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Contents
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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