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The Brownies and Other Tales

Chapter 19: THE END.
By Juliana Horatia Ewing
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A collection of short stories for children that blends gentle domestic realism with elements of fairy lore. Several tales follow household sprites whose unseen labours and mischief prompt lessons of kindness, responsibility, and consideration, while other stories imagine the fate of discarded playthings and the quiet magic of winter holidays. Scenes range from homely interiors and village life to woodland idylls, and recurring motifs include selflessness, imaginative play, and moral reflection. The tone alternates between sympathetic warmth and playful fantasy, aiming to amuse young readers while encouraging good behaviour.

THE END.

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay.

[Transcriber's Note: The following statement was in the edition from which this copy was acquired.]

The present Series of Mrs. Ewing's Works is the only authorized, complete, and uniform Edition published.

It will consist of 18 volumes, Small Crown 8vo, at 2s. 6d. per vol., issued, as far as possible, in chronological order, and these will appear at the rate of two volumes every two months, so that the Series will be completed within 18 months. The device of the cover was specially designed by a Friend of Mrs. Ewing.

The following is a list of the books included in the Series—

  1. MELCHIOR'S DREAM, AND OTHER TALES.
  2. MRS. OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCES.
  3. OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY-TALES.
  4. A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING.
  5. THE BROWNIES, AND OTHER TALES.
  6. SIX TO SIXTEEN.
  7. LOB-LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, AND OTHER TALES.
  8. JAN OF THE WINDMILL.
  9. VERSES FOR CHILDREN, AND SONGS.
  10. THE PEACE EGG—A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY—HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS, &c.
  11. A GREAT EMERGENCY, AND OTHER TALES.
  12. BROTHERS OF PITY, AND OTHER TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN.
  13. WE AND THE WORLD, Part I.
  14. WE AND THE WORLD, Part II.
  15. JACKANAPES—DADDY DARWIN'S DOVECOTE—THE STORY OF A SHORT LIFE.
  16. MARY'S MEADOW, AND OTHER TALES OF FIELDS AND FLOWERS.
  17. MISCELLANEA, including The Mystery of the Bloody Hand—Wonder Stories—Tales of the Khoja, and other translations.
  18. JULIANA HORATIA EWING AND HER BOOKS, with a selection from Mrs. Ewing's Letters.

S.P.C.K., NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.