Originally published as The Senior Prefect in 1921, and renamed Dimsie Goes to School in 1925.Daphne Isabel Maitland, known to all as Dimsie, is just ten years old when she begins boarding school at the Jane Willard School.

    It introduces characters who appear or are mentioned in the Abbey series, although itself the first of a connector series, the 'Swiss Set,' that EJO published in the 1920s.This series also interconnects with the 'Sussex Set' and the 'Woody Dean Set', and we shall be reprinting titles from all three sets in due course, along with other titles originally published by Chambers or Muller.The EJO Society, through its magazine, The Abbey Chronicle, seeks to promote interest in this author and her work, and looks forward to making many more hitherto rare titles available to a wider public over the next few years.Details of the EJO Society membership, and of subscriptions to the Abbey Chronicle, may be found athttp://sites.google.com/site/ejosociety

    The "New Prefect" takes on her new dignity under difficult circumstances, but she eventually wins not only the respect of the Head but also the goodwill of the school.

    This leads to all sorts of troubles, and it is up to Nancy to find a way to make ends meet. There's a miserly old uncle in the background -- he argued with Mother years ago, and now he won't help the family in its hour of need.