Ester Ried: Asleep and Awake

Cincinnati: Western Tract and Book Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1872. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green Victorian cloth, reverse gilt lettering and embossed decoration on spine and cover. Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841 – 1930) was an American author. From 1865 to 1929, Alden published about 100 books. Most of her works are didactic fiction with religious principles, which concentrate on translating Biblical precepts into acceptable Christian behavior in a modern world. Several of her books, such as her most popular work Ester Ried, were based on personal experiences. "Ester endured life as a half-hearted Christian, unhappily going through the motions of her housework. “O, Ester was asleep! She went to church on the Sabbath, and to preparatory lecture on a week day; she read a few verses in her Bible, frequently, not every day; she knelt at her bedside every night, and said a few words of prayer—and this was all!” She traveled to New York and was excited to be in her cousin’s wedding. Abbie, a strong Christian, brought much reflection into Ester’s life. “Ester saw with wide, open eyes, and thoroughly awakened soul, that there was a something in this Christian religion that Abbie had and she had not.” This popular story by Pansy illustrates Ester’s journey to become a stronger, more committed Christian." “Probably no writer of stories for young people has been so popular or had so wide an audience as Mrs. G. R. Alden, whose pen-name, "Pansy," is known wherever English books are read.” — Rev. Francis E. Clark in World Wide Endeavor, 1895 . Covers rubbed, gilt mildly faded, former owner's name on fep, brief gift inscription on ffep (dated November 1st, 1874), otherwise unmarked, else very good. GOOD. . Ester Ried Series. Vol. 1. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 346 pp .