TO
FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| [Melchior's Dream] | [9] |
| [The Blackbird's Nest] | [51] |
| [Friedrich's Ballad] | [66] |
| [A Bit of Green] | [118] |
| [Monsieur the Viscount's Friend] | [134] |
| [The Yew-lane Ghosts] | [188] |
| [A Bad Habit] | [236] |
| [A Happy Family] | [261] |
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
It is always a memorable era in a mother's life when she first introduces a daughter into society. Many things contribute to make it so; among which is the fact of the personal blessing to herself, in having been permitted to see the day—to have been spared, that is, to watch over her child in infancy, and now to see her entering life upon her own account.