OVER THE TEACUPS

PREFACE.

OVER THE TEACUPS.

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ELSIE VENNER

PREFACE.

A SECOND PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.

ELSIE VENNER.
CHAPTER I. THE BRAHMIN CASTE OF NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER II. THE STUDENT AND HIS CERTIFICATE.
CHAPTER III. MR. BERNARD TRIES HIS HAND.
CHAPTER IV. THE MOTH FLIES INTO THE CANDLE.
CHAPTER V. AN OLD-FASHIONED DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER.
CHAPTER VI. THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW.
CHAPTER VII. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING AFTER.
CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR CALLS ON ELSIE VENNER.
CHAPTER XI. COUSIN RICHARD'S VISIT.
CHAPTER XII. THE APOLLINEAN INSTITUTE.
CHAPTER XIII. CURIOSITY.
CHAPTER XIV. FAMILY SECRETS.
CHAPTER XV. PHYSIOLOGICAL.
CHAPTER XVI. EPISTOLARY.
CHAPTER XVII. OLD SOPHY CALLS ON THE REVEREND DOCTOR.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REVEREND DOCTOR CALLS ON BROTHER FAIRWEATHER.
CHAPTER XIX. THE SPIDER ON HIS THREAD.
CHAPTER XX. FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN.
CHAPTER XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY.
CHAPTER XXII. WHY DOCTORS DIFFER.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WILD HUNTSMAN.
CHAPTER XXIV. ON HIS TRACKS.
CHAPTER XXV. THE PERILOUS HOUR.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEWS REACHES THE DUDLEY MANSION.
CHAPTER XXVII. A SOUL IN DISTRESS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECRET IS WHISPERED.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE WHITE ASH.
CHAPTER XXX. THE GOLDEN CORD IS LOOSED.
CHAPTER XXXI. MR. SILAS PECKHAM RENDERS HIS ACCOUNT.
CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION.

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL

TO MY READERS.

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL

CHAPTER I. AN ADVERTISEMENT.
CHAPTER II. GREAT EXCITEMENT
CHAPTER III. ANTECEDENTS.
CHAPTER IV. BYLES GRIDLEY, A. M.
CHAPTER V. THE TWINS.
CHAPTER VI. THE USE OF SPECTACLES.
CHAPTER VII. MYRTLE'S LETTER--THE YOUNG MEN'S PURSUIT.
CHAPTER VIII. DOWN THE RIVER.
CHAPTER IX. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY RECEIVES A LETTER, AND BEGINS HIS ANSWER.
CHAPTER X. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY FINISHES HIS LETTER--WHAT CAME OF IT.
CHAPTER XI. VEXED WITH A DEVIL.
CHAPTER XII. SKIRMISHING.
CHAPTER XIII. BATTLE.
CHAPTER XIV. FLANK MOVEMENT.
CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. VICTORY.
CHAPTER XVII. SAINT AND SINNER
CHAPTER XVIII. VILLAGE POET.