Surprise house

by Abbie Farwell Brown

—And I as rich in having such a jewel

As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl,

The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.

Contents

I.	The House	[ 1]
II.	The Library	[ 10]
III.	A Visitor	[ 17]
IV.	The Books	[ 25]
V.	Instructions	[ 34]
VI.	The Lantern	[ 43]
VII.	Caliban	[ 50]
VIII.	The Bust	[ 58]
IX.	The Attic	[ 72]
X.	The Portrait Points	[ 84]
XI.	Gems from Shakespeare	[ 91]
XII.	The Party	[ 99]

Note:—Thanks are due to the publishers of The Young Churchman for courteous permission to reprint chapters of this book which appeared as a serial in that publication under the title of “Aunt Nan’s Legacy.”

Illustrations

“I didn’t!” protested John. “It was—Something, I don’t know what—that spoke”	[ Frontispiece]
“Oh, Katy, what do you suppose Aunt Nan meant this time?”	[ 62]
Things that had been waiting through Generations of Aunt Nan’s Ancestors for some one to make them Useful	[ 80]
“Oh, they are very Beautiful,” said Mary	[ 96]

From drawings by Helen Mason Grose.

SURPRISE HOUSE