162

THE FAIR LITTLE LADY 181

STORY OF A HOLIDAY 184

LITTLE EDWY AND THE ECHO 189

FURTHER STORY OF A HOLIDAY 203

THE HAPPY EVENING 216

BREAKFAST AT MR. BURKE'S 222

THE UNRULY FAMILY 228

STORY OF HENRY'S ADVENTURE 238

THE STORY IN EMILY'S BOOK. (PART I.) 245

THE STORY IN EMILY'S BOOK. (PART II.) 258

GUESTS AT MR. FAIRCHILD'S 286

MORE ABOUT BESSY 300

BESSY'S MISFORTUNES 313

HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART I.) 326

HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART II.) 341

HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART III.) 354

THE BIRTHDAY FEAST 382

GRANDMAMMA FAIRCHILD 400

GREAT CHANGES 408

GRANDMAMMA AND THE CHILDREN 416

HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART I.) 421

HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART II.) 446

FAREWELL TO THE OLD HOME 464

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List of illustrations

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FRONTISPIECE--Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild had three children,
Lucy, Emily and Henry.

Good children 3

They ran on before 5

Here were abundance of flowers 8

"I sat down on one of the branches to eat cherries" 9

Mrs. Grace taught me to sew, and Mrs. Penelope taught me to
read 11

"How lovely! How beautiful!" 19

She saw that it was a ring 24

Henry stood under the apple-tree