Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch (The Aunt Jane's Nieces Series, Book 8)

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. First edition (Bienvenue pp. 324-325). No jacket. Front hinge starting, ink gift note on front free endpaper, a few pages lightly soiled. 1913 Hard Cover. 276 pp. Three pages of publisher ads follow text. Number 8 in series. Juvenile novel written pseudonymously by L. Frank Baum (author of Oz series). Louise's uncle, John Merrick, is not pleased with her choice and brings Mildred Travers, a white nurse from New York to serve as governess. Out of appreciation to Uncle John, the Weldons accept her as nominal head governess with Inez as an assistant, finding (truncated) her of great value. Inez does not see it that way and becomes very possessive, as well as protective, of baby Jane.--Wikipedia (Inventory #: 2317171)