The Doctor’s Daughter was first published in 1871. It is the first book in the "Quinnebasset" series. Each of the books in this series deals with a different girl or girls that lives in the fictional town of Quinnebasset, Maine. This book is about Marian Prescott, whose father is a doctor.

“A country story, bright as a sunbeam, natural as life itself….”-‘Transcript’.
“The author has put such a feeling in this lovable and genuine work that it takes one’s heart by storm.”-‘Index”.

Our Helen was first published in 1874. It is the second book in the "Quinnebasset" series. This is one of the few books by Sophie May that I have never read, so I cannot tell you what it is about.

“A fresh, lively, cheerful story, not straining to draw a moral, but possessing a good healthy tone throughout. It belongs to the older class of children’s books, and will please all who read it.”-‘Albany Journal’.

The Asbury Twins was first published in 1875. It is the third book in the "Quinnebasst" series. It is dedicated to “Penn Shirley [Sophie’s sister Sarah] who has helped write it.” This book tells the story of twin sisters, Victoria and Vandelia Asbury, and their going away to Paris, France to attend school.

“They are beautiful girls both, and we confess to have fallen in love with them; and there is likely to be a latent Mormon desire in the mind of a young-man reader to marry both, one is so pleasant a complement to the other….For pure loveliness and natural captivation, the story is an example not by any means common.”-‘Boston Traveler’.

Quinnebasset Girls was first published in 1877. It is the fourth book in the "Quinnebasset" series. The dedication reads; “This simple story of country life, whose finest character is a deaf woman, is most respectfully dedicated to the excellent Laura Bridgman.” This is the story of Emily Howe, who goes to live with her grandparents. It is interesting because Sophie May, who was deaf, writes a deaf character into the story.

“As fresh and wholesome as a bright December morning….It is a real girl’s book, good and true and honest, and full withal of clever hints of New England Character. What a debt of grateful friendship do the little people owe to SOPHIE MAY!”-‘N. Y. Tribune’.

Janet: A Poor Heiress was first published in 1882. It is the fifth book in the "Quinnebasset" series. It is dedicated to “my friend Frances Lee Pratt.” It tells the story of Janet Vail, who is mistreated by her family.

“SOPHIE MAY is a master of style, and knows society and human nature so fully that she talks out of a cultivated mind and a large experience.”-‘Baltimore Courant’.
“It is sweet romance of girlhood; the heroine being thoroughly brave, frank, and unconventional.”-‘Hartford Herald’.

In Old Quinnebasset was first published in 1891. It is the sixth book in the "Quinnebasset" series. The dedication reads; “To Mrs. Elizabeth Van Arsdale Garrison whom the author is proud to call her friend this book is affectionately dedicated.” It is set in Quinnebasset, Maine in the 1780’s. It tells the story of Elizabeth Gilman.

“The heroine kept a ‘Diarium,’ and filled it with the quaint sayings and doings of her time, which was in the first years of the American republic. It is a vivid representation of a bygone age.”
“A more graceful and charming tale it would be hard to find….When one remembers the delightful freshness of SOPHIE MAY’S other girls’ stories, one is tempted to repeat the hackneyed words, ‘Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.’”-‘The Critic, N. Y.’

Joy Bells was first published in 1903. It is the seventh (last) book in the "Quinnebasset" series. This is one of the few Sophie May books that I have never read, so I do not know what it is about.

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