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It seems to me to be a remarkable work for a child, remarkable even in its length and completeness, for when children turn author they usually stop in the middle, like the kitten when it jumps. The pencilled MS. has been accurately reproduced, not a word added or cut out. Each chapter being in one long paragraph, however, this has been subdivided for the reader's comfort. - from the Introduction by J.M. Barrie

The "owner of the copyright" guarantees that "The Young Visiters" is the unaided effort in fiction of an authoress of nine years. "Effort," however, is an absurd word to use, as you may see by studying the triumphant countenance of the child herself, which is here reproduced as frontispiece to her sublime work.

This 9 year old might not have a grasp on grammar and the mechanics of writing dialogue, but she has a bigger vocabulary than 80% of best selling authors do these days so I’m enjoying myself immensely. Also loved this: “He beat time to the music and smiled kindly at the waiters and he felt very excited inside. ‘I am seeing life with a vengeance,’ he muttered to himself.”

-"Ten thousand thaks"

-De spelfouten die ze erin hebben gelaten zijn zo schattig