Copyright, 1894,
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT.
University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER
I. [RUBY IN MISCHIEF]
II. [CARRYING OUT HER PLAN]
III. [LOOKING FOR RUBY]
IV. [CONSEQUENCES]
V. [BOARDING-SCHOOL]
VI. [PREPARATIONS]
VII. [MORE PREPARATIONS]
VIII. [READY]
IX. [THE JOURNEY]
X. [MAKING FRIENDS]
XI. [AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE]
XII. [MAKING ACQUAINTANCE]
XIII. [GETTING SETTLED]
XIV. [SCHOOL]
XV. [BEGINNING SCHOOL]
XVI. [MAUDE'S TROUBLES]
XVII. [LEARNING]
XVIII. [MISADVENTURES]
XIX. [SURPRISES]
XX. [PERSIMMONS]
XXI. [MAUDE]
XXII. [SUNDAY AT SCHOOL]
XXIII. [GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS]
XXIV. [FINIS]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

[ "SHE FILLED HER APRON WITH THE CRISP, FRESH COOKIES" . . . Frontispiece ]

[ RUBY AND HER MOTHER (missing from book) ]

[ RUBY MEETING MAUDE AT THE STATION (missing) ]

[ RUBY WRITING A LETTER HOME ]

[ "MRS. BOARDMAN WAS VERY PATIENT WITH THE SPOILED CHILD" (missing) ]

[ MISS KETCHUM AND THE CATERPILLARS (missing) ]