Collected here are twenty nine stories, originally published as four separate volumes. Parables From Nature are inspired from Nature, but written in a fun and entertaining way for Children to be able to read, understand, and enjoy!
Mrs. Alfred Gatty, born Margaret Scott in 1809, was an English writer of children's literature, moral tales, and works shaped by the close observation of nature. She is best remembered under her married name, Mrs. Alfred Gatty, the form in which many nineteenth-century editions of her books appeared. Her writing often joined Christian instruction with natural history, using the visible world of plants, animals, shells, insects, and the sea as a way to teach moral and spiritual lessons. This combination gave her work a particular appeal in the Victorian period, when children's education, religious formation, and the study of nature were closely linked.Gatty's most enduring work is Parables from Nature, first issued in the 1850s and later expanded and reprinted in numerous editions. The book reflects her ability to turn natural observation into memorable moral narrative, making it a classic of Victorian religious and educational literature. She was also connected to a literary family: her daughter Juliana Horatia Ewing became an important children's writer in her own right. Gatty's work remains of interest to readers of classic children's literature, Victorian women writers, Christian allegory, nature writing, and nineteenth-century moral fiction.
