xix, 272 pp. George Wharton Edwards trade binding: Green cloth, gilt titles, black and cream decorations. Black-and-white frontispiece and illustrations throughout text by Clifton Johnson. Glossary of slang and regional dialect follows text, arranged both by position in text and alphabetically. A continuation of the Auld Licht series (following Auld Licht Idylls and The Little Minister) set in Thrums, a fictional town inspired by the author's home town of Kirriemuir. Barrie is best known as the creator of Peter Pan.
