Our Children

Scenes from the Country and the Town

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Our Children: Scenes from the Country and the Town is by Anatole France, illustrated in color and in pen and ink by Boutet de Monvel. A piece headed FANNY says that Fanny started off early one morning, like little Red Riding Hood, to visit her grandmother. Fanny watches with great interest the omelette and bacon that turns gold and sings in the flame, and the story says Grandmother knows better than any one how to make ham omelettes and tell stories.

In one scene Emmeline Capel receives a good mark for her recitation in arithmetic, tells her mother about it, and hears "A good mark is no use at all," with the added words that "the rewards men think the most of are those that give them honor rather than profit." A piece headed MARY says that little girls have a natural desire to gather flowers and stars, but stars won’t let themselves be picked.

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Anatole France

Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French novelist and Nobel laureate celebrated for his irony, elegance, and skeptical wit. He was one of the most admired French writers of his era.