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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE



Compiled by David Widger



YONGE



CONTENTS

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table of contents for each of the twelve volumes.

Click on the title itself to open the original online file.

##  THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE

THE CAGED LION

##  HEARTSEASE

##  THE PIGEON PIE

##  UNDINE

##  TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES

THE LITTLE DUKE

THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE'S NEST

COUNTESS KATE

##  THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY

THE STOKESLEY SECRET

##  THE DAISY CHAIN

##  THE TRIAL

##  NUTTIE'S FATHER

##  DYNEVOR TERRACE (VOL. I)

##  DYNEVOR TERRACE (VOL. II)

##  ABBEYCHURCH

A MODERN TELEMACHUS

FRIARSWOOD POST-OFFICE

##  MY YOUNG ALCIDES

##  THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD

##  UNKNOWN TO HISTORY

##  LADY HESTER, OR URSULA'S NARRATIVE

##  YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY

##  LIFE OF JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON

##  MAGNUM BONUM

##  HENRIETTA'S WISH

##  BEECHCROFT AT ROCKSTONE

##  THE LONG VACATION

##  THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS

##  THE HERD BOY AND HIS HERMIT

##  LOVE AND LIFE

##  STRAY PEARLS

##  THE YOUNG STEP-MOTHER

##  UNDER THE STORM

##  TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD

##  THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE, VOL. I (OF 2)

##  THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE, VOL. II (OF 2)

##  JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES

##  A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS

##  MODERN BROODS

THE CHOSEN PEOPLE

##  CHANTRY HOUSE

##  GRISLY GRISELL

##  CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY

THE TWO GUARDIANS

##  THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES

MORE BYWORDS

A REPUTED CHANGELING

THE THREE BRIDES

##  YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ROME

##  HISTORY OF FRANCE

PIONEERS AND FOUNDERS

THAT STICK

THE CARBONELS

OLD TIMES AT OTTERBOURNE

HOPES AND FEARS

##  LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE

##  AUNT CHARLOTTE'S STORIES OF GREEK HISTORY

##  SOWING AND SEWING








TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES






THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 29

CHAPTER 30

CHAPTER 31

CHAPTER 32

CHAPTER 33

CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 35

CHAPTER 36

CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER 39

CHAPTER 40

CHAPTER 41

CHAPTER 42

CHAPTER 43

CHAPTER 44






HEARTSEASE,

or BROTHER’S WIFE

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


PART I

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6


PART II

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23


PART III

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18






THE PIGEON PIE

By Charlotte M. Yonge

1905




CONTENTS

PAGE

Chapter I.

1

Chapter II.

19

Chapter III.

34

Chapter IV.

47

Chapter V.

62

Chapter VI.

77

Chapter VII.

97

Chapter VIII.

107

Chapter IX.

117






UNDINE

By Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

With foreword by Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

Introduction

UNDINE


CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10






TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. DUNBAR

CHAPTER 2. DEPARTURE

CHAPTER 3. FALCON AND FETTERLOCK

CHAPTER 4. ST. HELEN S

CHAPTER 5. THE MEEK USURPER

CHAPTER 6. THE PRICE OF A GOOSE

CHAPTER 7. THE MINSTREL KING’S COURT

CHAPTER 8. STINGS

CHAPTER 9. BALCHENBURG

CHAPTER 10. TENDER AND TRUE

CHAPTER 11. FETTERS BROKEN

CHAPTER 12. SORROW ENDED






THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY

by Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.   IN SEARCH OF A MISSION

CHAPTER II.   RACHEL’S DISCIPLINE

CHAPTER III.   MACKAREL LANE

CHAPTER IV.   THE HERO.

CHAPTER V.   MILITARY SOCIETY.

CHAPTER VI.   ERMINE’S RESOLUTION

CHAPTER VII.   WAITNG FOR ROSE

CHAPTER VIII.   WOMAN’S MISSION DISCOVERED.

CHAPTER IX.   THE NEW SPORT

CHAPTER X.   THE PHILANTHROPIST.

CHAPTER XI.   LADY TEMPLE’S TROUBLES.

CHAPTER XII.   A CHANGE AT THE PARSONAGE.

CHAPTER XIII.   THE FOX AND THE CROW.

CHAPTER XIV.   THE GOWANBRAE BALL.

CHAPTER XV.   GO AND BRAY

CHAPTER XVI.   AN APPARITION.

CHAPTER XVII.   THE SIEGE.

CHAPTER XVIII.   THE FORLORN HOPE.

CHAPTER XIX.   THE BREWST SHE BREWED.

CHAPTER XX.   THE SARACEN’S HEAD.

CHAPTER XXI.   THE QUARTER SESSIONS.

CHAPTER XXII.   THE AFTER CLAP

CHAPTER XXIII.   DEAR ALEXANDER.

CHAPTER XXIV.   THE HONEYMOON.

CHAPTER XXV.   THE HUNTSFORD CROQUET.

CHAPTER XXVI.   THE END OF CLEVERNESS.

CHAPTER XXVII.   THE POST BAG.

CHAPTER XXVIII.     VANITY OF VANITIES.

CHAPTER XXIX.   AT LAST.

CHAPTER XXX.   WHO IS THE CLEVER WOMAN?






THE DAISY CHAIN,

OR ASPIRATIONS

By Charlotte Yonge



CONTENTS


PREFACE.

THE DAISY CHAIN

PART 1.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

CHAPTER XXIX.

CHAPTER XXX.


PART II

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVII.






THE TRIAL

or MORE LINKS OF THE DAISY CHAIN

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX






NUTTIE'S FATHER

by Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

CHAPTER  
I.   ST. AMBROSE'S CHOIR.
II.   MONKS HORTON.
III.   HEIR HUNTING.
IV.   A NAME.
V.   SUSPENSE.
VI.   THE WATER-SOLDIER.
VII.   THAT MAN.
VIII.   THE FATHER.
IX.   NEW PLUMES.
X.   BRIDGEFIELD EGREMONT.
XI.   LAWN-TENNIS.
XII.   OUT OF WORK.
XIII.   DETRIMENTALS.
XIV.   GOING AGEE.
XV.   A CASTLE OF UMBRELLAS.
XVI.   INFRA DIG.
XVII.   AN OLD FRIEND.
XVIII.   A FRIEND IN NEED.
XIX.   THE VORTEX.
XX.   WOLF.
XXI.   URSULA'S RECEPTION.
XXII.   DISENCHANTMENT.
XXIII.   A FAILURE.
XXIV.   FARMS OR UMBRELLAS.
XXV.   THE GIGGLING SCOTCH GIRL.
XXVI.   THREE YEARS LATER.
XXVII.   THE BOY OF EGREMONT.
XXVIII.   A BRAVE HEART.
XXIX.   A FRESH START.
XXX.   NUTTIE'S PROSPECTS.
XXXI.   SPES NON FRACTA.
XXXII.   BLACKS IN THE ASCENDANT.
XXXIII.   THE LOST HEIR.
XXXIV.   FETTERS RENT.
XXXV.   THE HULL OF THE URSULA.
XXXVI.   NUTTIE'S KNIGHT.
XXXVII.   FOUND AND TAKEN.
XXXVIII.   THE UMBRELLA MAN.
XXXIX.   ANNAPLE'S AMBITION FALLEN.






DYNEVOR TERRACE

OR THE CLUE OF LIFE

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

I.   CHARLOTTE.
II.   AN OLD SCHOOLMISTRESS.
III.   LOUIS LE DEBONNAIRE.
IV.   THISTLE-DOWN.
V.   THE TWO MINISTERS.
VI.   FAREWELLS.
VII.   GOSSAMER.
VIII.   A TRUANT DISPOSITION.
IX.   THE FAMILY COMPACT.
X.   THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR.
XI.   A HALTING PROPOSAL.
XII.   CHILDE ROLAND.
XIII.   FROSTY, BUT KINDLY.
XIV.   NEW INHABITANTS.
XV.   MOTLEY THE ONLY WEAR.
XVI.   THE FRUIT OF THE CHRISTMAS-TREE
XVII.   THE RIVALS.
XVIII.   REST FOR THE WEARY.
XIX.   MOONSHINE.
XX.   THE FANTASTIC VISCOUNT.
XXI.   THE HERO OF THE BARRICADES.
XXII.   BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.






