lgirls=: A Story of School-days.
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=A Fourth Form Friendship=: A School Story.
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--=Educational News.=

=The Manor House School.=
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=The Nicest Girl in the School=: A Story of School Life.

=The Third Class at Miss Kaye's=: A School Story.

=The Fortunes of Philippa=: A School Story.

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CONTENTS

Chap. Page

I. MY SOUTHERN HOME 7

II. MY COUSINS 21

III. I GO TO SCHOOL 36

IV. THE HOLLIES 54

V. THE WINSTANLEYS 66

VI. MISCHIEF 83

VII. TIT FOR TAT 102

VIII. A BREAKING-UP PARTY 122

IX. A HARD TIME 142

X. A PICNIC AND AN ADVENTURE 164

XI. AT MARSHLANDS AGAIN 182

XII. THE _IGNACIA_ 198

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

"We rubbed away the moss and spelt out the words"
_Coloured frontispiece_

Making a Sea-side Resort for the Dolls 32

"Dick seized my hand, and dragged me down the hill" 96

"I found myself flung into the stream below" 172

THE FORTUNES OF PHILIPPA

CHAPTER I

MY SOUTHERN HOME

"When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years."

"Must I _really_ go?"

"I'm afraid it has come to that, Philippa! I believe I have kept you
here too long already. You're ten years old now, growing a tall girl,
and not learning half the things you ought to. I feel there's something
wrong about you, but I don't know quite how to set it right. After all,
I suppose a man can't expect to bring up a girl entirely by himself." My
father looked me up and down with a glance of despair