NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

TO THE MEMORY OF
MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER
WHO MADE A VERY FRIENDLY
PLACE IN THIS BIG WORLD

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I] [CHAPTER VIII] [CHAPTER XV] [CHAPTER XXII]
[CHAPTER II] [CHAPTER IX] [CHAPTER XVI] [CHAPTER XXIII]
[CHAPTER III] [CHAPTER X] [CHAPTER XVII] [CHAPTER XXIV]
[CHAPTER IV] [CHAPTER XI] [CHAPTER XVIII] [CHAPTER XXV]
[CHAPTER V] [CHAPTER XII] [CHAPTER XIX] [CHAPTER XXVI]
[CHAPTER VI] [CHAPTER XIII] [CHAPTER XX] [CHAPTER XXVII]
[CHAPTER VII] [CHAPTER XIV] [CHAPTER XXI]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "'It's an e-normous house, isn't it!' she said in surprise" . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "'You can't ever know, Aunt Kate, how splendid it is to wear skirts'" ]

[ "Shelves and birdcage had all disappeared" ]

[ "'I haven't seen a canary bird for years,' she murmured" ]