DYNEVOR TERRACE VOL. II.

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

1.   THE TRYSTE.
II.   THE THIRD TIME.
III.   MISTS.
IV.   OUTWARD BOUND.
V.   THE NEW WORLD.
VI.   THE TWO PENDRAGONS.
VII.   ROLAND AND OLIVER
VIII.   THE RESTORATION.
IX.   THE GIANT OF THE WESTERN STAR.
X.   THE WRONG WOMAN IN THE WRONG PLACE.
XI.   AUNT CATHARINE'S HOME.
XII.   THE FROST HOUSEHOLD.
XIII.   THE CONWAY HOUSEHOLD.
XIV.   THE TRUSTEES' MEETING.
XV.   SWEET USES OF ADVERSITY.
XVI.   THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.
XVII.   'BIDE A WEE.'
XVIII.   THE CRASH.
XIX.   FAREWELL TO GREATNESS.
XX.   WESTERN TIDINGS.
XXI.   STEPPING WESTWARD.
XXII.   RATHER SUDDEN.
XXIII.   THE MARVEL OF PERU.






ABBEYCHURCH

OR, SELF-CONTROL AND SELF-CONCEIT

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV    






MY YOUNG ALCIDES

A FADED PHOTOGRAPH

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE ARGHOUSE INHERITANCE
CHAPTER II. THE LION OF NEME HEATH
CHAPTER III. THE "DRAGON'S HEAD"
CHAPTER IV. THE WRATH OF DIANA
CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE IN THE SNOW
CHAPTER VI. OGDEN'S BUILDINGS
CHAPTER VII. THE BIRDS OF ILL OMEN
CHAPTER VIII. BULLOCK'S CHASTISEMENT
CHAPTER IX. THE CHAMPION'S BELT
CHAPTER X. DERMOT'S MARK
CHAPTER XI. THE RED VALLEY CATTLE STEALERS
CHAPTER XII. THE GOLDEN FRUIT
CHAPTER XIII. THE BLOODHOUND
CHAPTER XIV. SUNSET GOLD AND PURPLE
CHAPTER XV. THE FATAL TOKEN
CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION






THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI






UNKNOWN TO HISTORY

A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE WAIF

CHAPTER II. EVIL TIDINGS

CHAPTER III. THE CAPTIVE

CHAPTER IV. THE OAK AND THE OAKEN HALL

CHAPTER V. THE HUCKSTERING WOMAN

CHAPTER VI. THE BEWITCHED WHISTLE

CHAPTER VII. THE BLAST OF THE WHISTLE

CHAPTER VIII. THE KEY OF THE CIPHER

CHAPTER IX. UNQUIET

CHAPTER X. THE LADY ARBELL

CHAPTER XI. QUEEN MARY'S PRESENCE CHAMBER

CHAPTER XII. A FURIOUS LETTER

CHAPTER XIII. BEADS AND BRACELETS

CHAPTER XIV. THE MONOGRAMS

CHAPTER XV. MOTHER AND CHILD

CHAPTER XVI. THE PEAK CAVERN

CHAPTER XVII. THE EBBING WELL

CHAPTER XVIII. CIS OR SISTER

CHAPTER XIX. THE CLASH OF SWORDS

CHAPTER XX. WINGFIELD MANOR

CHAPTER XXI. A TANGLE

CHAPTER XXII. TUTBURY

CHAPTER XXIII. THE LOVE TOKEN

CHAPTER XXIV. A LIONESS AT BAY

CHAPTER XXV. PAUL'S WALK

CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE WEB

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CASTLE WELL

CHAPTER XXVIII. HUNTING DOWN THE DEER

CHAPTER XXIX. THE SEARCH

CHAPTER XXX. TETE-A-TETE

CHAPTER XXXI. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XXXII. WESTMINSTER HALL

CHAPTER XXXIII. IN THE TOWER

CHAPTER XXXIV. FOTHERINGHAY

CHAPTER XXXV. BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS

CHAPTER XXXVI. A VENTURE

CHAPTER XXXVII. MY LADY'S REMORSE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. MASTER TALBOT AND HIS CHARGE

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE FETTERLOCK COURT

CHAPTER XL. THE SENTENCE

CHAPTER XLI. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

CHAPTER XLII. THE SUPPLICATION

CHAPTER XLIII. THE WARRANT

CHAPTER XLIV. ON THE HUMBER

CHAPTER XLV. TEN YEARS AFTER






LADY HESTER

URSULA'S NARRATIVE

Charlotte M. Yonge







CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. SAULT ST. PIERRE

CHAPTER II. TREVORSHAM

CHAPTER III. THE PEERAGE CASE

CHAPTER IV. SKIMPING'S FARM

CHAPTER V. SPINNEY LAWN

CHAPTER VI. THE WHITE DOE'S WARNING

CHAPTER VII. HUNTING

CHAPTER VIII. DUCK SHOOTING

CHAPTER IX. TREVOR'S LEGACY






YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ENGLAND

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

1. JULIUS CÆSAR. B.C. 55.

2. THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41—418.

3. THE ANGLE CHILDREN. A.D. 597.

4. THE NORTHMEN. A.D. 858—958.

5. THE DANISH CONQUEST. A.D. 958—1035.

6. THE NORMAN CONQUEST. A.D. 1035—1066.

7. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. A.D. 1066—1087.

8. WILLIAM II., RUFUS. A.D. 1087—1100.

9. HENRY I., BEAU-CLERC. A.D. 1100—1135.

10. STEPHEN. A.D. 1135—1154.

11. HENRY II., FITZ-EMPRESS. A.D. 1154—1189.

12. RICHARD I., LION-HEART. A.D. 1189—1199.

13. JOHN, LACKLAND. A.D. 1199—1216.

14. HENRY III., OF WINCHESTER. A.D. 1216—1272.

15. EDWARD I., LONGSHANKS. A.D. 1272—1307.

16. EDWARD II., OF CAERNARVON. A.D. 1307—1327.

17. EDWARD III. A.D. 1327—1377.

18. RICHARD II. A.D. 1377—1399.

19. HENRY IV. A.D. 1399—1413.

20. HENRY V., OF MONMOUTH. A.D. 1413—1423.

21. HENRY VI., OF WINDSOR. A.D. 1423—1461.

22. EDWARD IV. A.D. 1461—1483.

23. EDWARD V. A.D. 1483.

24. RICHARD III. A.D. 1483—1485.

25. HENRY VII. A.D. 1485—1509.

26. HENRY VIII. AND CARDINAL WOLSEY. A.D. 1509—1529.

27. HENRY VIII. AND HIS WIVES. A.D. 1528—1547.

28. EDWARD VI. A.D. 1547—1553.

29. MARY I. A.D. 1553—1558.

30. ELIZABETH. A.D. 1558—1587.

31. ELIZABETH (CONTINUED). A.D. 1587—1602.

32. JAMES I., A.D. 1602—1625.

33. CHARLES I., A.D. 1625—1645.

34. THE LONG PARLIAMENT. A.D. 1649.

35. DEATH OF CHARLES I. A.D. 1649—1651.

36. OLIVER CROMWELL. A.D. 1649—1660.

37. CHARLES II. A.D. 1660—1685.

38. JAMES II. A.D. 1685—1688.

39. WILLIAM III., AND MARY II. A.D. 1689—1702.

40. ANNE. A.D. 1702—1714.

41. GEORGE I. A.D. 1714—1725.

42. GEORGE II. A.D. 1725—1760.

43. GEORGE III. A.D. 1760—1785.

44. GEORGE III. (CONTINUED). A.D. 1785—1810.

45. GEORGE III.—THE REGENCY. A.D. 1810—1820.

46. GEORGE IV. A.D. 1820-1839.

47. WILLIAM IV. A.D. 1830—1837.

48. VICTORIA. A.D. 1837—1855.

49. VICTORIA (CONTINUED). A.D. 1855—1860.

50. VICTORIA (CONTINUED). A.D. 1860—1872.






LIFE OF JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON:

MISSIONARY BISHOP OF THE MELANESIAN ISLANDS

By Charlotte Mary Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL, 1827-1838.

CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD AT ETON. 1838—1845.

CHAPTER III. UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT BALLIOL AND JOURNEYS ON THE CONTINENT.

CHAPTER IV. FELLOWSHIP OF MERTON. 1852—1854.

CHAPTER V. THE CURACY AT ALFINGTON. 1853-1855.

CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE AND FIRST YEAR. 1855-1856.

CHAPTER VII. THE MELANESIAN ISLES. 1856-1857.

CHAPTER VIII. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE AND LIFU. 1857-1859.

CHAPTER IX. MOTA AND ST. ANDREW'S COLLEGE, KOHIMARAMA. 1859-1862.

CHAPTER X. THE EPISCOPATE AT KOHIMARAMA. 1866.

CHAPTER XI. ST. BARNABAS COLLEGE, NORFOLK ISLAND. 1867—1869.

CHAPTER XII. THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. 1870-1871.






MAGNUM BONUM

or, Mother Carey’s Brood

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

MAGNUM BONUM

CHAPTER I.—JOE BROWNLOW’S FANCY.

CHAPTER II. — THE CHICKENS.

CHAPTER III. — THE WHITE SLATE.

CHAPTER IV. — THE STRAY CHICKENS.

CHAPTER V. — BRAINS AND NO BRAINS.

CHAPTER VI. — ENCHANTED GROUND.

CHAPTER VII. — THE COLONEL’S CHICKENS.

CHAPTER VIII. — THE FOLLY.

CHAPTER IX. — FLIGHTS.

CHAPTER X. — ELLEN’S MAGNUM BONUMS.

CHAPTER XI. — UNDINE.

CHAPTER XII. — KING MIDAS.

CHAPTER XIII. — THE RIVAL HEIRESSES.

CHAPTER XIV. — PUMPING AWAY.

CHAPTER XV. — THE BELFOREST MAGNUM BONUM.

CHAPTER XVI. — POSSESSION.

CHAPTER XVII. — POPINJAY PARLOUR.

CHAPTER XVIII. — AN OFFER FOR MAGNUM BONUM.

CHAPTER XIX. — THE SNOWY WINDING-SHEET.

CHAPTER XX. — A RACE.

CHAPTER XXI. — AN ACT OF INDEPENDENCE.

CHAPTER XXII. — SHUTTING THE STABLE DOOR.

CHAPTER XXIII. — THE LOST TREASURE.

CHAPTER XXIV. — THE ANGEL MOUNTAIN.

CHAPTER XXV. — THE LAND OF AFTERNOON.

CHAPTER XXVI. — MOONSHINE.

CHAPTER XXVII. — BLUEBEARD’S CLOSET.

CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE TURN OF THE WHEEL.

CHAPTER XXIX. — FRIENDS AND UNFRIENDS.

CHAPTER XXX. — AS WEEL OFF AS AYE WAGGING

CHAPTER XXXI. — SLACK TIDE.

CHAPTER XXXII. — THE COST.

CHAPTER XXXIII. — BITTER FAREWELLS.

CHAPTER XXXIV. — BLIGHTED BEINGS.

CHAPTER XXXV. — THE PHANTOM BLACKCOCK OF KILNAUGHT.

CHAPTER XXXVI. — OF NO CONSEQUENCE.

CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE TRAVELLER’S JOY.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE TRUST FULFILLED.

CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE TRUANT.

CHAPTER XL. — EVIL OUT OF GOOD.

CHAPTER XLI. — GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

CHAPTER XLII. — DISENCHANTED.






HENRIETTA’S WISH;

OR, DOMINEERING

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.   

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.







BEECHCROFT AT ROCKSTONE

By Charlotte M Yonge



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — A DISPERSION

CHAPTER II. — ROCKQUAY

CHAPTER III. — PERPETUAL MOTION

CHAPTER IV. — THE QUEEN OF THE WHITE ANTS

CHAPTER V. — MARBLES

CHAPTER VI. — SINGLE MISFORTUNES NEVER COME ALONE

CHAPTER VII. — AN EMPTY NEST

CHAPTER VIII. — GILLIAN’S PUPIL

CHAPTER IX. — GAUGING AJEE

CHAPTER X. — AUT CAESAR AUT NIHIL

CHAPTER XI. — LADY MERRIFIELD’S CHRISTMAS LETTER-BAG

CHAPTER XII. — TRANSFORMATION

CHAPTER XIII. — ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

CHAPTER XIV. — THE PARTNER

CHAPTER XV. — THE ROCKS OF ROCKSTONE

CHAPTER XVI. — VANISHED

CHAPTER XVII. — ‘THEY COME, THEY COME’

CHAPTER XVIII. — FATHER AND MOTHER

CHAPTER XIX. — THE KNIGHT AND THE DRAGON

CHAPTER XX. — IVINGHOE TERRACE

CHAPTER XXI. — BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

CHAPTER XXII. — THE MAIDEN ALL FORLORN

CHAPTER XXIII. — FANGS

CHAPTER XXIV. — CONCLUSION






THE LONG VACATION

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE


THE LONG VACATION

CHAPTER I. — A CHAPTER OF RETROSPECT

CHAPTER II. — A CHAPTER OF TWADDLE

CHAPTER III. — DARBY AND JOAN

CHAPTER IV. — SLUM, SEA, OR SEASON

CHAPTER V. — A HAPPY SPRITE

CHAPTER VI. — ST. ANDREW’S ROCK

CHAPTER VII. — THE HOPE OF VANDERKIST

CHAPTER VIII. — THE MOUSE-TRAP

CHAPTER IX. — OUT BEYOND

CHAPTER X. — NOBLESSE OBLIGE

CHAPTER XI. — HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIP

CHAPTER XII. — THE LITTLE BUTTERFLY

CHAPTER XIII. — TWO SIDES OF A SHIELD AGAIN

CHAPTER XIV. — BUTTERFLY’S NECTAR

CHAPTER XV. — A POOR FOREIGN WIDOW

CHAPTER XVI. — “SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES”

CHAPTER XVII. — EXCLUDED

CHAPTER XVIII. — THE EVIL STAR

CHAPTER XIX. — SHOP-DRESSING

CHAPTER XX. — FRENCH LEAVE

CHAPTER XXI. — THE MASQUE

CHAPTER XXII. — THE REGATTA

CHAPTER XXIII. — ILLUMINATIONS

CHAPTER XXIV. — COUNSELS OF PATIENCE

CHAPTER XXV. — DESDICHADO

CHAPTER XXVI. — THE SILENT STAR

CHAPTER XXVII. — THE RED MANTLE

CHAPTER XXVIII. — ROCCA MARINA

CHAPTER XXIX. — ROWENA AND HER RIVAL

CHAPTER XXX. — DREAMS AND NIGHTINGALES

CHAPTER XXXI. — THE COLD SHOULDER

CHAPTER XXXII. — THE TEST OF DAY-DREAMS

CHAPTER XXXIII. — A MISSIONARY WEDDING

CHAPTER XXXIV. — RIGHTED






THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS

or

THE WHITE AND BLACK RIBAUMONT

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


PREFACE

THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS

CHAPTER I.   THE BRIDAL OF THE WHITE AND BLACK

CHAPTER II.   THE SEPARATION

CHAPTER III.   THE FAMILY COUNCIL

CHAPTER IV.   TITHONUS

CHAPTER V.   THE CONVENT BIRD

CHAPTER VI.   FOULLY COZENED

CHAPTER VII.   THE QUEEN’S PASTORAL

CHAPTER VIII.   ’LE BROUILON’

