TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | By the Fire | [1] |
| II. | A Cat's Refuge | [7] |
| III. | A Surprising Change | [22] |
| IV. | I Visit My Family | [36] |
| V. | The Cat on the Common | [53] |
| VI. | My First Fight | [75] |
| VII. | A New Sensation | [101] |
| VIII. | Serena Astonishes Us | [124] |
| IX. | On the Train | [139] |
| X. | We Reach the Country | [162] |
| XI. | Maine, Lovely Maine | [176] |
| XII. | My Headstrong Sister | [196] |
| XIII. | Pigs, Cows and Chickens | [209] |
| XIV. | My Sister Gives a Lecture | [228] |
| XV. | The Mole-hunt | [248] |
| XVI. | The Return of the Children | [263] |
| XVII. | The Mischievous Guinea-hen | [273] |
| XVIII. | The Owl and the Chickens | [287] |
| XIX. | The Close of the Summer | [295] |
| XX. | In the City Again | [307] |
LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS
| Pussy Black-Face | [Frontispiece] |
| “My mother began to polish off my head” | [39] |
| “She put her head first on one side then on the other, till she cracked it all to pieces” | [50] |
| “'Mona,' I said confidentially, 'I am having a dreadful time'” | [80] |
| “She slipped between the big dog's front paws, and sat there cowering and trembling” | [150] |
| “Out on the ploughed land under the apple trees, a furry ball was rolling over and over” | [188] |
| “'My friends, ... I stand before you this evening quite unprepared'” | [244] |
| “The rooster kept so far ahead that no one but ourselves suspected the mischief she was doing” | [281] |
Pussy Black-Face
CHAPTER I
BY THE FIRE
My name is Pussy Black-Face, and I am a naughty young kitten. I wish I were good like my mother. She is the best cat that I ever saw. I try to be like her, and sometimes I succeed, but most times I don't.