The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall

‘A book of song which any mother will delight in.’—Daily News.

‘A delightful book, most delicately and charmingly illustrated.’—T. P.’s Weekly.

‘The great charm of this book lies in the illustrations by Hugh Thomson, who knows no rival in illustrating a work of this character.’—Graphic.

‘The book is one for old and young alike. However often one has read it, the later chapters can never fail to stir the strongest emotions.’—Queen.

‘Her adventures are related in a bright and humorous style.’—Pall Mall Gazette.

‘It is pleasant to turn aside from the more serious books and learn of the happy little people in their everyday life, as seen by a girl who went among them as a simple visitor, and not as a writer with note-book in her hand. An admirable volume.’—Bookman.