Copyright, 1913,
by
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.

To
My dear brothers,
JAMES AND JOHN,
who, by precept and example,
have encouraged me,
and to my beloved sister,
ANNA,
whose faith and affection
have been my chief inspiration,
this little volume
is lovingly inscribed.

Naples, N. Y.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction, by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster[ix]
The Villages[xiii]
The Villagers[xiv]
1852.—Family Notes—Famous School—Girls—Hoop Skirts[1]
1853.—Runaways—Bible Study—Essays—Catechism[10]
1854.—Lake Picnic—Pyramid of Beauty—Governor Clark[20]
1855.—Preachers—James and John—Votes for Women[43]
1856.—the Fire—Sleighing and Prayer—Father’s Advice[52]
1857.—Truants and Pickles—Candle Stories—the Snuffers[77]
1858.—Tableaux and Charades—Spiritual Seance[95]
1859.—E. M. Morse—Letter from the North Pole[106]
1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts[118]
1861.—President Lincoln’s Inauguration—Civil War—School Enthusiasm[130]
1862.—Gough Lectures—President’s Call for Three Hundred Thousand Men—Mission Zeal[138]
1863.—A Soldier’s Death—General M’Clellan’s Letter—President Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg[148]
1864.—Grandfather Beals’ Death—Anna Graduates[162]
1865.—President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address—Fall of Richmond—Murder of Lincoln[176]
1866.—Freedman’s Fair—General Grant and Admiral Farragut Visit Canandaigua[200]
1867.—Brother John and Wife Go to London—Lecture by Charles Dickens[208]
1871.—Hon. George H. Stuart Speaks in Canandaigua—A Large Collection[210]
1872.—Grandmother Beals’ Death—Biography[211]
1880.—Anna’s Marriage[225]

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