The New Years’ Book by Louise Michel, in Le Petit Journal, 26 December 1872
THE NEW YEAR’S BOOK
By Miss Louise Michel
Among all the New Year gift books intended for children, we have noticed a very small volume that adds a double interest to the charming simplicity of its stories.
The author is that schoolteacher from the 18th arrondissement, Miss Louise Michel, who played an active role in the Commune.
Miss Louise Michel, her work proves it, was, beyond politics, a distinguished mind and a loving soul.
The New Year’s Book contains eighteen stories, all moral and appealing, some amusing, others serious. In all of them, the idea of justice is ingeniously presented as the rule of life.
Parents can confidently open this book; once they have read it, they will hasten to give it to their children, who will find both valuable teachings and wholesome lessons.
They may also say that they have done a good deed: Miss Louise Michel wrote The New Year’s Book in her prison, in order to help her poor elderly mother.
Is this not an opportunity for us to offer you a double New Year’s gift?
