Eventide: A Series of Tales and Poems

Eventide: A Series of Tales and Poems (1854) was written by Effie Afton (1829-1887). "When the sun has disappeared behind the western mountains, and the stars sparkled o'er the blue concave, we have been accustomed to sit down to the compilation of this unpretending volume, and therefore it is called "Eventide. " O, that its pages might be read at that calm, silent hour, -their follies mercifully overlooked, their faults as kindly forgiven. Fain would we dedicate this "waif of weary moments" to some warm-hearted, watchful spirit, who might shelter it from the pitiless assaults of the wide, wide world. But will not our simple booklet prove too insignificant a mark for the critic's arrows? "