LITTLE BESSIE, THE CARELESS GIRL,

OR SQUIRRELS, NUTS, AND WATER-CRESSES.

BY JOSEPHINE FRANKLIN, AUTHOR OF "NELLY AND HER FRIENDS," "NELLY'S FIRST SCHOOL-DAYS," "NELLY AND HER BOAT," ETC.

BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY BROWN AND TAGGARD, 25 AND 29 CORNHILL. 1861.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by Brown and Taggard, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.

LIST OF THE "MARTIN AND NELLY STORIES."

I.Nelly and her Friends.

II.Nelly's First School-days.

III.Nelly and her Boat.

IV.Little Bessie.

V.Nelly's Visit.

VI.Zelma.

VII.Martin.

VIII.Cousin Regulus.

IX.Martin and Nelly.

X.Martin on the Mountain.

XI.Martin and the Miller.

XII.Trouting, or Gypsying in the Woods.