Synopsis: Publisher: Readers of fairy tales and other romantic fiction will have noticed that the Mothers of the heroines are seldom featured. One would imagine that the effort of producing a female child destined to adventure was too much for the average Queen or Princess, since, if she has not already expired before the story begins, she usually manages to pass away before its close. Mary Crary was so depressed by this state of things that, even as a small child, she resolved to create a heroine whose Mother would possess, besides beauty and rank, the additional and stupendous virtue of being alive.