The pages of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" are as fresh and dewy as a Spring morning. Here is the story of a brave little woman who, under the most discouraging circumstances, "still keeps a smiling face toward a confident tomorrow." No more pleasing characters have been introduced to the public than Mrs. Wiggs and her family—her plucky boys, Jimmy and Billy, and the girls with their geographical names, Asia, Australia, and Europena. Of all the characters it may be said that their genuineness, simplicity, and unfailing good humor make them the most charming of companions. Their life in the Cabbage Patch, amid an atmosphere of dire poverty but constant cheerfulness, is woven into a story whose fame has spread throughout the world. There is pathos in the book. A little love story threads its course through it, not without various swirls and set-backs. But the dominant quality is humor, for the tale is told in a way to provide not only smiles but laughter.

Here, in short, is one of those rare books that are born into the world very seldom. It is "a sure cure for the blues," "full of wit, wisdom and humanity."

From the dust jacket of the 1928 Appleton-Century edition