A Great Emergency - And Other Tales

This is Juliana Ewing's 1889 collection of children's stories, "A Great Emergency - And Other Tales". Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841 - 1885) was an English children's writer. Her stories are famous for displaying uncanny and authentic insights into child life, and are often imbued with religious and military themes. Other notable works by this author include: "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances" (1869), "A Flat Iron for a Farthing" (1872), and "Six to Sixteen" (1875). Contents include: "Rupert's Lecturers-The Old Yellow Leather Book", "Henrietta-A Family Chronicle-The School Mimic-My First Fight", "School Cricket-Lemon-Kali-The Boys' Bridge-An Unexpected Emergency", "A Doubtful Blessing-A Family Failing-Old Battles-The Canal-Carrier's Home", "The Navy Captain", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete the original text and artwork.