Literature For Young Ladies
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island…and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”
-Walt Disney
~ Reviews from Jennifer Straw ~
Winsome Womanhood ~ Daybreak
by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Revised & Expanded by Shelley Noonan
Winsome Womanhood was written in 1900, and has been reproduced as a wonderful devotional for mothers and daughters. They will grow in their relationship with God and with each other as they read chapters on everything from “A Daughter at Home” to “The Higher Education”; answer questions by Shelley Noonan (a great addition to the book); and then read over a Bible Study which talks about how you can apply these principles to your life in a Biblical way. Each chapter also includes some suggested projects—in “The Girl and Her Friends”, for example, Mrs. Noonan suggests that the daughter should make a list of her friends, and then go over it with her mother, and discuss how the daughter could improve her friendships. She also suggests that they should read and discuss a book about how young men and women can be friends without dating. You will find many gems hidden in this seven-week course!
Aunt Jane’s Hero
by Elizabeth Prentiss
Here is a love story with some real deep thoughts! It can hardly be called a love story, but it is. And it is especially about the love of Christ Jesus. You will watch Horace Wheeler as he talks with “Aunt” Jane, telling her about the “glorious creature” he has met with. Aunt Jane shakes her head, and tries to persuade him that normally marrying a glorious creature is not a wise thing. Aunt Jane has so much wisdom!
It is the story of Horace Wheeler and the girl he marries, who is not a glorious creature, but a mature Christian lady. A wonderful story of a Christ-Centered home!
“There is no art or trickery in a true woman. She will not flatter, she will not stoop to humor pet vices, but fighting and conquering them she will give her whole loving heart to him she has thus blessed.”
“Why should not a woman be like nature, sometimes spring, sometimes autumn, now summer, now winter?”
-Aunt Jane’s Hero
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