[ iii ] PREFACE

CHAPTER I. CHIT CHAT.

[ 20 ] CHAPTER II. THE GRAND FEAST.

[ 34 ] CHAPTER III. THE TERRIBLE FIRE.

[ 46 ] CHAPTER IV. THE PRODIGIOUS CAKE.

[ 66 ] CHAPTER V. THE LAST CLEAN FROCK.

[ 92 ] CHAPTER VI. THE LONG LADDER.

[ 103 ] CHAPTER VII. THE MAD BULL.

[ 118 ] CHAPTER VIII. THE BROKEN KEY.

[ 132 ] CHAPTER IX. UNCLE DAVID'S NONSENSICAL STORY ABOUT GIANTS AND FAIRIES.

[ 146 ] CHAPTER X. THE ILLUMINATION.

[ 162 ] CHAPTER XI. THE POOR BOY.

[ 173 ] CHAPTER XII. THE YOUNG MIDSHIPMAN.

[ 193 ] CHAPTER XIII. THE AMUSING DRIVE.

[ 203 ] CHAPTER XIV. THE UNEXPECTED EVENT.

[ 212 ] CHAPTER XV. AN UNEXPECTED VOYAGE.

[ 228 ] CHAPTER XVI. THE ARRIVAL.

[ 242 ] CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST BIRTH-DAY.

A
SERIES OF TALES.
Dedicated to Lady Diana Boyle.

BY
 
CATHERINE SINCLAIR,
AUTHORESS OF “MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS,” “MODERN SOCIETY,”
“HILL AND VALLEY,” “CHARLIE SEYMOUR,” &c. &c.

NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY ROBERT CARTER,
NO. 58 CANAL STREET.
 
1839.

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