HOLLYHOCK HOUSE
A Story for Girls
BY
MARION AMES TAGGART
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANCES ROGERS
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1916
Copyright, 1916, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
Dedicated
with love to
Florence Ames
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | “The Rosebud Garden of Girls” | [3] |
| II. | “Who Loves a Garden Loves a Greenhouse, too” | [20] |
| III. | “A Rosebud Set with Little Wilful Thorns” | [37] |
| IV. | “Home at Evening’s Close to SweetRepast and Calm Repose” | [57] |
| V. | “Sweet as English Air Could Make Her” | [75] |
| VI. | “Something Between a Hindrance and a Help” | [95] |
| VII. | “’Tis Just Like a Summer Bird Cage in a Garden” | [111] |
| VIII. | “And Add to These Retired Leisure,That in Trim Gardens Takes His Pleasure” | [129] |
| IX. | “Whose Yesterdays Look Backward with a Smile” | [146] |
| X. | “’Tis Beauty Calls and Glory Shows the Way” | [165] |
| XI. | “He Nothing Common Did or Mean” | [183] |
| XII. | “And Learn the Luxury of Doing Good” | [199] |
| XIII. | “Wise to Resolve and Patient to Perform” | [215] |
| XIV. | “Our Acts Our Angels Are, or Good or Ill” | [233] |
| XV. | “Fragrant the Fertile Earth After Soft Showers” | [250] |
| XVI. | “Implores the Passing Tribute of a Sigh” | [267] |
| XVII. | “Rich with the Spoils of Nature” | [285] |
| XVIII. | “And Feel That I Am Happier Than I Know” | [302] |