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Timothy's Quest

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Edgewood, and was just returning to the White Farm, by way of the cross-roads and Hard Scrabble school-house. He was in no hurry, though he always had more work on hand than he could leave undone for a month; and Maria also was taking her own time, as usual, even stopping now and then to crop an unusually sweet tuft of grass that grew within smelling distance, and which no mare (with a driver like Jabe) could afford to pass without notice.

Jabe was ostensibly out on an "errant" for Miss Avilda Cummins; but, as he had been in her service for six years, she had no expectations of his accomplishing anything beyond getting to a place and getting back in the same day, the distance covered being no factor at all in the matter.[Pg 40]

But one needn't go to Miss Avilda Cummins for a description of Jabe Slocum's peculiarities. They were all so written upon his face and figure and speech that the wayfaring man, though a fool, could not err in his judgment. He was . . . Read More

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5.00
- Rhys-Marie - Apr 23, 2023

Timothy’s Quest, a short Victorian children’s book I found at an estate sale, is a pleasant and enjoyable read. The characters were lovable and the writing style exemplary. This sweet, charming story would make an excellent introduction to classic children’s literature.

History and Reception: Timothy

2.00
- Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) - Aug 29, 2021

Because all a spinster needs to find fulfilment in life is a baby, or at least a child.
Yeah, right.
Very much of its time, though better written than some of Wiggin's output.

4.00
- Majenta - Oct 18, 2018

Sweet, sentimental, with some nice descriptions and a spicy gossip session.

"a most unique nose: I hardly know to what order of architecture it belonged--perhaps Old Colonial would describe it" (Location 333)

"Suddenly (a word that could seldom be truthfully applied to the description of Jabe Slocum's

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