The simple delineations of the ordinary incidents and feelings which characterize childhood, that are contained in the Rollo Books, having been found to interest, and, as the author hopes, in some degree to benefit the young readers for whom they were designed,—the plan is herein extended to children of the other sex. The two first volumes of the series are Lucy’s Conversations and Lucy’s Stories. Lucy was Rollo’s cousin; and the author hopes that the history of her life and adventures may be entertaining and useful to the sisters of the boys who have honored the Rollo Books with their approval.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| CONVERSATION I. | |
| The Treasury, | [9] |
| CONVERSATION II. | |
| Definitions, | [21] |
| CONVERSATION III. | |
| The Glen, | [34] |
| CONVERSATION IV. | |
| A Prisoner, | [43] |
| CONVERSATION V. | |
| Target Painting, | [51] |
| CONVERSATION VI. | |
| Midnight, | [60] |
| CONVERSATION VII. | |
| Joanna, | [75] |
| CONVERSATION VIII. | |
| Building, | [88] |
| CONVERSATION IX. | |
| Equivocation, | [103] |
| CONVERSATION X. | |
| Johnny, | [118] |
| CONVERSATION XI. | |
| Getting Lost, | [132] |
| CONVERSATION XII. | |
| Lucy’s Scholar, | [146] |
| CONVERSATION XIII. | |
| Sketching, | [159] |
| CONVERSATION XIV. | |
| Danger, | [170] |
LUCY’S CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATION I.
THE TREASURY.
One day in summer, when Lucy was a very little girl, she was sitting in her rocking-chair, playing keep school. She had placed several crickets and small chairs in a row for the children’s seats, and had been talking, in dialogue, for some time, pretending to hold conversations with her pupils. She heard one read and spell, and gave another directions about her writing; and she had quite a long talk with a third about the reason why she did not come to school earlier. At last Lucy, seeing the kitten come into the room, and thinking that she should like to go and play with her, told the children that she thought it was time for school to be done.
Royal, Lucy’s brother, had been sitting upon the steps at the front door, while Lucy was playing school; and just as she was thinking that it was time to dismiss the children, he happened to get up and come into the room. Royal was about eleven years old. When he found that Lucy was playing school, he stopped at the door a moment to listen.