The Saracen Lamp

So far this is my least favorite Ruth M. Arthur book but it's all right.  It's about a lamp that is passed down to three different women.  The one that was the most interesting to me was Perdita who lived in modern times.  She's a crippled girl who takes it upon herself to walk again.  There's an evil doll that Perdita talks to that doesn't encourage her healing.  This follows Ruth M. Arthur's usual obsessions such as ancestors, the supernatural, and evil dolls.  (See her masterpiece https://bethsbookoftheweek.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-candle-in-her-room.html) Arthur has a formula but she does it well.  Not only that when you read a book of Ruth M. Arthur's you know it's hers.  Too many authors don't add anything unique that is generally theirs.  You can't say this with Ruth M. Arthur.  I've never paid for a book of Arthur's.  The prices are high.  It's called interlibrary loan.