![The first page in the serialized “Sara Crewe: or What Happened at Miss Minchin’s,” which started in the Volume XV, Number II (December 1887) issue of St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine.](https://pastispresent.org/wp-content/uploads/princess1-708x1024.jpg)
Editor's note: In the most recent issue of the Almanac, we asked members of the AAS community to give us their choice of recommended reading for "fiction published before 1900," a series we are continuing here on Past is Present. Last week we heard from AAS member Philip Gura. This week, Jackie Penny, AAS's image ...