NO ROYAL ROAD;

OR,

THE THING THAT LIES THE NEAREST. A Story for Girls.

BY

FLORENCE E. BURCH

THIRTEENTH THOUSAND.

LONDON:

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

57 AND 59 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.

PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED, EDINBURGH

CONTENTS. —————

CHAP.

I. LILLA

II. MARGIE

III. LIVES OF GREAT WOMEN

IV. A GOOD BEGINNING

V. LILLA MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE

VI. LILLA AWAKENS MARGIE'S AMBITION

VII. THE REWARD OF DILIGENCE

VIII. WASTED MINUTES

IX. WHICH WAS THE GREATEST?

X. A FRIEND IN NEED

XI. MARGIE THROWS NEW LIGHT ON THE QUESTION

XII. THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE

ILLUSTRATIONS. —————

LILLA AND HER GRANDMOTHER. (Frontispiece.)

"SHE LOOKED UP AS LILLA ENTERED."

MISS ST. IVES.

NO ROYAL ROAD.