The house on the rock
By: by the author of "The dream chintz," "A trap to catch a sunbeam," "Only," "Old Jolliffe," &c. &c
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: James Munroe and Company
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Copyright date: 1851
Subjects: Pride and vanity; Juvenile literature
Description: Mabel Raby, a poor fisherman's daughter, attracts the attentions of rich seaside visitors because of her beauty and is taken to town to be pampered, better educated, and painted. She learns the secrets of her parent's past, rejects the proposal of a young painter, and returns to her home to end her days as a 'maiden' teacher.
Notes: Publisher's catalogue: 4 pages at end.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.