THE STORY OF IDA. 



By FRANCESCA. 



WITH A FINE PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE, AND AN INTRODUCTION 



BY JOHN RUSKIN, D.C.L. 



T vol. i6ino. Gray cloth and gilt. Price, 75 cts. 



npHIS reprint of a little book which has been very popular in England is meet- 

 ing with a warm welcome throughout the country. Its popularity is due 

 mainly to the beauty of the story, although attention was called to it, in the 

 first place, by Mr. Ruskin in his lectures at Oxford, and in the preface to the 

 book. The pseudonym, "Francesca," is only a slight change of the Christian 

 name of Miss Frances Alexander, a lady artist of Boston, now living in Florence. 

 The great merit of her paintings won her the friendship of Mr. Ruskin, at whose 

 urgent request "The Story of Ida" — written originally as a private memorial —> 

 was published. In his preface Mr. Ruskin says : — 



*' Let it be noted with thankful reverence that this is the story of a Catholic 

 girl, written by a Protestant one, yet the two of them so united in the truth of 

 Christian faith, and in the joy of its love, that they are absolutely unconscious 

 of any difference in the forms or letter of their religion." 



" ' The Story of Ida ' is a perfect gcni of simple^ unadorned narrative, and 

 the volume is a dainty little specvnen of the bookmaker's art." — BUFFALO 

 Express. 



" The story is very touching^'' — Boston Advertiser. 



" It is tender^ loving^ and deeply religious.^'' — Worcester Spy. 



" This exquisite little story, with its preface by John Ruskin, depends for its 

 interest upon a certain religious simplicity and refinemcnf of thought and 

 manjterSf which tvill commend it to those -who like the works of Frances 

 Havergal and Hesba Stretton" — Boston Courier. 



" The story is beautiful and touching in its simplicity, purity, and pathos, and 

 is absolutely true in every particular?^ — Troy Times. 



For sale by all booksellers, or mailed, postage paid, on receipt of the price, 

 by the publishers, 



CUPPLES, UPHAM AND COMPANY, 



283 Washington Street, Boston. 



