CARRY’S ROSE

Or, The Magic of Kindness

A Tale for the Young


Written by Mrs George (Anne Jane) Cupples. Published by T. Nelson & Sons, London. There is no copyright date—the story first appeared in 1869; 1882 is on the title page.

This is a small but pretty book with color “rose” insert on the front board and a color frontispiece. The rest of the book is illustrated with woodcut engravings.  It is a moral tale of a boy's cruelty and a girl's kindness, which comes out all right in the end. 

This is an “award” book given to Euphemia Pollock for Bible singing, May 24, 1882.

From Wikipedia:

Anne Jane Cupples, née Douglas (4 January 1839 – 14 November 1896) was a Scottish writer and populariser of science. She was married to a famous maritime novelist George Cupples, and after his death moved to be with her sisters in New Zealand, where she died in 1896. She wrote around fifty books in total, mostly intended for children, under the name Mrs George Cupples.

Mrs. Cupples' first book to be published appears to be Unexpected Pleasures or, Left Alone in the Holidays, published by W.P. Nimmo, Edinburgh in 1868. This book was published when Ann Jane was 29 years old, ten years since the Cupples were married, and she may have realised that she was not going to have children. She may have been looking for a productive means of filling in her time by writing for other people's children.

1869 saw the publication of her full‑length novel for boys, Norrie Seton or, Driven to Sea, again published by W. P. Nimmo, Edinburgh. Nimmos brought out a new edition in 1896. This book appears to have been inspired by her husband's unhappy teenage years on a sailing ship on the trade route between Britain and India.

She is also the author of Bill Marlin's Tales of the Sea (1867) or (1860), Tappy's chicks and other links between nature and human nature (1872), The children's voyage, or a trip in the Water Fairey (1873), Fables: illustrated stories from real life (2 series, 1874-5) and about 45 other books. From 1869 onwards, 26 of her books were published by T. Nelson & Sons of London, including Alice Leighton; or, A Good Name is rather to be chosen than riches, Carryś Rose or, The Magic of Kindness and Hugh Wellwoodś Success or, Where Thereś a Will Thereś a Way.

DESCRIPTION:

72 pages

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

first edition hardcover

CONDITION:

This hard-cover book is in very good condition. The green cloth hardcover is lightly soiled and shows only light wear at the corners and spine ends. Corners are a bit bumped. There is an award bookplate on the front pastedown. The front hinge has been repaired. The endpapers, front and rear, are discolored or foxed. The interior is otherwise nice with no major marks, underlining, tears or odor. The paper is lightly toned with age. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages.

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