Stopping the leak

This edition has images. Title: Stopping the leak Original Publication: Boston: Graves and Young, 1865. Series Title: Brookside series Summary: "Stopping the leak" by Madeline Leslie is a moral domestic novel written in the mid-19th century. It traces how waste, dishonesty, and intemperance drain both fortune and character, and how shrewd, warm-hearted Aunt Mercy Lovell helps a naive young couple—Lily and Lawrence Everett—and the struggling Allen family learn economy, duty, and...