Bingham Thoburn Wilson 1 hr 47 min read

Dedicated to the children of poverty and sorrow, this tender fantasy leads its readers to a village where the shadows of woe are lifted and gentle wonder waits for the sorrowing and the poor.

Bingham Thoburn Wilson's 1905 book is a warm, sentimental fantasy for children. Gentle, earnest, of its era. Read it for a heartfelt Edwardian storybook written for the poor and the grieving, offering the consolations of wonder and kindness, in a tender period fantasy dedicated to those living in the shadow of hardship.

In its time

Published in 1905, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

1 hr 47 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

W. Herbert Dunton