Books with author A.L.O.E (Charlotte Maria Tucker)

This book starts at the end of a physical journey and ends with the beginning of a spiritual one. The Probyn boys, Adolphus and Constantine are going to live with a tutor and his family. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Roby,and their children, Aleck, Bertha and Laura. The Probyns are thoughtless selfish rude and spoiled. The Roby children are quick to react and point out the faults of Probyns but their Mother is more concerned with them seeing their own faults and overcoming them. The story jumps back and forth between the adventures and struggles of the children, to the allegory of "The Giant Killer" which their mother reads to them. A sweet encouraging story. It can inspire all of us to deal with the Giants in our own hearts while having grace for the faults of others. The hero of the allegory is Knight Fide (which means Faith). Read and watch Knight Fide and the Roby children overcome the Giants of sloth, anger and others.

The many bees include Sipsyrup who is vain, and Honeyball who is lazy. They argue and complain, and their behavior yielded unfortunate results. There is another story happening outside the beehive: the young girl Polly whose vanity about her clothes leads to the mysterious disappearance of Johnny, her brother. The moral as stated at the end of the story is “However young, however weak, dear children, you may be, know that the youngest, the weakest, have some power here to give either pleasure or pain.” Also contained in this book is the short story “Hold Fast” by A.L.O.E., which has the theme of salvation by Christ alone.

This book starts at the end of a physical journey and ends with the beginning of a spiritual one. The Probyn boys, Adolphus and Constantine are going to live with a tutor and his family. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Roby,and their children, Aleck, Bertha and Laura. The Probyns are thoughtless selfish rude and spoiled. The Roby children are quick to react and point out the faults of Probyns but their Mother is more concerned with them seeing their own faults and overcoming them. The story jumps back and forth between the adventures and struggles of the children, to the allegory of "The Giant Killer" which their mother reads to them. A sweet encouraging story. It can inspire all of us to deal with the Giants in our own hearts while having grace for the faults of others. The hero of the allegory is Knight Fide (which means Faith). Read and watch Knight Fide and the Roby children overcome the Giants of sloth, anger and others.

A beautiful tale of redemption and adventure. Horace is a young arrogant Englishman vacationing in Italy with his mother. Reckless and unthoughtful, he puts himself in danger and is captured by a group of bandits. In his time in, “The Robbers Cave”, he meets a young man named Raphael. Raphael is, at the risk of his own life and comfort, choosing to minister among the bandits. Horace is provoked to think about his own Christianity and what it means to him. A touching and encouraging story.

Charlotte Maria Tucker, English author, who wrote under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (a Lady of England), was the daughter of Henry St George Tucker (1771-1851), a distinguished official of the British East India Company. From 1852 till her death she wrote many stories for children, most of them allegories with an obvious moral, and devoted the proceeds to charity. The plot of "The Giant Killer" subtitled "The Battle which All Must Fight" features ten year old twins, Constantine and Adolphus who are chagrined to be shipped off to a private tutor in the country. Their lot appears worse when they meet their host and his family, consisting of a wife, son Aleck (who imagines himself the perfect student) and two little girls. On top of that, they are expected to study. Fun seems in short supply when they are not even allowed to pull the cow's tail, and there is no second dinner provided. This allegorical tale can be a simple, amusing story or a lesson to us all.

Twelve beatitudes are illustrated by twelve stories, one to a chapter. When Lucy Claremont was denied a trip to the fair by her mother, discontent and rebellion took over, but ended in repentance and mourning over her sin. When a blind girl thirsted for knowledge of the Lord, her desires were more than granted. Mercy is shown when a very sick person is carried out of a burning building. A.L.O.E. states: “I have endeavored in the following Tales to convey religious instruction in a form that may prove attractive to the young; to illustrate the character of true Christianity in a series of stories, practically exemplifying the beatitudes.”

A beautiful tale of redemption and adventure. Horace is a young arrogant Englishman vacationing in Italy with his mother. Reckless and unthoughtful, he puts himself in danger and is captured by a group of bandits. In his time in, “The Robbers Cave”, he meets a young man named Raphael. Raphael is, at the risk of his own life and comfort, choosing to minister among the bandits. Horace is provoked to think about his own Christianity and what it means to him. A touching and encouraging story.

Edith And Her Ayah, And Other Stories is a beautiful illustrated Children’s stories book by A. L. O. E.. Edith was a good little child, and made no resistance, though she looked wistfully into the bushes after the fawn, and called out to it again and again in hopes of luring it back. Motee attempted to return to the tents, but did not feel sure of the way,—the vegetation around grew so high that she could scarcely see two yards before her. She walked some steps with Edith in her arms, then stopped and looked round with a frightened air.“Motee, why don’t you go on?” asked Edith.“O Missee Baba, we’re lost!” cried the poor Hindu; “lost here in the dreadful jungle, full of wild beasts and snakes!”Edith stared at her ayah in alarm, yet at that moment the little child remembered her mother’s lessons. “Don’t be so frightened, Motee,” said the fair-haired English girl; “the Lord Jesus can save us, and show us the way to mamma.”