Grandmother Dear: a Book for Boys and Girls

According to Wikipedia: "Mary Louisa Molesworth (29 May 1839 - 20 January 1921) was a Scottish writer . . . Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Brontës, books by Molesworth had their share of amusement, but they also had a good deal of moral instruction. The girls reading Molesworth would grow up to be mothers; thus, the books emphasized Victorian notions of duty and self-sacrifice... Mrs Molesworth is best known as a writer of books for the yo...