Is, not to fancy what were fair in life,

Provided it could be,—but finding first

What may be, then find how to make it fair

Up to our means,'—ROBERT BROWNING.

With Illustrations by Gordon Browne

FIFTH IMPRESSION

LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.
1901

CONTENTS

CHAP.

  1. [TWO WORLDS]
  2. [THE WONDER-CHILD]
  3. [THE SECOND LADY-HELP]
  4. [THE PAINTING OF THE SHIP]
  5. [DUNKS' SELECTION]
  6. [THIRTY THOUSAND A YEAR]
  7. [COME HOME! COME HOME]
  8. [AN ATHEIST]
  9. [MORTIMER STEVENSON]
  10. ['I LOVE YOU']
  11. [A SQUATTER PATRIOT]
  12. [R.M.S. UTOPIA]
  13. [THE BUSH CONTINGENT]
  14. [HOME TO THE HARBOUR]
  15. [HEART TO HEART]
  16. [THE ROSERY]
  17. [CROSSING THE VELDT]
  18. [A SKIRMISH BY THE WAY]
  19. [THE MOOD OF A MAID]
  20. [MISS BROWNE]
  21. [THE MORNING CABLES]
  22. [CONCLUSION]