Frederica and her Guardians by Margaret M. Robertson is about the hopeful story of Mrs. Theresa Vane, her somber life in her father's house, and her beautiful, light daughter as her only solace. Excerpt: "For after all," she thought, "what has life to give to anyone? Far better that she should live here always, safe, and ignorant of the world and its ways, than that she should taste of pleasure only to have it turn to bitterness on her lips, as it has done on mine."