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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE PREACHER.

CHAPTER II. THE HERONS.

CHAPTER III. SPRING AND THE CHILDREN.

CHAPTER IV. THE SCARLET SORREL.

CHAPTER V. "LONE, LONE, THOU HAST LEFT ME HERE."

CHAPTER VI. THE NEW TEACHING.

CHAPTER VII. LITTLE JACOB.

CHAPTER VIII. LOCHABER NO MORE!

CHAPTER IX. THE NEW SCHOLARS.

CHAPTER X. JOE'S TREASURY.

CHAPTER XI. DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER XII. THE WILD ROCKS AGAIN.

CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST.

Books by Laura E. Richards.

“Mrs. Richards has made for herself a little niche apart in the literary world, from her delicate treatment of New England village life.”—Boston Post.

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SOME SAY,” and a companion story, “NEIGHBOURS IN CYRUS.” 16mo, 50 cents.

JIM OF HELLAS; or, IN DURANCE VILE, and a companion story, BETHESDA POOL. 16mo, 50 cents.

MARIE. 16mo, 50 cents.

“Seldom has Mrs. Richards drawn a more irresistible picture, or framed one with more artistic literary adjustment.”—Boston Herald.

“A perfect literary gem.”—Boston Transcript.

NARCISSA, and a companion story, IN VERONA. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

“Each is a simple, touching, sweet little story of rustic New England life, full of vivid pictures of interesting character, and refreshing for its unaffected genuineness and human feeling.”—Congregationalist.

“They are the most charming stories ever written of American country life.”—New York World.

MELODY. The story of a Child. 16mo, 50 cents.

“Had there never been a ‘Captain January’, ‘Melody’ would easily take first place.”—Boston Times.

“The quaintly pretty, touching, old-fashioned story is told with perfect grace; the few persons who belong to it are touched in with distinctness and with sympathy.”—Milwaukee Sentinel.

SAME. Illustrated Holiday Edition. With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.

CAPTAIN JANUARY. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

A charming idyl of New England coast life, whose success has been very remarkable. One reads it, is thoroughly charmed by it, tells others, and so its fame has been heralded by its readers, until to-day it is selling by the thousands, constantly enlarging the circle of its delighted admirers.

SAME. Illustrated Holiday Edition. With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE. 4to, cloth, gilt top, $1.25.

The title most happily introduces the reader to the charming home-life of Dr. Howe and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe during the childhood of the author.

GLIMPSES OF THE FRENCH COURT. Sketches from French History. Illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure. Square 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

With true literary touch, she gives us the story of some of the salient figures of this remarkable period.

ISLA HERON. A charming prose idyl of quaint New England life. Small quarto, cloth, 75 cents.

NAUTILUS. A very interesting story, with illustrations; uniquely bound, small quarto, cloth, 75 cents.

FIVE MINUTE STORIES. A charming collection of short stories and clever poems for children.

Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston.


girl walking beside boy riding black goat through field

ISLA HERON

BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS
Author of “Captain January,” “Melody,” “Marie,” “Nautilus,”
“Queen Hildegarde,” Etc.



Illustrated
BY
FRANK T. MERRILL


Fifth Thousand


BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
PUBLISHERS



TO MY HUSBAND

AFTER TWENTY-FIVE HAPPY YEARS

1871-1896


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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