RANALD BANNERMAN’S BOYHOOD

By

George MacDonald

1871


CONTENTS


[I. INTRODUCTORY]

[II. THE GLIMMER OF TWILIGHT]

[III. MY FATHER]

[IV. KIRSTY]

[V. I BEGIN LIFE]

[VI. NO FATHER]

[VII. MRS. MITCHELL IS DEFEATED]

[VIII. A NEW SCHOOLMISTRESS]

[IX. WE LEARN OTHER THINGS]

[X. SIR WORM WYMBLE]

[XI. THE KELPIE]

[XII. ANOTHER KELPIE]

[XIII. WANDERING WILLIE]

[XIV. ELSIE DUFF]

[XV. A NEW COMPANION]

[XVI. I GO DOWN HILL]

[XVII. THE TROUBLE GROWS]

[XVIII. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS]

[XIX. FORGIVENESS]

[XX. I HAVE A FALL AND A DREAM]

[XXI. THE BEES’ NEST]

[XXII. VAIN INTERCESSION]

[XXIII. KNIGHT-ERRANTRY]

[XXIV. FAILURE]

[XXV. TURKEY PLOTS]

[XXVI. OLD JOHN JAMIESON]

[XXVII. TURKEY’S TRICK]

[XXVIII. I SCHEME TOO]

[XXIX. A DOUBLE EXPOSURE]

[XXX. TRIBULATION]

[XXXI. A WINTER’S RIDE]

[XXXII. THE PEAT-STACK]

[XXXIII. A SOLITARY CHAPTER]

[XXXIV. AN EVENING VISIT]

[XXXV. A BREAK IN MY STORY]

[XXXVI. I LEARN THAT I AM NOT A MAN]


COLOURED PLATES


A click on any coloured plate will enlarge it to full-size.

[THE BILBERRY PICKERS]

[THE BABY BROTHER]

[THE DRESSING OF LITTLE DAVIE]

[MY ESCAPE]

[TURKEY LIGHTS A FIRE]

[I GO INTO THE FIELDS]

[MAKING THE SNOWBALL]

[READING TO ELSIE AND TURKEY]

[A SUDDEN STOP]

[HELPING ELSIE]

[A READING LESSON]

[I RETURN HOME]

Coloured Illustrations by A.V. Wheelhouse:
Black-and-White Illustrations by Arthur Hughes
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CHAPTER I

Introductory