CHAPTER IX.   THE WEDDING WITH CRIMSON FAVOURS

CHAPTER X.   MONSIEUR’S BALLET

CHAPTER XI.   THE KING’S TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XII.   THE PALACE OF SLAUGHTER

CHAPTER XIII.   THE BRIDEGROOM’S ARRIVAL

CHAPTER XIV.   SWEET HEART

CHAPTER XV.   NOTRE-DAME DE BELLAISE*

CHAPTER XVI.   THE HEARTHS AND THICKETS OF THE BOCAGE

CHAPTER XVII.   THE GHOSTS OF THE TEMPLARS

CHAPTER XVIII.   THE MOONBEAM

CHAPTER XIX.   LA RUE DES TROIS FEES

CHAPTER XX.   THE ABBE

CHAPTER XXI.   UNDER THE WALNUT-TREE

CHAPTER XXII.   DEPARTURE

CHAPTER XXIII.   THE EMPTY CRADLE

CHAPTER XXIV.   THE GOOD PRIEST OF NISSARD

CHAPTER XXV.   THE VELVET COACH

CHAPTER XXVI.   THE CHEVALIER’S EXPIATION

CHAPTER XXVII.   THE DYING KING

CHAPTER XXVIII.   THE ORPHANS OF LA SABLERIE

CHAPTER XXIX.   IN THE KING’S NAME

CHAPTER XXX.   CAGED IN THE BLACKBIRD’S NEST

CHAPTER XXXI.   THE DARK POOL OF THE FUTURE

CHAPTER XXXII.   ’JAM SATIS’

CHAPTER XXXIII.   THE SCANDAL OF THE SYNOD OF MONTAUBAN

CHAPTER XXXIV.   MADAME LA DUCHESSE

CHAPTER XXXV.   THE ITALIAN PEDLAR

CHAPTER XXXVI.   SPELL AND POTION

CHAPTER XXXVII.   BEATING AGAINST THE BARS

CHAPTER XXXVIII.     THE ENEMY IN PRESENCE

CHAPTER XXXIX.   THE PEDLAR’S PREDICTION

CHAPTER XL.   THE SANDS OF OLONNE

CHAPTER XLI.   OUR LADY OF HOPE

CHAPTER XLII.   THE SILVER BULLET

CHAPTER XLIII.   LE BAISER D’EUSTACIE

CHAPTER XLIV.   THE GALIMAFRE






THE HERD BOY AND HIS HERMIT

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS


THE HERD BOY AND HIS HERMIT


CHAPTER I. — IN THE MOSS

CHAPTER II. — THE SNOW-STORM

CHAPTER III. — OVER THE MOOR

CHAPTER IV. — A SPORTING PRIORESS

CHAPTER V. — MOTHER AND SON

CHAPTER VI. — A CAUTIOUS STEPFATHER

CHAPTER VII. — ON DERWENT BANKS

CHAPTER VIII. — THE HERMIT

CHAPTER IX. — HENRY OF WINDSOR

CHAPTER X. — THE SCHOLAR OF THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XI. — THE RED ROSE

CHAPTER XII. — A PRUDENT RECEPTION

CHAPTER XIII. — FELLOW TRAVELLERS

CHAPTER XIV. — THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER XV. — BLETSO

CHAPTER XVI. — THE HERMIT IN THE TOWER

CHAPTER XVII. — A CAPTIVE KING

CHAPTER XVIII. — AT THE MINORESSES’

CHAPTER XIX. — A STRANGE EASTER EVE

CHAPTER XX. — BARNET

CHAPTER XXI. — TEWKESBURY

CHAPTER XXII. — THE NUT-BROWN MAID

CHAPTER XXIII. — BROUGHAM CASTLE






LOVE AND LIFE

An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS


PREFACE

LOVE AND LIFE.

CHAPTER I.   A SYLLABUB PARTY

CHAPTER II.   THE HOUSE OF DELAVIE

CHAPTER III.   AMONG THE COWSLIPS

CHAPTER IV.   MY LADY’S MISSIVE

CHAPTER V.   THE SUMMONS

CHAPTER VI.   DISAPPOINTED LOVE

CHAPTER VII.   ALL ALONE

CHAPTER VIII.   THE ENCHANTED CASTLE

CHAPTER IX.   THE TRIAD

CHAPTER X.   THE DARK CHAMBER

CHAPTER XI.   A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE

CHAPTER XII.   THE SHAFTS OF PHOEBE

CHAPTER XIII.   THE FLUTTER OF HIS WINGS

CHAPTER XIV.   THE CANON OF WINDSOR

CHAPTER XV.   THE QUEEN OF BEAUTY

CHAPTER XVI.   AUGURIES

CHAPTER XVII.   THE VICTIM DEMANDED

CHAPTER XVIII.   THE PROPOSAL

CHAPTER XIX.   WOOING IN THE DARK

CHAPTER XX.   THE MUFFLED BRIDEGROOM

CHAPTER XXI.   THE SISTERS’ MEETING

CHAPTER XXII.   A FATAL SPARK

CHAPTER XXIII.   WRATH AND DESOLATION

CHAPTER XXIV.   THE WANDERER

CHAPTER XXV.   VANISHED

CHAPTER XXVI.   THE TRACES

CHAPTER XXVII.   CYTHEREA’S BOWER

CHAPTER XXVIII.   THE ROUT

CHAPTER XXIX.   A BLACK BLONDEL

CHAPTER XXX.   THE FIRST TASK

CHAPTER XXXI.   THE SECOND TASK

CHAPTER XXXII.   LIONS

CHAPTER XXXIII.      THE COSMETIC

CHAPTER XXXIV.   DOWN THE RIVER

CHAPTER XXXV.   THE RETURN

CHAPTER XXXVI.   WAKING

CHAPTER XXXVII.   MAKING THE BEST OF IT






STRAY PEARLS

MEMOIRS OF MARGARET DE RIBAUMONT, VISCOUNTESS OF BELLAISE

By Charlotte Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE


STRAY PEARLS

CHAPTER I. — WHITEHALL BEFORE THE COBWEBS.

CHAPTER II. — A LITTLE MUTUAL AVERSION.

CHAPTER III. — CELADON AND CHLOE

CHAPTER IV. — THE SALON BLEU

CHAPTER V. — IN GARRISON.

CHAPTER VI. — VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT

CHAPTER VII. — WIDOW AND WIFE

CHAPTER VIII. — MARGUERITE TO THE RESCUE.

CHAPTER IX. — THE FIREBRAND OF THE BOCAGE.

CHAPTER X. — OLD THREADS TAKEN UP.

CHAPTER XI. — THE TWO QUEENS.

CHAPTER XII. — CAVALIERS IN EXILE.

CHAPTER XIII. — MADEMOISELLE’S TOILETTE.

CHAPTER XIV. — COURT APPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XV. — A STRANGER THANKSGIVING DAY.

CHAPTER XVI. — THE BARRICADES

CHAPTER XVII. — A PATIENT GRISEL

CHAPTER XVIII. — TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL.

CHAPTER XIX. — INSIDE PARIS

CHAPTER XX. — CONDOLENCE

CHAPTER XXI. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON

CHAPTER XXII. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON

CHAPTER XXIII. — THE LION AND THE MOUSE

CHAPTER XXIV. — FAMILY HONOUR

CHAPTER XXV. — THE HAGUE

CHAPTER XXVI. — HUNDERSLUST

CHAPTER XXVII. — THE EXPEDIENT

CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE BOEUF GRAS

CHAPTER XXIX. — MADAME’S OPPORTUNITY

CHAPTER XXX. — THE NEW MAID OF ORLEANS

CHAPTER XXXI. — PORTE ST. ANTOINE

CHAPTER XXXII. — ESCAPE

CHAPTER XXXIII. — BRIDAL PEARLS

CHAPTER XXXIV. — ANNORA’S HOME






THE YOUNG STEP-MOTHER

or, A CHRONICLE OF MISTAKES

By Charlotte M Yonge



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

CHAPTER XXIX.

CHAPTER XXX.

CHAPTER XXXI.






UNDER THE STORM

or

STEADFAST'S CHARGE


By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE TRUST
CHAPTER II. THE STRAGGLERS
CHAPTER III. KIRK RAPINE
CHAPTER IV. THE GOOD CAUSE
CHAPTER V. DESOLATION
CHAPTER VI. LEFT TO THEMSELVES
CHAPTER VII. THE HERMIT'S GULLEY
CHAPTER VIII. STEAD IN POSSESSION
CHAPTER IX. WINTRY TIMES
CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE HARVEST DAY
CHAPTER XI. THE FORTUNES OF WAR
CHAPTER XII. FAREWELL TO THE CAVALIERS
CHAPTER XIII. GODLY VENN'S TROOP
CHAPTER XIV. THE QUESTION
CHAPTER XV. A TABLE OF LOVE IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XVI. A FAIR OFFER
CHAPTER XVII. THE GROOM IN GREY
CHAPTER XVIII.    JEPH'S GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIX. PATIENCE
CHAPTER XX. EMLYN'S SERVICE
CHAPTER XXI. THE ASSAULT OF THE CAVERN
CHAPTER XXII. EMLYN'S TROTH
CHAPTER XXIII. FULFILMENT






List of Illustrations

Cover

The Hiding of the Casket

Stead Stirring the Porridge.

Finding of Emlyn

Farewell to the Cavaliers

Emlyn at the Market

Stead Before the Roundheads






THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD

CHAPTER I. — WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

CHAPTER II. — THE MERRIFIELDS.

CHAPTER III. — GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER IV. — TURNED IN AMONG THEM

CHAPTER V. — THE FIRST WALK

CHAPTER VI. — PERSECUTION

CHAPTER VII. — G.F.S.

CHAPTER VIII. — MY PERSECUTED UNCLE

CHAPTER IX. — LETTERS

CHAPTER X. — THE EVENING STAR

CHAPTER XI. — SECRET EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XII. — A HUNT

CHAPTER XIII. — AN EGYPTIAN SPHYNX

CHAPTER XIV. — A CYPHER AND A TY.

CHAPTER XV. — THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL.

CHAPTER XVI. — THE INCONSTANCY OF CONSTANCE.

CHAPTER XVII. — THE STONE MELTING.

CHAPTER XVIII. — MYSIE AND DOLORES.

CHAPTER XIX. — A SADDER AND A WISER AUTHORESS.

CHAPTER XX. — CONFESSIONS OF A COUNTRY MOUSE.

CHAPTER XXI. — IN COURT AND OUT.

CHAPTER XXII. — NAY.






THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE;

OR,

UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE.

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS TO VOL. I.

I. THE BIRTH-DAY GIFT
II. THE PIC-NIC
III. FORTUNATUS' PURSE
IV. TWILIGHT AND DAWN
V. WORKING FOR BREAD
VI. THE CACIQUE
VII. THE CHESS-PLAYER'S BATTLE
VIII. THE HOME
IX. THE THIRTEEN
X. THE FAMILY COBWEB ON THE MOVE
XI. THE CHORAL FESTIVAL
XII. GIANT DESPAIR'S CASTLE
XIII. PEGASUS IN HARNESS
XIV. WHAT IT MAY LEAD TO
XV. WHAT IT LED TO
XVI. THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT
XVII. MIDSUMMER SUN
XVIII. BY THE RIVER
XIX. THE HOUSE WITHOUT PILLARS
XX. VALE LESTON
XXI. A KETTLE OF FISH
XXII. THE REAL THING AND NO MISTAKE
XXIII. SMOKE-JACK ALLEY






THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE

OR

UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE

By

Charlotte M. Yonge

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL II.

CONTENTS TO VOL II.

XXIV. FAMILY GHOOLS
XXV. DON GIOVANNI
XXVI. TRANSMUTATION
XXVII. DON OR MYNHEER
XXVIII. STARS GRATIS
XXIX. BRYNHILD
XXX. THE SCULPTOR
XXXI. THE BARBE BLONDE
XXXII. THE NID D'AVIS
XXXIII. A BOOTLESS BENE
XXXIV. THE VICAR OF VALE LESTON
XXXV. THE OLD SQUIRE AND THE NEW
XXXVI. POSSESSION
XXXVII. INVASIONS
XXXVIII. K.T.
XXXIX. FOUR YEARS
XL. A K T STROPHE
XLI. CHESTS AND HEARTS
XLII. A HALCYON DAY
XLIII. PRINCESS FAIR-STAR
XLIV. THE FIDDLER'S RANCH
XLV. THE MYRTLE SPRAY
XLVI. SOUR GRAPES
XLVII. THE TASK OVER
XLVIII. SHATTERED PILLARS
XLIX. THE RIVAL OWLS
CONCLUSION






JOHN Keble’S PARISHES

A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE

By Charlotte M. Yonge

AN OLD INHABITANT

CONTENTS

PAGE

CHAPTER I

Merdon and Otterbourne

1

CHAPTER II

Mediæval Gifts

13

CHAPTER III

Reformation Times

27

CHAPTER IV

Puritan Times

39

CHAPTER V

Customs of the Manor of Merdon

53

CHAPTER VI

Cranbury and Brambridge

69

CHAPTER VII

The Building at Hursley

78

CHAPTER VIII

Old Otterbourne

83

CHAPTER IX

Church Building

92

CHAPTER X

Hursley Church

107

CHAPTER XI

The Golden Days of Hursley

125

CHAPTER XII

Hursley Vicarage

135

CHAPTER XIII

Later Changes

145

CHAPTER XIV

A Survey

153

CHAPTER XV

Words and Phrases

171

CHAPTER XVI

Natural History

190

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

John Keble, from the Pencil Drawing by John Bacon, jun., (1851), by permission of the Rev. J. B. Medley of Tyntesfield

Frontispiece

Merdon Castle and Well, Hursley Park

To face page 10

Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector

49

The Old Church at Hursley

79

Hursley Park House.  N.-E. FRONT, 1867

81

Exterior, Otterbourne Church

98

Ampfield Church

102

Fountain at Ampfield

103

Hursley Vicarage and Church

122

Sir William Heathcote, Bart.  After the picture by George Richard, R.A., 1870; by permission of P. and D. Colnaglie and Co.

128

Hursley Church

141

Interior, Otterbourne Church

144






A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS

By Charlotte M. Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE

WHAT IS A GOLDEN DEED?

THE STORIES OF ALCESTIS AND ANTIGONE

THE CUP OF WATER

HOW ONE MAN HAS SAVED A HOST

THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE

THE ROCK OF THE CAPITOL

THE TWO FRIENDS OF SYRACUSE

THE DEVOTION OF THE DECII

REGULUS

THE BRAVE BRETHREN OF JUDAH

THE CHIEF OF THE ARVERNI

WITHSTANDING THE MONARCH IN HIS WRATH

THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM

THE SHEPHERD GIRL OF NANTERRE

LEO THE SLAVE

THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKWATER

GUZMAN EL BUENO

FAITHFUL TILL DEATH

WHAT IS BETTER THAN SLAYING A DRAGON

THE KEYS OF CALAIS

THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH

THE CONSTANT PRINCE

THE CARNIVAL OF PERTH

THE CROWN OF ST. STEPHEN

GEORGE THE TRILLER

SIR THOMAS MORE'S DAUGHTER

UNDER IVAN THE TERRIBLE

FORT ST. ELMO

THE VOLUNTARY CONVICT

THE HOUSEWIVES OF LOWENBURG

FATHERS AND SONS

THE SOLDIERS IN THE SNOW

GUNPOWDER PERILS

HEROES OF THE PLAGUE

THE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER

THE VENDEANS






MODERN BROODS OR DEVELOPMENTS UNLOOKED FOR

By Charlotte Mary Yonge

CONTENTS

PAGE

CHAPTER I

TORTOISES AND HARES

1

CHAPTER II

THE GOYLE

16

CHAPTER III

THE FIRST SUNDAY

23

CHAPTER IV

CYCLES

34

CHAPTER V

CLIPSTONE FRIENDS

45

CHAPTER VI

THE FRESCOES OF ST. KENELM’S

57

CHAPTER VII

SISTER AND SISTERS

67

CHAPTER VIII

SNOBBISHNESS

75

CHAPTER IX

GONE OVER TO THE ENEMY

80

CHAPTER X

FLOWN

93

CHAPTER XI

ADRIFT

103

CHAPTER XII

“THE KITTIWAKE”

108

CHAPTER XIII

CHIMERAS DIRE

119

CHAPTER XIV

PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED

128

CHAPTER XV

BROODS ASTRAY

135

CHAPTER XVI

THE REGIMENT OF WOMEN

146

CHAPTER XVII

FOXGLOVES AND FLIRTATIONS

158

CHAPTER XVIII

PALACES OR CHURCHES

165

CHAPTER XIX

TWO WEDDINGS

179

CHAPTER XX

FLEETING

194

CHAPTER XXI

THE ELECTRICIANS

204

CHAPTER XXII

ANGEL AND BEAR

213

CHAPTER XXIII

WILLOW WIDOWS

224

CHAPTER XXIV

CRUEL LAWYERS

237

CHAPTER XXV

BEAR AS ADVISER

245

CHAPTER XXVI

NEW PATHS

258

CHAPTER XXVII

A SENTENCE

266

CHAPTER XXVIII

SUMMONED

274

CHAPTER XXIX

SAFE

284

CHAPTER XXX

THE MAIDEN ROCKS

293

CHAPTER XXXI

THE WRECK

300

CHAPTER XXXII

ANCHORED

306

CHAPTER XXXIII

FAREWELL

310






CHANTRY HOUSE

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

 

PAGE

A Nursery Prose

1

CHAPTER II.

Schoolroom Days

11

CHAPTER III.

Win and Slow

17

CHAPTER IV.

Ubi Lapsus, Quid Feci

25

CHAPTER V.

A Helping Hand

34

CHAPTER VI.

The Valley of Humiliation

43

CHAPTER VII.

The Inheritance

50

CHAPTER VIII.

The Old House

59

CHAPTER IX.

Rats

67

CHAPTER X.

Our Tuneful Choir

73

CHAPTER XI.

They Fordys

82

CHAPTER XII.

Mrs. Sophia’s Feud

89

CHAPTER XIII.

A Scrape

96

CHAPTER XIV.

The Mullion Chamber

107

CHAPTER XV.

Rational Theories

117

CHAPTER XVI.

Cat Language

126

CHAPTER XVII.

The Siege of Hillside

136

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Portrait

149

CHAPTER XIX.

The White Feather

159

CHAPTER XX.

Veni, Vidi, Vici

171

CHAPTER XXI.

The Outside of the Courtship

179

CHAPTER XXII.

Bristol Diamonds

186

CHAPTER XXIII.

Quicksands

198

CHAPTER XXIV.

After the Tempest

208

CHAPTER XXV.

Holiday-making

217

CHAPTER XXVI.

C. Morbus, Esq.

229

CHAPTER XXVII.

Peter’s Thunderbolt

236

CHAPTER XXVIII.

A Squire of Dames

245

CHAPTER XXIX.

Love and Obedience

251

CHAPTER XXX.

Una or Duessa

260

CHAPTER XXXI.

Facilis Descensus

269

CHAPTER XXXII.

Waly, Waly

278

CHAPTER XXXIII.

The River’s Bank

284

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Not in Vain

293

CHAPTER XXXV.

Griff’s Bird

299

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Slack Water

307

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Outward Bound

316

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Too Late

328

CHAPTER XXXIX.

A Purpose

337

CHAPTER XL.

The Midnight Chase

344

CHAPTER XLI.

Wills Old and New

350

CHAPTER XLII.

On a Spree

357

CHAPTER XLIII.

The Price

364

CHAPTER XLIV.

Paying the Cost

371

CHAPTER XLV.

Achieved

378

CHAPTER XLVI.

Restitution

385

CHAPTER XLVII.

The Fordyce Story

392

CHAPTER XLVIII.

The Last Discovery

399

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

‘What I do remember, is my mother reading to me as I lay in my crib’

Frontispiece.

A feeble water-coloured drawing of the trio

Vignette.

‘That is poor Margaret who married your ancestor’

Page 154

Lady Margaret’s ghost

346






GRISLY GRISELL

OR THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN

A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

I.

An Explosion

1

II.

The Broken Match

12

III.

The Mirror

26

IV.

Parting

36

V.

Sister Avice

46

VI.

The Proctor

57

VII.

The Pilgrim of Salisbury

68

VIII.

Old Playfellows

80

IX.

The King-maker

87

X.

Cold Welcome

101

XI.

Bernard

112

XII.

Word from the Wars

127

XIII.

A Knot

137

XIV.

The Lonely Bride

150

XV.

Wakefield Bridge

159

XVI.

A New Master

169

XVII.

Strange Guests

177

XVIII.

Witchery

185

XIX.

A March Hare

195

XX.

A Blight on the White Rose

205

XXI.

The Wounded Knight

213

XXII.

The City of Bridges

222

XXIII.

The Cankered Oak Gall

231

XXIV.

Grisell’s Patience

244

XXV.

The Old Duchess

253

XXVI.

The Duke’s Death

260

XXVII.

Forget Me Not

268

XXVIII.

The Pageant

274

XXIX.

Duchess Margaret

285

XXX.

The Wedding Chimes

295






CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY

FROM ROLLO TO EDWARD II.

1873

By Charlotte Mary Yonge



CONTENTS

PREFACE.

CAMEOS

INTRODUCTION.


CAMEO I. ROLF GANGER. (900-932.)

CAMEO II. WILLIAM LONGSWORD AND RICHARD THE FEARLESS. (932-996.)

CAMEO III. YOUTH OF THE CONQUEROR. (1036-1066.)

CAMEO IV. EARL GODWIN. (1012-1052.)

CAMEO V. THE TWO HAROLDS. (1060-1066.)

CAMEO VI. THE NORMAN INVASION. (1066.)

CAMEO VII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. (1066.)

CAMEO VIII. THE CAMP OF REFUGE. (1067-1072.)

CAMEO IX. THE LAST SAXON BISHOP. (1008-1095.)

CAMEO X. THE CONQUEROR. (1066-1087.)

CAMEO XI. THE CONQUEROR’S CHILDREN. (1050-1087.)

CAMEO XII. THE CROWN AND THE MITRE.

CAMEO XIII. THE FIRST CRUSADE. (1095-1100.)

CAMEO XIV. THE ETHELING FAMILY. (1010-1159.)

CAMEO XV. THE COUNTS OF ANJOU. (888-1142.)

CAMEO XVI. VISITORS OF HENRY I. (1120-1134.)

CAMEO XVII. THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD. (1135-1138.)

CAMEO XVIII. THE SNOWS OF OXFORD. (1138-1154.)

CAMEO XIX. YOUTH OF BECKET. (1154-1162)

CAMEO XX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON. (1163-1172.)

CAMEO XXI. DEATH OF BECKET. (1166-1172.)

CAMEO XXII. THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND. (1172)

CAMEO XXIII. THE REBELLIOUS EAGLETS. (1149-1189.)

CAMEO XXIV. THE THIRD CRUSADE. (1189-1193)

CAMEO XXV. ARTHUR OF BRITTANY. (1187-1206.)

CAMEO XXVI. THE INTERDICT. (1207-1214.)

CAMEO XXVII. MAGNA CHARTA. (1214-1217.)

CAMEO XXVIII. THE FIEF OF ROME. (1217-1254.)

