Mrs. O. F. Walton — A Peep Behind the Scenes

London , The Religious Tract Society, c1950. Cloth. An attractive edition of this story-book by Mrs. O. F. Walton. Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs. O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's and teenage books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck in 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939. In 1875 she married Octavius Frank Walton, who was her father's curate at the time. It was under her husband's name, as Mrs. O. F. Walton, or simply Mrs Walton, that she was to be better known. In the year of their marriage they moved to Jerusalem where Octavius took up a ministry in a church on Mount Zion until 1879. While there, in 1877, her book A Peep Behind the Scenes was published. It is the story of Rosalie, a child who works in a travelling theatre. In a decorated blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Internally, generally firmly bound, though binding is loosening in places. Front few pages are coming loose. Front hinge is tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Card pasted to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .