The Dim Lantern
Temple Bailey · 1922
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Description
Temple Bailey wrote this novel, copyrighted in 1922 and issued the next year by the Penn Publishing Company of Philadelphia. Coles Phillips drew the pictures, and the front one shows the heroine in an orange cloak shining through mist like a lamp. The heroine is Jane, and the chapters follow her from a singer's opening scene through knitting, waiting, and a spell as an ugly duckling.
Bailey was a beloved writer of gentle romances, and The Dim Lantern is her kind of story: a plain girl with a warm heart, set against brighter and colder people. A famished pilgrim and a call to stay in the field give the tale its turns. The lantern of the title is Jane herself, a small light in a foggy world.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Temple Bailey |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1922 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 406 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |