A scarce Chromolitho'd childrens book by the second of the ten children of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield near Sheffield and Margaret Gatty, herself a children's author. Beautifully illustrated by the English artist William Roger Snow, here under the pename R.Andre.Quarto [9¼X7¼"] Original glazed boards and floral endpapers " Roger Lancelyn Green called Ewings books " The first outstanding child-novels in English literature" Her story The Brownies gave Baden-Powell the idea & name for the junior level of the Girl Guides Loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed by the author's father dated 1894 to a Miss Rodgers agreeing to officiate at her fathers funeral. An exceptional "Collectors Copy"