My perception is that current religious publishing in the USA is, at least
in part, closely tied to the conservative Christian section of the
homeschool movement there. Certainly tales such as the Elsie series and
another late Victorian one called Stepping Heavenward are recommended in
such circles
What about the Animal Ark series? They are written by 'Lucy Daniels', who
doesn't exist - in fact, they're written by various authors in a very
uniform hack-work style. Even the name Daniels was a marketing tool; it was
chosen for library shelf proximity to another writer about animal stories,
name
As luck would have it, I actually have a first ed 1789 copy of Vol 3 of
Sandford & Merton (though sadly not vols 1 & 2). It is quite definitely one
continuing novel in three volumes rather than three complete stories later
put together as one; Vol 3 starts out with reference to events in the
previ
