Brenda's cousin at Radcliffe

Copyright, 1902 , By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved.
Published October, 1902
UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ, THE HONORED FIRST PRESIDENT OF RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, WHO HAS HAD NO SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE, AND WHO CAN HAVE NO SUCCESSOR IN THE AFFECTION OF RADCLIFFE GRADUATES
“One morning half a dozen girls clustered before the bulletin board”
BY HELEN LEAH REED Author of “Brenda, Her School and Her Club” “Brenda’s Summer at Rockley,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE BARBER STEPHENS
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1903
That the young girls for whom it is written may see in “Brenda’s Cousin” a clear picture of Radcliffe College undergraduate life is the sincere wish of the author, who hopes also that her fellow-graduates may overlook the one or two slight anachronisms necessary to a contemporary picture.
A drop of ink splashed on the cover of Julia Bourne’s blue-book.
“Oh, I beg your pardon, I wasn’t thinking,” murmured an apologetic voice, as Julia glanced up in surprise. A small, pale girl standing beside her desk had evidently held her fountain pen point down with disastrous result.
“Oh, it did no great harm,” responded Julia, dexterously applying her blotter. Like the other girl, she spoke in an undertone, for silence was still the rule of the room.