Front matter
Reading edition
BY
MRS. MOLESWORTH,
AUTHOR OF
"THE PALACE IN THE GARDEN," "'CARROTS': JUST A LITTLE BOY," "THE CUCKOO CLOCK," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE, E. J. WALKER, LIZZIE LAWSON, J. BLIGH, AND MAYNARD BROWN.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET. New York: E. & J. B. YOUNG AND CO.
CHAPTER I. THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER II. "MAYN'T I SPEAK TO YOU, MAMMA?"
CHAPTER III. AN UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVAL.
CHAPTER IV. FOOLISH GEOFF.
CHAPTER V. A CRISIS.
CHAPTER VI. GEOFF "WON'T STAND IT."
CHAPTER VII. A FORTUNATE CHANCE.
CHAPTER VIII. "HALF-A-CROWN A WEEK AND HIS VICTUALS."
CHAPTER IX. PIGS, ETC.
CHAPTER X. POOR GEOFF!
CHAPTER XI. "HOOT-TOOT" BEHIND THE HEDGE.
CHAPTER XII. A LETTER AT LAST
CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW SQUIRE AND HIS FAMILY.
FRANCES AND ELSA Click to ENLARGE
GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT.
"... what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why then we rack the value."—Much Ado about Nothing.