Flower of the Family; a Book for Girls

By Elizabeth Prentiss · Running time 08:44:21 · Family, Religion, Published 1800 -1900

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With the exception of "Stepping Heavenward," no one of Mrs. Prentiss' larger books has had so wide a circulation, both at home and abroad, as The Flower of the Family. A French translation, entitled "La Fleur de la Famille" has passed through five or six editions. It was also translated into German under the title, "Die Perle der Farnilie' In both languages it received the warmest praise. The work depicts a marked, type of the family life of thirty years ago, which is becoming rare in our own day; and on this account, as well as for its intrinsic merits, deserves to be reprinted. Its aim canno

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