NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT
1914 BY
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

First printing, December, 1914
Second printing, February, 1915
Third printing, March, 1915
Fourth printing, March, 1915
Fifth printing, April, 1915
Sixth printing, July, 1915
Seventh printing, November, 1915
Contrary Mary

To My Sister

Contents

[ CHAPTER I ]

In Which Silken Ladies Ascend One Stairway, and a Lonely Wayfarer Ascends Another and Comes Face to Face with Old Friends.

[ CHAPTER II ]

In Which Rose-Leaves and Old Slippers Speed a Happy Pair; and in Which Sweet and Twenty Speaks a New and Modern Language, and Gives a Reason for Renting a Gentleman's Library.

[ CHAPTER III ]