Author of "Queen Hildegarde," "Hildegarde's Holiday," "Captain January," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1892,
By ESTES AND LAURIAT.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Home Itself | [11] |
| II. | A Dish of Gossip | [33] |
| III. | Morning Hours | [51] |
| IV. | A Walk and an Adventure | [71] |
| V. | Uncle and Nephew | [100] |
| VI. | Cousin Jack | [120] |
| VII. | Miss Agatha's Cabinet | [137] |
| VIII. | The Poplars | [155] |
| IX. | The Cousins | [179] |
| X. | Bonny Sir Hugh | [198] |
| XI. | A Call and a Conspiracy | [216] |
| XII. | The Second Act | [234] |
| XIII. | A Picnic | [255] |
| XIV. | Over the Jam-pots | [281] |
| XV. | At the Brown Cottage | [292] |
| XVI. | Good-by! | [309] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Hildegarde and the China Pots | [Frontispiece] |
| "It was very pleasant up in this Airy Bower" | [81] |
| "Jack Ferrers appeared carrying a Huge Bunch of Roses" | [121] |
| "Hildegarde had been making friends with Merlin" | [175] |
| Hildegarde finding Hugh and Merlin by the Brook | [201] |
| Hugh and Colonel Ferrers | [249] |
| Over the Jam Pots | [280] |
| "He gave me a lunge in quart" | [301] |