Title: Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation
Author: Dorita Fairlie Bruce
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2011
Pages: 203
Format: Paperback
Series: Dimsie Series – collected short stories
Description
Here in one volume are the 12 known short stories about Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation. Taken from the original annuals in which they appeared, each story contains the original text, together with the illustrations which accompanied each one. They are essential reading for any Dimsie fan.
The stories are:
The Jane Willard Election
The Terracotta Coat
For Mona’s Sake
The Umpire
Leaving It to Dimsie
Erica the Ever-Right
Dimsie Wins Through
Stuffable Stephanie
Dimsie Takes Charge
Dimsie and All Fools’ Day
The Secretary’s Keys
The Monster of Loch Shee
A version of the Dimsie short stories was published in the 1980s by John Goodchild as Dimsie Takes Charge but all the stories were altered, and one was missing altogether.
The introductory material includes a preface by DFB’s niece, Vivien Northcote, an article by Mary Cadogan who will greatly expand what she originally wrote for Dimsie Takes Charge, and an article on the locations in the book by Sheila Ray.
