DEDICATED
TO
LITTLE FLORENCE GUERNSEY,
AS
A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HER FATHER’S LONG AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP; AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LAST MAY NOT PROVE TO HER THE LEAST OF THE “BESSIE BOOKS.”

CONTENTS.

I.[Packing up][9]
II.[At Sea][33]
III.[Lucy][54]
IV.[An Old Enemy, but New Friend][80]
V.[Belle’s Home][101]
VI.[Letters][127]
VII.[A “Real, Real Adventure”][157]
VIII.[Old Joe][184]
IX.[Kate][211]
X.[Maggie’s Poem][232]
XI.[Good Seed][256]
XII.[“Happy Delights”][275]
XIII.[Little Acts of Kindness][301]
XIV.[Water-Lilies][330]
XV.[“Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven”][351]

BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS.