The Corner Stone

by Margaret Hill McCarter

Paperboard binding; Fifth printing

Edith comes to live at her uncle's wheat farm for the summer. He has plans for her, of course, just as he has plans for all of the people around him. Will he succeed? What is the true cornerstone of success?

100 pages, Softcover

First published January 1, 1915

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this shorter novel! It runs mostly through summertime and then ends with a chapter set on Christmas Eve. Edith and Homer are its young folks of principle, contrasted to Edith's uncle—a man of "principal" instead. He worships money and wheat and square-cornered "sections." The endearing side characters, little orphaned Faith Clover and her hard-up veteran grandfather Waverly round out the story very nicely.

Highly recommended!

I got my copy at a library sale, but you can probably find it on archive.org. It's a pretty uncommon little novel. Mine still had the battered box instead of a dust jacket...so cute.

[Katja Labonté · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars & 5/10 hearts. I needed a quick, easy, sweet little book to read, and this one was perfect. I absolutely loved the setting and descriptions. The message was excellent, and the plot was so good, and the CHARACTERS ahhhh they were splendid! There were a couple instances of language but otherwise it was just perfect and I enjoyed it so very much. <3

[Margaret Fritts-DeLuca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quaint.

[Meen]

This is a strangely shaped book. It's about the same dimensions as a long envelope. I have two of these types of books by the same author, and this one is in really good shape. They appear to be romances. The first page is a lovely color print of a man and woman standing on a rock with this caption: "'Whoever loves on Pawnee Rock will love always and always,' she murmured softly." Apparently these books were like the Harlequin romances of the early 20th century. :)