Undated. 192pp, black and white engraved frontispiece and chapter headers. Tan cloth-covered boards; black and gilt titles and design on front and spine. 12mo. Sun faded spine. Bumped spine ends, cloth wearing through. Slightly cocked. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanned. Gift inscription on front free endpaper (dated 1902). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring some occasional foxing.
Victorian novel in which Ruth Lucas is engaged as a nursemaid by the wife of the leading lawyer of the town of Bruntfield.
