BY MRS MOLESWORTH ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE London MACMILLAN
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE RECTORY CHILDREN
CHAPTER I THE PARLOUR BEHIND THE SHOP 'I was very solitary
CHAPTER II THOSE YOUNG LADIES 'Leave me alone I want to cry; It's no use trying to be good.' Anon.
CHAPTER III A TRYING CHILD
CHAPTER IV BIDDY HAS SOME NEW THOUGHTS 'O, children take long to grow.' J ean Ingelow.
CHAPTER V CELESTINA 'Little china tea-things and delightful
CHAPTER VI THE WINDOW IN THE WALL 'Will you step into my parlour?' The Spider and the Fly.
CHAPTER VII ON THE SEASHORE 'The sands of the sea stretch far
CHAPTER VIII A NICE PLAN 'Up where the world grows cold, Under the sharp north star.' A North Pole Story.
CHAPTER IX A SECRET 'If the sun could tell us half That he
CHAPTER X BIDDY'S ESCAPADE 'And Dick, though pale as any ghost,
CHAPTER XI AND ITS CONSEQUENCES '"Love will make the lesson
CHAPTER XII ANOTHER BIRTHDAY 'Rare as is true love, true friendship is still rarer.' La Rochefoucauld.
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