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UP THE MOUNTAIN TO GRANDFATHER
COPYRIGHT 1916 BY
Whitman Publishing Co.
RACINE · · CHICAGO
INTRODUCTION
There is here presented to the reader a careful translation of"Heidi," one of the most popular works of the great Swiss authoress,Madam Johanna Spyri. As particulars of her career arenot easily gathered, we may here state that Johanna Heusser wasborn at Zurich, June 12, 1827. She wrote nothing in her youth. Shewas happily married to the Advocate Spyri. Later, the Franco-Prussianwar evoked from her a book devised for a charitable purpose, andthe success of this volume revealed her future. She died at her homein Zurich in 1891. Her fame has spread to all countries, and her manybooks have delighted not only the children for whom they were soartfully written, but they have become favorites with lovers of childrenas well.
As to "Heidi," itself, wherever mountains are seen or read about,the simple account of the early life of the Swiss child, amid the beautiesof her passionately-loved home, will be a favorite book for youngerreaders and those who seek their good.
Johanna Spyri lived amidst the scenes she so gracefully described.In all her stories she shows an underlying desire to preserve her youngreaders alike from misunderstanding and the mistaken kindness thatfrequently hinders the happiness and natural development of theirlives and characters.
Among her many works are the following: "Arthur and HisSquirrel," "On Sunday," "From the Swiss Mountains," "A Scionof the House of Lesa," "The Great and the Small All May Aid," "Fr