Every Good Deed

'Every good deed brings its own evil return,' said brother James somewhat sarcastically to his sisters the Miss Tophams, but he, like many others--though his opinion was perhaps coloured by the question of inheritance--was only too ready to dub his sisters as fools. No reader, however, in enjoying all the gentle points that Mrs. Whipple makes about two of her most lovable characters will agree with such impatience. The experiment they made, and the girl with whom they made it, perhaps brought them much distress, but the characteristic happiness that they finally achieved was due entirely to themselves. Mrs. Whipple's gentle methods impress with their human exactness and with a naturalness that is its own emphasis. This quiet story is an intimate creation, but how complete in its characters and atmosphere! (Flap copy from 1946 First Edition, John Murray Publishers, London)