The first edition of this book is dated 1866. The edition used is dated 1918. The publisher was The Religious Tract Society, London. The number of pages is 376.

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General information

This author’s books tend to be a bit religious, and this is no exception. On the mother’s death the Redfern family moved to Canada, where there was a strong Scottish tradition, with preacher and kirk much as they had been in Scotland, and with many of the services in Gaelic, the language which many of these Scottish emigrants had spoken since their birth. The family settle on a small farm, bringing up the children, including Christie, in a good Christian manner.

As with other of Mrs. Robertson’s books much of the action takes place in the young girls’ minds, and we do not have a lot to do with the four boys of the family. There are neighbouring families, including the Nesbitt’s, in a similar status.

The actual copy of the book used was in very good condition, and we scanned it in at a high resolution, but we discovered that some of the type-setting and the original proof-reading had not been too good for some of the punctuation marks were missing. I am referring to full stops at the ends of paragraphs, and that sort of thing. We have done our utmost to set this matter right, as well as dealing with places where the type had become damaged.

The book makes a nice peaceful slow-moving audiobook.

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Contents

Preface

Chapter I.
Christie’s childhood.

Chapter II.
The colporteur.

Chapter III.
About the sermon.

Chapter IV.
Orphanhood.

Chapter V.
Clouds and sunshine.

Chapter VI.
Christie’s new home.

Chapter VII.
“Closer than a brother.“

Chapter VIII.
“Man proposes, God disposes.“

Chapter IX.
Light in darkness.

Chapter X.
The shadow of death.

Chapter XI.
An unexpected visitor.

Chapter XII.
Sisters in Christ.

Chapter XIII.
Christie’s new home.

Chapter XIV.
New friends.

Chapter XV.
Peeps into Fairy-land.

Chapter XVI.
A talk in the garden.

Chapter XVII.
The secret of peace.

Chapter XVIII.
The cure for a bad temper.

Chapter XIX.
More changes.

Chapter XX.
Neither forgotten nor forsaken.

Chapter XXI.
The night grows darker.

Chapter XXII.
A cloud with a silver lining.

Chapter XXIII.
Home at last.

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