helpers at home, and a further run of Ewing’s gentle, humorous family stories.
Ewing’s tales shaped a generation of Victorian children and gave the Brownie movement its name; they still read aloud beautifully. Download the free EPUB.