BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS.


BOOKS BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS.

I. THE BESSIE BOOKS.

6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

Seaside$1.25
City1.25
Friends1.25
Mountains1.25
School1.25
Travels1.25

II. THE FLOWERETS.
A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.

6 vols. In a box. $3.60.

Violet’s Idol.
Daisy’s Work.
Rose’s Temptation.
Lily’s Lesson.
Hyacinthe and her Brothers.
Pinkie and the Rabbits.

III. LITTLE SUNBEAMS.

6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

Belle Powers’ Locket.
Dora’s Motto. 16mo.
Lily Norris’ Enemy.
Jessie’s Parrot.
Mamie’s Watchword.
Nellie’s Housekeeping.

IV. KITTY AND LULU BOOKS.

6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

Toutou and Pussy.
Kitty’s Robins.
The White Rabbit.
Rudie’s Goat.
Kitty’s Visit.
Kitty’s Scrap-Book.

V. MISS ASHTON’S GIRLS.

1. Fanny’s Birthday$1.25
2. The New Scholars1.25
3. Rosalie’s Pet1.25
4. Eleanor’s Visit1.25
5. Mabel Walton1.25

VI. HAPS AND MISHAPS.

6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

1. Little Friends$1.25
2. The Broken Mallet1.25
3. Blackberry Jam1.25
4. Milly’s Whims1.25
5. Lilies and Thistledown1.25
6. Uncle Joe’s Thanksgiving1.25

ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
New York.


FRONTISPIECE. Bessie’s Travels.


BESSIE
ON
HER TRAVELS.

BY
JOANNA H. MATHEWS.

“Glad hearts, without reproach or blot,

Which do thy work, and know it not.”

NEW YORK.
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
530, Broadway.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,

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

CAMBRIDGE:
PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON


DEDICATED
TO
LITTLE FLORENCE GUERNSEY,
AS
A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HER FATHER’S LONG AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP; AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LAST MAY NOT PROVE TO HER THE LEAST OF THE “BESSIE BOOKS.”


CONTENTS.

I.[Packing up][9]
II.[At Sea][33]
III.[Lucy][54]
IV.[An Old Enemy, but New Friend][80]
V.[Belle’s Home][101]
VI.[Letters][127]
VII.[A “Real, Real Adventure”][157]
VIII.[Old Joe][184]
IX.[Kate][211]
X.[Maggie’s Poem][232]
XI.[Good Seed][256]
XII.[“Happy Delights”][275]
XIII.[Little Acts of Kindness][301]
XIV.[Water-Lilies][330]
XV.[“Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven”][351]