This charming collection of stories from Juliana Horatia Ewing, an acclaimed writer of fiction for younger audiences, will delight readers in any age group. The title novella, "e;Mary's Meadow,"e; centers on a family embroiled in a dispute over a tract of land separating their property from the neighbor's. Although the meadow is a worthless nuisance in the eyes of the adults, it's a fantastical wonderland in the imaginations of thirteen-year-old Mary and her troop of younger siblings.