The story is less than 60 pages long, and can be enjoyed in a couple of sittings, then repeatedly re-read. Margaret Mary Julia Devlin (ne Ashford 3 April 1881 15 January 1972), known as Daisy Ashford, was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old.
Daisy Ashford alternates this broad comedy in the easy manner of Fielding with a more piercing.
It is interesting that, after the death of J. Or, Mr Salteena's Plan, by D Ashford, revd by A Friedman. The language and trouble spelling contribute greatly to the amusing nature of this book, which may have been written by J. As with 'The Young Visiters', the grammar, the language and the authorial viewpoint of those classics contribute much to our enjoyment. Salteena's Plan Daisy Ashford 20 Paperback 9 offers from 6.95 Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Fiction by nine-year-olds is rare, but the precocious Ashford redeems her unremarkable story in ways she could never have imagined. Salteena’s Plan” is the book that started the schoolchild genre subsequently defined by '1066 and All That' and Molesworth's various manuals such as 'Down with Skool' and 'Whizz for Atoms'. Daisy Ashford : The Young Visiters, or Mr.
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