CAMEO XXIX. THE LONGESPÉES IN THE EGYPTIAN CRUSADES. (1219-1254.)

CAMEO XXX. SIMON DE MONTFORT. (1232-1266.)

CAMEO XXXI. THE LAST OF THE CRUSADERS. (1267-1291.)

CAMEO XXXII. The CYMRY. (B.C. 66 A.D. 1269.)

CAMEO XXXIII. THE ENGLISH JUSTINIAN. (1272-1292.)

CAMEO XXXIV. THE HAMMER OF THE SCOTS. (1292-1305.)

CAMEO XXXV. THE EVIL TOLL. (1294-1305.)

CAMEO XXXVI. ROBERT THE BRUCE (1305-1308.)

CAMEO XXXVII. THE VICTIM OF BLACKLOW HILL.

CAMEO XXXVIII. BANNOCKBURN. (1307-1313.)

CAMEO XXXIX. THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE. (1292-1316.)

CAMEO XL. THE BARONS’ WARS. (1310-1327.)

CAMEO XLI. GOOD KING ROBERT’S TESTAMENT. (1314-1329.)

INDEX.






THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES

By Charlotte M. Yonge

1889




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

THE VERDURER’S LODGE

1

CHAPTER II.

THE GRANGE OF SILKSTEDE

13

CHAPTER III.

KINSMEN AND STRANGERS

24

CHAPTER IV.

A HERO’S FALL

39

CHAPTER V.

THE DRAGON COURT

49

CHAPTER VI.

A SUNDAY IN THE CITY

63

CHAPTER VII.

YORK HOUSE

77

p. xiiCHAPTER VIII.

QUIPSOME HAL

89

CHAPTER IX.

ARMS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL

102

CHAPTER X.

TWO VOCATIONS

112

CHAPTER XI.

AY DI ME GRENADA

130

CHAPTER XII.

A KING IN A QUAGMIRE

142

CHAPTER XIII.

A LONDON HOLIDAY

157

CHAPTER XIV.

THE KNIGHT OF THE BADGER

170

CHAPTER XV.

HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM

184

CHAPTER XVI.

MAY EVE

194

CHAPTER XVII.

ILL MAY DAY

210

p. xiiiCHAPTER XVIII.

PARDON

229

CHAPTER XIX.

AT THE ANTELOPE

246

CHAPTER XX.

CLOTH OF GOLD ON THE SEAMY SIDE

264

CHAPTER XXI.

SWORD OR SMITHY

281

CHAPTER XXII.

AN INVASION

297

CHAPTER XXIII.

UNWELCOME PREFERMENT

315

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE SOLDIER

331

CHAPTER XXV.

OLD HAUNTS

343

p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

“See there, Master Alderman”

FrontPage 312

“Ha! Ha!” laughed Henry, “hast found him out, lads?”

153

“And see here, your Grace!”

224






YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY

OF

ROME.

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

1.—Italy

2.—The Wanderings of Æneas

3.—The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713

4.—Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618.

5.—The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309

6.—The War with Porsena

7.—The Roman Government

8.—Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494

9.—Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458

10.—The Decemvirs. B.C. 450

11.—Camillus' Banishment

12.—The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390

13.—The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367

14.—The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357

15.—The Samnite Wars

16.—The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271

17.—The First Punic War. 264-240

18.—Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219

19.—The Second Punic War. 219

20.—The First Eastern War. 215-183

21.—The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145

22.—The Gracchi. 137-122

23.—The Wars of Marius. 106-98

24.—The Adventures of Marius. 93-84

25.—Sulla's Proscription. 88-71

26.—The Career of Pompeius. 70-63

27.—Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48

28.—Julius Cæsar. 48-44

29.—The Second Triumvirate. 44-33

30.—Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33-A.D. 14

31.—Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41

32.—Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68

33.—The Flavian Family. 62-96

34.—The Age of the Antonines. 96-194

35.—The Prætorian Influence. 197-284

36.—The Division of the Empire. 284-312

37.—Constantine the Great. 312-337

38.—Constantius. 337-364

39.—Valentinian and his Family. 364-392

40.—Theodosius the Great. 392-395

41.—Alaric the Goth. 395-410

42.—The Vandals. 403

43.—Attila the Hun. 435-457

44.—Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561

45.—Belisarius. 533-563

46.—Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Pope's Doortender. (Frontispiece.)

The Tiber

Curious Pottery

Jupiter

The Coast

Mount Etna

Carthage

Roman Soldier

Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet

The Forum

Janus

Actors

Sybil's Cave

Brutus condemning his sons

Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc.

Head of Jupiter

Female Costumes

Female Costumes

Senatorial Palace

View of a Roman Harbor

Roman Camp

Ploughing

Death of Virginia

Chariot Races

Arrow Machine

Siege Machine

Ruins of the Forum at Rome

Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra

Costumes

Costume

Curtius leaping into the Gulf

The Apennines

Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite

Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite

Ancient Rome

Pyrrhus

Roman Orator

Roman Ship

Roman Order of Battle

The wounded Gaul

Hannibal's Vow

In the Pyrenees,

Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama

Archimedes

Hannibal

Corinth

Cornelia and her Sons

Roman Centurion

Marius

One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome

The Catapult

Island on the Coast

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Cornelius Sulla

Coast of Tyre

Mountains of Armenia

Cicero

Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome

Pompeius

Amphitheatre

The Arena

Julius Cæsar

Cato

Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar at
the Porta Capena in Rome


Marcus Antonius

Marcus Brutus

Alexandria

Caius Octavius

Statue of Augustus at the Vatican

Paintings in the House of Livia

Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius

Agrippina

Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar

Claudius

Nero

Arch of Titus

Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63

Persecution of the Christians

Coin of Nero

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

Marcus Aurelius

Septimus Severus

Antioch

Alexander Severus

Temple of the Sun at Palmyra

The Catacombs at Rome

Coin of Severus

Diocletian

Diocletian in Retirement

Constantine the Great

Constantinople

Council of Nicea

Catacombs

Julian

Arch of Constantine

Alexandria

Goths

Convent on the Hills

Julian Alps

Roman Hall of Justice

Colonnades of St. Peter at Rome

Alaric's Burial

Roman Clock

Spanish Coast

Vandals plundering

Pyramids and Sphynx, Egypt

Hunnish Camp

St. Mark's, Venice

The Pope's House

Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown

illustration

Naples

Constantinople

Pope Gregory the Great

The Pope's Pulpit

Battle of Tours






HISTORY OF FRANCE.

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1
CHAPTER II.
THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR 25
CHAPTER III.
THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY 43
CHAPTER IV.
THE ITALIAN WARS 52
CHAPTER V.
THE WARS OF RELIGION 63
CHAPTER VI.
POWER OF THE CROWN 81
CHAPTER VII.
THE REVOLUTION 102
CHAPTER VIII.
FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION 116






LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE

PICTURED BY L. FROLICH,

And Narrated By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
  PAGE
MOTHER BUNCH 1

CHAPTER II.
VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. 14

CHAPTER III.
ITALY 36

CHAPTER IV.
GREENLAND 43

CHAPTER V.
TYROL 50

CHAPTER VI.
AFRICA 57

CHAPTER VII.
LAPLANDERS 63

CHAPTER VIII.
CHINA 70

CHAPTER IX.
[viii]KAMSCHATKA 79

CHAPTER X.
THE TURK 83

CHAPTER XI.
SWITZERLAND 96

CHAPTER XII.
THE COSSACK 102

CHAPTER XIII.
SPAIN 108

CHAPTER XIV.
GERMANY 114

CHAPTER XV.
PARIS IN THE SIEGE 120

CHAPTER XVI.
THE AMERICAN GUEST 126

CHAPTER XVII.
THE DREAM OF ALL NATIONS         137

[ix]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  PAGE
"I'M LOOKING AT THE GREAT BIG GLOBE THAT UNCLE JOE SAID I MIGHT TOUCH," SAID LUCY
Front.
"DO PLEASE SIT DOWN, THERE'S A GOOD MOTHER BUNCH, AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT THEM?"
19
LUCY HAD A GREAT SNEEZING FIT, AND WHEN SHE LOOKED AGAIN INTO THE SMOKE, WHAT DID SHE SEE BUT TWO LITTLE BLACK FIGURES
23
"I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU: HUSH, DON! DON'T BARK SO"
26
"I CAN EAT MUCH BETTER WITHOUT," SAID LAVO
31
LAVO HAD CLIMBED UP THE SIDE OF THE DOOR, AND WAS SITTING ASTRIDE ON THE TOP OF IT
34
"AH! CECCO, CECCO!" CRIED THE LITTLE GIRL, PAUSING AS SHE BEAT HER TAMBOURINE
39
"IS THAT THE WAY YOU GET FISH?" SHE ASKED
46[x]
"HELP ME: I'M AFRAID," SAID LUCY
53
HARK! THERE'S A CRY, AND OUT JUMPS A LITTLE BLACK FIGURE, WITH A STOUT CLUB IN HIS HAND
59
AND HERE BESIDE HER WAS A LITTLE FELLOW WITH A BOW AND ARROWS SUCH AS SHE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE
65
"IS IT NOT GOOD?" SAID THE LITTLE HOSTESS
73
WHISKING OVER THE SNOW, WITH ALL HER MIGHT AND MAIN, MUFFLED UP IN CLOAKS AND FURS
78
"MARRIED! OH NO, YOU ARE JOKING"
87
"I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOU LIVE—THIS IS CONSTANTINOPLE"
93
"I CUT IT OUT WITH MY KNIFE; ALL MYSELF"
99
WHILE HE JERKED OUT HIS ARMS AND LEGS AS IF THEY WERE PULLED BY STRINGS
103
"SEE NOW," CRIED THE SPANIARD; "STAND THERE! AH! HAVE YOU NO CASTANETS?"
111
[xi]"WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT, LITTLE BOY?"
115
"AH! MADEMOISELLE, GOOD MORNING; ARE YOU COME HERE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE SHELLS?"
122
"WHAT CAN THAT BE, COMING AT THIS TIME OF DAY?"
127
"GOOD MORNING, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"
130
OH! SUCH A DIN
136






AUNT CHARLOTTE'Sstories of GREEK HISTORY

By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS

chap.

 

page

I.

Olympus

11

II.

Light and Dark

18

III.

The Peopling of Greece

26

IV.

The Hero Perseus

35

V.

The Labours of Hercules

42

VI.

The Argonauts

51

VII.

The Success of the Argonauts

59

VIII.

The Choice of Paris

68

IX.

The Siege of Troy

76

X.

The Wanderings of Ulysses

84

XI.

The Doom of the Atrides

94

XII.

After the Heroic Age

102

XIII.

Lycurgus and the Laws of Sparta. b.c. 884–668

110

XIV.

Solon and the Laws of Athens. b.c. 594–546

118

XV.

Pisistratus and his Sons. b.c. 558–499

126

XVI.

The Battle of Marathon. b.c. 490

134

XVII.

The Expedition of Xerxes. b.c. 480

142

XVIII.

The Battle of Platæa. b.c. 479–460

151

XIX.

The Age of Pericles. b.c. 464–429

159

p. 6XX.

The Expedition to Sicily. b.c. 415–413

167

XXI.

The Shore of the Goat’s River. b.c. 406–402

174

XXII.

The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. b.c. 402–399

181

XXIII.

The Death of Socrates. b.c. 399

189

XXIV.

The Supremacy of Sparta. b.c. 396

196

XXV.

The Two Theban Friends. b.c. 387–362

203

XXVI.

Philip of Macedon. b.c. 364

210

XXVII.

The Youth of Alexander. b.c. 356–334

217

XXVIII.

The Expedition to Persia. b.c. 334

224

XXIX.

Alexander’s Eastern Conquests. b.c. 331–328

231

XXX.

The End of Alexander. b.c. 328

238

XXXI.

The Last Struggles of Athens. b.c. 334–311

245

XXXII.

The Four New Kingdoms. b.c. 311–287

252

XXXIII.

Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. b.c. 287

258

XXXIV.

Aratus and the Achaian League. b.c. 267

265

XXXV.

Agis and the Revival of Sparta. b.c. 244–236

272

XXXVI.

Cleomenes and the Fall of Sparta. b.c. 236–222

279

XXXVII.

Philopœmen, the Last of the Greeks. b.c. 236–184

286

XXXVIII.

The Fall of Greece. b.c. 189–146

293

XXXIX.

The Gospel in Greece. b.c. 146–a.d. 60

300

XL.

Under the Roman Empire

308

XLI.

The Frank Conquest. 1201–1446

315

XLII.

The Turkish Conquest. 1453–1670

322

XLIII.

The Venetian Conquest and Loss. 1684–1796

328

XLIV.

The War of Independence. 1815

334

XLV.

The Kingdom of Greece. 1822–1875

340

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

page

Mount Olympus

11

Head of Jupiter

14

Supposed Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius in Ægina

19

Head of Pallas

21

Triptolemus

23

Mars and Victory

25

Mount Parnassus

27

The World according to the Greeks

30

Perseus and Andromeda

38

Cyclopean Wall

41

Scene in the Arachnæan Mountains near Argos

44

Building the Argo

53

Corinth

62

Plains of Troy

69

Greek Ships

73

Achilles binding his Armour on Patroclus

78

Sepulchral Mound, known as the Tomb of Ajax

80

Laocöon

82

Funeral Feast

83

Ulysses tied to the Mast

89

p. 8Port of Ithaca

91

Plain of Sparta, with Mount Taygetus

97

Greek Interior

106

Greek Robe

107

Male Costume

108

Gate of Mycenæ

119

Shores of the Persian Gulf

129

View in the Vicinity of Athens

141

Pass of Thermopylæ

145

Salamis

148

Persian Soldier

152

Tombs at Platæa

153

The Acropolis, Athens

162

Propylæa, Athens

163

The Academic Grove, Athens

168

Athens

180

Babylon

182

Greek Armour

188

Socrates

190

Plato

193

View on the Eurotas in Laconia

202

Thessalonica

209

Demosthenes

212

Diana of Ephesus

218

Alexander

222

Bacchanals

223

Alexander the Great

225

Second Temple of Diana at Ephesus

227

Princes of Persia

234

Supposed Walls of Babylon

242

p. 9Site of Susa, ancient Metropolis of Persia

244

Gate of Hadrian in Athens

247

Macedonian Soldier

255

Delphi and the Castalian Fount

262

Corinth

267

View looking across Isthmus of Corinth

269

Ruins of a Temple at Corinth

271

Temple of Neptune

285

Crowning the Victor in the Isthmian Games

290

Livadia, the ancient Mideia in Argolis

292

Sappho

295

Lessina, the ancient Eleusis, on the Gulf of Corinth

297

View from Corinth

301

Parthenon and Erectheum

304

Distant View of Parnassus

307

Plains of Philippi

309

Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople

313

An Amphitheatre

314

Promontory of Actium

318

Mount Helicon

321

Cathedral of St. Sophia

323

Temple of Minerva, on the Promontory of Sunium

330

Ancyra, Galatia

332

The Acropolis, Restored

337

The Isles of Greece

344

Plain of Marathon

346






SOWING AND SEWING

A Sexagesima Story

By Charlotte M. Yonge




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.
THE SERMON PAGE
1

CHAPTER II.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 13

CHAPTER III.
THE WORKING PARTY 28

CHAPTER IV.
TEACHER AMY 49

CHAPTER V.
[viii]THE TROUSSEAU 64

CHAPTER VI.
STITCH, STITCH, STITCH 79

CHAPTER VII.
WANDERING EYES 101

CHAPTER VIII.
AMY'S VISITS 115

CHAPTER IX.
AWKWARD MEETINGS 127

CHAPTER X.
THE RECKONING 150

CHAPTER XI.
WHICH SHALL PROSPER? 159