Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

DODD & MEAD

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY MARTHA FINLEY

COPYRIGHT, 1917,

BY CHARLES B. FINLEY


Preface.

The call for a sequel to "Elsie's Girlhood" having become too loud and importunate to be resisted, the pleasant task of writing it was undertaken.