She married the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, in 1839 and moved into the vicarage of Church of St. Mary shortly after. She became a highly useful and popular writer of tales for young people.
There is in these works of Nature, which seem to puzzle reason, something divine, and hath more in it than the eye of a common spectator doth discover."
Margaret Gatty was an English writer of children's literature. She became a highly useful and popular writer of tales for young people.
Parables From Nature is a beloved classic that first appeared in 1855. Mrs. Gatty wrote these stories of nature to capture the attention of children.
Twenty-nine Victorian moral fables.
This is an excellent book for those interested in obtaining this complete collection of Parables from Nature and for those who are fans of the writing of author Margaret Gatty.
An overarching lesson in most of these tales is having respect and taking joy in the Earth in which we are born. Born in England in 1809, Margaret Gatty realized her interests in both writing and the natural world from a young age.
Many of the stories within contain memorable and commonsense examples of acting the right way.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Collected here are twenty nine stories, originally published as four separate volumes. Parables From Nature are inspired from nature, but written in a fun and entertaining way for children to be able to read, understand, and enjoy!
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This is an excellent book for those interested in obtaining this complete collection of Parables from Nature and for those who are fans of the writing of author Margaret Gatty.
Contents Include: A Lesson of Faith The Law of Authority and Obedience The Unknown Land Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief Training and Restraining The Light of Truth Waiting A Lesson of Hope The Circle of Blessing The Law of the Wood Active ...
Many of the stories within contain memorable and commonsense examples of acting the right way.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.