The Awakening of Mary Fenwick: A Novel

"A modern heroine who is neither artistic not literary, but a downright coquette of the old-fashioned kind, is Bab, the only daughter of one of Miss Whitby's earlier heroines. Mary Fenwick, is a healthy, handsome girl, who is far too fond of dogs and horses. Human admirers bore her, and she has more than her share of them. It is only to escape their importunities that she determines to marry Jack, who like many another worthy fellow, is willing to forego ambition for the love of a vain woma...