Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841,
By T. H. CARTER,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
PREFACE.
Two volumes of a series of little books, corresponding, in their general style and characteristics, with the Rollo Books for boys, but designed more particularly for the other sex, have already been published, under the names of Cousin Lucy’s Conversations, and Cousin Lucy’s Stories. This, and its companion, Cousin Lucy at Study, are now offered to the public, in the hope that the little readers, into whose hands they may fall, may be interested, and, in some degree at least, profited, by the perusal of them.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Marble Box, | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Metaphysics, | [26] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Stories, | [42] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Ride to Town, | [56] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Gypsy Party, | [72] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Morocco Book—The Lonely Sleigh-Ride, | [90] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Mary Jay’s Sunday School, | [108] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Present, | [126] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| A Fright, | [138] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Royal a Protector, | [156] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Dictionary, | [172] |
LUCY AT PLAY.
CHAPTER I.
THE MARBLE BOX.
There was a box, or chest, of a somewhat singular character, in the house where Lucy lived; it was called the marble box. It was not really made of marble; it was made of wood; but then it was painted marble color, and that was the reason why it was called the marble box.
The marble box had books and playthings in it. It was pretty large, and so it would hold a considerable number. There was a handle at each end, and when Lucy took hold of one handle, and Royal, her brother, of the other, the box was just about as much as they could conveniently carry. The place where the marble box was usually kept, was under a table in the back chamber entry, not far from the head of the stairs.