Nine sibling children save up to buy a poor neighbor a pig.
For Yonge, see Novels 003, 053, 103, 155, 210, and 261. This, a children’s novel, relatively brief and very charming, shows clearly her unique genius at characterization.
“There is something very natural and true in the picture of school-room life: the little naughtinesses, the petty teasings, the small vexations, will be familiar to every member of a large family party.” Athenaeum, November 2, 1861
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