CONTENTS

Preface by Willa Cather[ix]
I.The Return[1]
II.Mrs. Todd[3]
III.The Schoolhouse[11]
IV.At the Schoolhouse Window[15]
V.Captain Littlepage[20]
VI.The Waiting Place[31]
VII.The Outer Island[42]
VIII.Green Island[48]
IX.William[66]
X.Where Pennyroyal Grew[72]
XI.The Old Singers[80]
XII.A Strange Sail[86]
XIII.Poor Joanna[98]
XIV.The Hermitage[115]
XV.On Shell-Heap Island[127]
XVI.The Great Expedition[134]
XVII.A Country Road[144]
XVIII.The Bowden Reunion[156]
XIX.The Feast’s End[175]
XX.Along Shore[184]
XXI.A Dunnet Shepherdess[207]
XXII.The Queen’s Twin[242]
XXIII.William’s Wedding[279]
XXIV.The Backward View[300]