[Knight, Helen C.]. The Important Decision; Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and revised by the Committee of Publication. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1842. [11591]
Black cloth, gilt wreath & title to front, binding a bit rubbed and faded, but without damage; 6 1/4 x 4 inches. 88 pp., dark foxing. Wood engraved frontispiece of two ladies on a house porch conversing, "So perish all the canting which is ever addressed to me." Good. Hardcover.
A story of young ladies in a female seminary, culminating in the death of one of the girls, subsequent to her religious conversion.
"The scenes described in this little book are a record of circumstance, some of which passed under the personal observation of the author, and rest are vouched for by a friend from whom they were received. It is believed they may be relied on as having actually taken place as here described; and it is hoped they may be eminently useful to the multitudes who will, no doubt, be interested to read them, and especially young ladies, in a course of education, to whom they are particularly adapted." - Advertisement.
Attributed to Helen C. Knight at WorldCat. Helen Cross Knight (1814-1906), b. Portland, Maine; d. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She wrote children's stories, devotional books, and biographies, including of John Bunyan, the Countess Huntington, and Hannah More.
