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 Play, 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 New Slate, | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| A Wagon Ride, | [23] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Magazine, | [37] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Where is Royal? | [48] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Accounts, | [62] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Mary Jay, | [72] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Recess, | [85] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Mary Jay’s Instructions, | [95] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Just saved, | [108] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Diver, | [119] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| A Conversation, | [136] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Interruption, | [146] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| The Theory of Interruption, | [160] |
LUCY’S STUDIES
CHAPTER I.
THE NEW SLATE.
One day, when Lucy was about five years old, her mother came home from the city. Lucy’s brother Royal had been to the city with his mother; but Lucy had remained at home. Royal went to drive the chaise in which his mother rode.
When Lucy’s mother had got out of the chaise, Royal handed her some parcels, which were in the back part of the seat. There was one thin, flat parcel, which was partly behind the cushion. Royal held this up to Lucy, saying,—