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Title: Teddy: Her Book
A Story of Sweet Sixteen

Author: Anna Chapin Ray

Illustrator: Vesper L. George

Release Date: January 19, 2008 [EBook #24361]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Book Cover]

TEDDY: HER BOOK
A Story of Sweet Sixteen

BY
ANNA CHAPIN RAY

ILLUSTRATED BY VESPER L. GEORGE

[Illustration: Teddy]

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1901

_Copyright, 1898_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

"_Spring's hands are always full of rosy flowers,
Unopened buds to deck each field and tree.
We love and watch them through the long, sweet hours,
Not for the buds, but what the buds will be._

"_Life's hands are full of buds. She comes on singing,
With radiant eyes, across Youth's golden gate;
We smile to see the burden she is bringing,
And for the Summer are content to wait._"

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THEODORA'S FACE, ROSY WITH BLUSHES, APPEARED IN THE OPENING. 31

THEODORA WENT FLYING ACROSS THE ROAD. 69

"'WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?' SHE DEMANDED." 100

"TEDDY, DEAR, THIS IS MY BROTHER ARCHIE, COME AT LAST." 129

"'GIVE ME MY FAN AND GLOVES, HU,' SHE SAID." 256

SOMETHING IN THE EXPRESSION OF THE BLUE EYES ABOVE
HER MADE HER OWN EYES DROOP. 272

CHAPTER ONE

The five McAlisters were gathered in the dining-room, one rainy night in
late August. In view of the respective dimensions of the family circle
and the family income, servants were few in the McAlister household, and
division of labor was the order of the day. Old Susan had cleared away
t