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Title: The Jonathan Papers

Author: Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

Release Date: September 27, 2010 [eBook #33997]

Language: English

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THE JONATHAN PAPERS

by

ELISABETH WOODBRIDGE

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By Elisabeth Woodbridge

DAYS OUT AND OTHER PAPERS.
MORE JONATHAN PAPERS.
THE JONATHAN PAPERS.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

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THE JONATHAN PAPERS

by

ELISABETH WOODBRIDGE

[Illustration]

Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company

Copyright, 1912, by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

TO JONATHAN
AND TO ALL PERFECT COMRADESHIP
WHEREVER ITS JOYOUS SPIRIT IS FOUND
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED

Contents

FOREWORD--ON TAKING ONE'S DESSERT FIRST ix
I. A PLACID RUNAWAY 3
II. AN UNPROGRESSIVE FARM 14
III. A DESULTORY PILGRIMAGE 25
IV. THE YELLOW VALLEY 38
V. LARKSPURS AND HOLLYHOCKS 49
VI. THE FARM SUNDAY 68
VII. THE GROOMING OF THE FARM 87
VIII. "ESCAPED FROM OLD GARDENS" 107
IX. THE COUNTRY ROAD 114
X. THE LURE OF THE BERRY 131
XI. IN THE RAIN 139
XII. AS THE BEE FLI