ELIZABETH WETHERELL,
AUTHOR OF "THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD."

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
GIFT OF

MRS. MALCOLM DONALD

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852,

BY GEORGE P. PUTNAM,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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V. As to whether a flower can grow in the woods,

71

IX. How Mr. Carleton happened to be not at home,

125

X. The fairy and the Englishman,

136

XI. A little candle, .

151

XII. Spars below,

XIII. The fairy peeps into an English house, but does not

165

XVI. Dissolving view-ending with a saw-mill in the distance, 229

XVII. Rain and water-cresses for breakfast,

XVIII. Mr. Rossitur's wits sharpened upon a ploughshare,

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CHAP. XIX. Fleda goes after help and finds Dr. Quackenboss,

263

281

XX. Society in Queechy,
XXI. "The sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel," 298

XXII. Wherein a great many people pay their respects, in

form and substance,

315

XXIII. The Captain out-generalled by the fairy,

333

XXIV. A breath of the world at Queechy,

349

XXV. "As good a boy as you need to have,"

364

XXVI. Pine knots, .

375

XXVII. Sweet-in its consequences,

391

NOTE.

Whatever credit may be due to the bits of poetry in

these volumes, it is not due to the writer of the rest.

She has them only by gift-not the gift of nature.