"Be good, sweet child, and let who will be clever:
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long;
So shalt thou make life, death, and that vast for ever.
One grand, sweet song."—Kingsley.
BY
JOANNA H. MATHEWS,
AUTHOR OF THE "BESSIE BOOKS" AND THE "FLOWERETS."
NEW YORK:
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
530 Broadway.
1882.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | Hard at Work | [7] |
| II. | A Talk with Papa | [25] |
| III. | Nellie a Housekeeper | [50] |
| IV. | A Courtship | [70] |
| V. | White Mice | [94] |
| VI. | The Gray Mice | [113] |
| VII. | The Black Cat | [136] |
| VIII. | Daisy's Sacrifice | [157] |
| IX. | Making Ginger-cakes | [181] |
| X. | Fresh Troubles | [204] |
| XI. | A Night of it | [224] |
| XII. | An Alarm | [236] |
| XIII. | Last of the Sunbeams | [245] |