Publisher's Synopsis
Mary, the little girl who first won the hearts of readers in OTHER DAYS AROUND ME, is growing up. Now fifteen and an orphan, she is starting her first job as a Monitress, that strange hybrid teacher-pupil so essential to the educational system of the tine. With characteristic perception and irony she brings to life the joys and sorrows of a country family in the reign of Edward VII. Few will forget the preparations for the Reading of Pappy's Will; the treasures of the Toy Emporium; the illicit joys of the May Fair ("No Lady would be seen dead there"); and the pain of her brothers' departure for the New World.
