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Title: The Chautauqua Girls At Home

Author: Pansy, AKA Isabella M. Alden

Release Date: October 1, 2008 [EBook #26742]

Language: English

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THE CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME

BY PANSY

AUTHOR OF "FOUR GIRLS AT CHAUTAUQUA," "ESTER RIED," "LINKS IN
REBECCA'S LIFE," "JULIA RIED," "HOUSEHOLD PUZZLES,"
"RUTH ERSKINE'S CROSSES," "THE RANDOLPHS," "WISE
AND OTHERWISE," "A NEW GRAFT ON THE FAMILY
TREE," "WHAT SHE SAID, AND WHAT SHE
MEANT," "THE POCKET MEASURE," "HALL IN
THE GROVE," "SOME YOUNG HEROINES,"
"FIVE FRIENDS," "MRS. SOLOMON
SMITH LOOKING
ON," ETC.

TORONTO
WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 & 80 KING ST. EAST
MONTREAL: C. W. COATES HALIFAX: S. F. HUESTIS

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
TREADING ON NEW GROUND 7

CHAPTER II.
FLOSSY "BEGINS" 30

CHAPTER III.
BURDENS 49

CHAPTER IV.
COL. BAKER'S SABBATH EVENING 72

CHAPTER V.
NEW MUSIC 87

CHAPTER VI.
DISTURBING ELEMENTS 102

CHAPTER VII.
PRAYER-MEETING AND TABLEAUX 118

CHAPTER VIII.
DR. DENNIS' STUDY 134

CHAPTER IX.
A WHITE SUNDAY 150

CHAPTER X.
THE RAINY EVENING