Occasionally a long-forgotten manuscript surfaces from its hiding place and is worthy of special recognition. There Was A Little Girl is just such a book. Written by Edith Foote Carpenter in the style employed by her favorite mid-19th century authors, Louisa May Alcott and the Bronte sisters, it is a wonderful glimpse into life at the dawn of the 20th century. Born 3 days after the death of her father in 1896 and the youngest of six surviving siblings, Edith shares with the reader her wonderful reminiscences of growing up in a loving Victorian household, illustrated by charming photographs of this close-knit family.