Mrs. Colman frames her collection as stories told around a winter fire: the Turtle-Doves of Carmel, the Dying Child, a child frightened by a cow, a version of the Red Shoes, and other tales and verses of kindness, such as the boy Charley who runs to help a fallen chimney sweep. Each is meant to speak to the affections of the heart.
Short, gentle and old-fashioned, a glimpse of what American children read before the Civil War. Download the free EPUB.