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  Contents

  PAGE

  INTRODUCTION ix

  PART I

  THE BIRTHDAY WALK 3

  MRS. FAIRCHILD'S STORY 9

  ON ENVY 19

  STORY OF THE APPLES 25

  STORY OF AN UNHAPPY DAY 34

  STORY OF AMBITION; OR, THE WISH TO BE GREAT 45

  THE ALL-SEEING GOD 59

  EMILY'S RECOVERY, AND THE OLD STORY OF MRS. HOWARD 67

  SAD STORY OF A DISOBEDIENT CHILD 84

  THE TWO BOOKS 87

  THE HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN BOY 92

  THE HISTORY OF LITTLE HENRI 107

  A STORY OF BESETTING SINS 131

  A VISIT TO MARY BUSH 143

  PART II

  STORY OF MISS CROSBIE'S PRESENTS 150

  A VISIT TO MRS. GOODRICHE 159

  STORY OF THE LAST DAYS OF MRS. HOWARD 162

  THE FAIR LITTLE LADY 181

  STORY OF A HOLIDAY 184

  LITTLE EDWY AND THE ECHO 189

  FURTHER STORY OF A HOLIDAY 203

  THE HAPPY EVENING 216

  BREAKFAST AT MR. BURKE'S 222

  THE UNRULY FAMILY 228

  STORY OF HENRY'S ADVENTURE 238

  THE STORY IN EMILY'S BOOK. (PART I.) 245

  THE STORY IN EMILY'S BOOK. (PART II.) 258

  GUESTS AT MR. FAIRCHILD'S 286

  MORE ABOUT BESSY 300

  BESSY'S MISFORTUNES 313

  HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART I.) 326

  HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART II.) 341

  HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART III.) 354

  THE BIRTHDAY FEAST 382

  GRANDMAMMA FAIRCHILD 400

  GREAT CHANGES 408

  GRANDMAMMA AND THE CHILDREN 416

  HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART I.) 421

  HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART II.) 446

  FAREWELL TO THE OLD HOME 464