A scarce edition of Friendly Leaves: The Girls' Friendly Magazine for the year 1879, with various stories and illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. Friendly Leaves: The Girls' Friendly Magazine was a quarterly magazine for young women as part of the Girls' Friendly Society, a charitable organisation that empowers girls and young women aged 5 to 25 by encouraging them to develop their full potential. They offer programs that provide training, confidence building, and other educational opportunities. The group was established by Anglicans in England in 1875 to address, through Christian values, the problems of working-class out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and soon grew into a support organization for unmarried girls and young women who wished to better themselves. This volume contains issues from throughout the year of 1879 with many stories and articles, including: Heroes of Holy Scripture, A Flower Song, Two Wedding Dresses, Princess Alice, and The Life of a Business Girl. Ed