The Abandoned Farm and Connie's Mistake

319, [1] pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt stamped titles and decorations, blind-stamped border and publisher's device. Trade binding with initials 'LW' in gilt lettering on spine base. Frontispiece by Gordon H. Grant. A novel by the popular author who was born in Massachusetts, and ultimately settled in Brockport, New York. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was a bestselling and prolific American author who published 39 popular novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portraying domestic life in small town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War, with a strong sense of moral justice. Since the late 20th century, she has received fresh recognition and reappraisal, although her popular work was excluded from most 19th-century literary histories compiled by men.