TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | New Year’s Eve | [1] |
| II | Secrets | [13] |
| III | Plans and More Plans | [24] |
| IV | Doubt on All Sides | [34] |
| V | Surprise for Everyone! | [44] |
| VI | Adventures Ahead! | [52] |
| VII | A Mysterious Letter | [62] |
| VIII | Old friends and an Enemy | [70] |
| IX | They’re Off | [80] |
| X | Trouble for Nan | [86] |
| XI | Bess Holds Her Temper | [93] |
| XII | A Score to Even Up | [101] |
| XIII | Friends Aboard Ship | [108] |
| XIV | A Storm at Sea | [116] |
| XV | In the Ship’s Hospital | [123] |
| XVI | The Hunch-back Again | [131] |
| XVII | Nan Puzzles Over Her Secret | [141] |
| XVIII | The Captain’s Dinner | [149] |
| XIX | Land is Sighted | [156] |
| XX | Be Careful, Nan! | [162] |
| XXI | Welcome, Lassies, to Scotland | [171] |
| XXII | Emberon | [179] |
| XXIII | Scottish Games and Scottish Tunes | [187] |
| XXIV | An Accident Near the Castle | [193] |
| XXV | James Blake Does Some Explaining | [200] |
| XXVI | Nan’s Disappearance | [209] |
| XXVII | Bess Has Her Say | [216] |
| XXVIII | Nan Comes Into Her Own | [225] |
| XXIX | London On Holiday | [232] |
| XXX | The King is Crowned | [241] |
NAN SHERWOOD’S
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
CHAPTER I
NEW YEAR’S EVE
“I just can’t believe it’s true! I’ve pinched myself a dozen times. I’ve pulled my own hair. I’ve looked at myself in the mirror again and again and told myself that it is a fact, that I am I, Nan Sherwood of Tillbury, United States of America and student of Lakeview Hall, and that I am going to sail away next spring to Scotland to visit—”
The end of the sentence was lost in a muffle as Nan pulled off the simple silk frock she had been wearing.
Bess Harley, her closest friend since primary school days, finished it.