Daisy; Or, the Fairy Spectacles (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...solid pearls " "What nonsense, Daisy Didn't the shop-keeper tell us, at the fair, that one little speck of a pearl cost more than my new gown? Now, what of the people?" "You didn't look at the houses, after once seeing them; they had such lovely faces, and such a kind, gentle look, I could cry at only thinking of them now." "Don't cry till you've finished your story. Were any of them handsomer than the rest? And what kind of dresses did they wear?" "Their clothes were made of light, I should think; for they were softer than spider webs, and kept changing their shape and color as the people moved about." "How could they?" "Why, all the light poured from one place, that I could not look into; and even the heavenly people, when they turned towards it, folded their wings before their faces." Pg 96 "That is where I should build my house." "O, no, my sister; that is where our heavenly Father has built his throne; and it is the light from him that makes the whole city splendid, without any sun or moon. You cannot tell what a little, dark speck I felt before God: I trembled, and did not know where to turn, when one of the people came and took my hand." "How frightened I should have been Did he have wings?" "I can't remember; but he moved