LUCRETIA P. HALE
THE PETERKIN PAPERS Dedicated
TO MEGGIE (THE DAUGHTER OF THE LADY FROM PHILADELPHIA) TO WHOM THESE STORIES WERE FIRST TOLD
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE PETERKIN PAPERS.
CONTENTS.
THE PETERKIN PAPERS.
THE LADY WHO PUT SALT IN HER COFFEE.
ABOUT ELIZABETH ELIZA'S PIANO.
THE PETERKINS TRY TO BECOME WISE.
MRS. PETERKIN WISHES TO GO TO DRIVE.
THE PETERKINS AT HOME. AT DINNER.
WHY THE PETERKINS HAD A LATE DINNER.
THE PETERKINS' SUMMER JOURNEY.
THE PETERKINS SNOWED-UP.
THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO KEEP A COW.
THE PETERKINS' CHRISTMAS-TREE.
MRS. PETERKIN'S TEA-PARTY.
THE PETERKINS TOO LATE FOR THE EXHIBITION.
THE PETERKINS CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THE PETERKINS' PICNIC.
THE PETERKINS' CHARADES.
THE PETERKINS ARE OBLIGED TO MOVE.
THE PETERKINS DECIDE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGES.
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PETERKINS'.
AGAMEMNON'S CAREER.
THE EDUCATIONAL BREAKFAST.
THE PETERKINS AT THE "CARNIVAL OF AUTHORS" IN BOSTON.
THE PETERKINS AT THE FARM.
