The reading room
Girls' Crystal #1030
An anthology of six illustrated stories featuring school, mystery, travel and adventure tales for girls. "Mystery Girl of the Nile" follows Sandra Drake in Egypt, who receives an intriguing brooch from an Arab souvenir-seller and becomes entangled in a mystery involving hidden messages and rival schoolgirls. "Kitty and Kati in Switzerland" by Elise Probyn tells of two girls who discover that a gypsy boy's polished cowbells are actually stolen treasures from a centuries-old cache, and must recover them to prevent a robbery. "The Schoolgirl" features Brenda and Dinah investigating a mystery involving a missing verse in their school mascot while attending a camp. "The Make-Believe Princess" depicts a girl named Deanna impersonating Princess Zena of Marovia at a State Dinner, where she must perform a ceremony and identify guests by ribbon colors while arousing the suspicions of the Prince Regent and others in the royal household.