"An autobiographical account by the author of <i>The Railway Children</i> and other children's books, in which she describes a childhood spent sometimes within the security of her family and sometimes apart from them in schools she detested."
--presumed Publisher description
--stated as Summary/Abstract in some WorldCat library records of both 1966 eds., the 1974 Macdonald, and the 1987 Beehive
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Originally published October 1896 to September 1897 in The Girl's Own Paper as an "intermittent" serial in 12 parts of differing length and inconsistent layout, at least sometimes as "My School-Days"
--ForgottenFutures
- As of volume 1, 1880, The Girl's Own Paper was published weekly. Digital copy not found online.