Project Gutenberg 2006-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 308 Various Verschillende Various, Various Peters, Charles, active 1880-1907 The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl%27s_Own_Paper Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 358, November 6, 1886" by Various is a periodical publication written in the late 19th century. It consists of a collection of articles and stories aimed primarily at a young female audience, touching on topics of interest to women of the time, including fashion, domesticity, and fairy tales. One of the featured stories, "Merle's Crusade" by Rosa Nouchette Carey, centers on Merle, a young woman who has just begun her new job as a nurse for a wealthy family, and her experiences with the children under her care. The opening of the publication introduces readers to Merle as she arrives at her new employment. The narrative describes her arrival, the warm reception by the household staff, and her immediate engagement with the children, particularly a fretful infant named Reginald. Through her introspective observations and interactions with the other characters, readers gain insight into Merle's thoughts on her responsibilities and aspirations in her newfound position. The tone and detail set will likely appeal to readers who enjoy character-driven stories that explore themes of duty, care, and the dynamics of domestic life in a bygone era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Children's literature -- Periodicals AP PZ Text The Girls Own Paper Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 164060 2025-06-08T07:35:32.042828 text/html 160783 2006-08-03T12:06:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 468109 2006-08-03T12:06:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 590027 2025-06-08T07:35:39.786815 application/epub+zip 591053 2025-06-08T07:35:36.103799 application/epub+zip 133263 2025-06-08T07:35:34.609841 application/epub+zip 830143 2025-06-08T07:35:42.361766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 814816 2025-06-08T07:35:38.793827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156826 2022-09-09T06:56:33.914773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146420 2025-06-08T07:35:31.429839 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 146257 2006-08-03T12:06:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 58423 2006-08-03T12:06:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146255 2006-08-03T12:06:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58394 2006-08-03T12:06:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20707 2025-06-08T07:35:42.523762 application/rdf+xml 23931 2025-06-08T07:35:35.182830 image/jpeg 4669 2025-06-08T07:35:34.890810 image/jpeg 580576 2025-06-08T07:35:32.089819 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog