CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]
II. [FORECASTING THE FUTURE ]
III. [THE DOCTOR GIVES POLLY A PRESCRIPTION ]
IV. [THE BOARDERS STAY, AND THE OLIVERS GO ]
V. [TOLD IN LETTERS ]
VI. [POLLY TRIES A LITTLE MISSIONARY WORK ]
VII. ["WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS" ]
VIII. [TWO FIRESIDE CHATS ]
IX. [HARD TIMES ]
X. [EDGAR GOES TO CONFESSION ]
XI. [THE LADY IN BLACK ]
XII. [THE GREAT SILENCE ]
XIII. [A GARDEN FLOWER, OR A BANIAN-TREE ]
XIV. [EDGAR DISCOURSES OF SCARLET RUNNERS ]
XV. [LIFE IN THE BIRDS' NEST ]
XVI. [THE CANDLE CALLED PATIENCE ]
XVII. [POLLY LAUNCHES HER SHIPS ]
XVIII. [THE CHILDREN'S HOUR:
REPORTED IN A LETTER BY AN EYE-WITNESS ]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ PORTRAIT OF MRS. WIGGIN . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

MRS. OLIVER AND POLLY

[ "IT IS SOME OF THE STUDENTS" ]

[ "SHE OPENED THE BOOK AND READ" ]

[Transcriber's note: The second illustration was missing from the original book.]