Shipton, Anna. Wayside Service; or, The Day of Small Things. New York: W. C. Palmer, 1870. From the Fourth London Edition. [12047]
Purple publisher's cloth, bright gilt title to front, in blind to back, gilt-titled spine faded to brown, light corner bumps, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches, tight. 1873 owner's inscription on ffep. 222 pages, light foxing, 2 pp. publisher's catalogue. Good. Hardcover.
"Graphic and telling representations of God's work. This book can not fail to be interesting to all right-minded readers." - Morning Star.
"The writer of this book, by details of her own experience, aims to incite believers to a life of deeper communion with God, and a more entire consecration to His service." - Watchman.
Anna Shipton, née Savage (1815-1901), b. Evesham, Worcestershire, England; d. St. Leonard's on Sea, England. Beginning when only fourteen years of age, she wrote on Christian themes, publishing over twenty books. She became famous both in Great Britain and the United States for her evangelical writings, with leading preachers such as D. L. Moody sometimes quoting from them. She "occupies a niche all her own; for while all her chapters could be described as sermons, they are unique sermons, after the order of those of Frances Ridley Havergal. They are gems; and no single reading can reveal their many and varied excellencies." - Quoted in Thomas Y. Crowell publisher's advert in The Dial (March, 1888).
