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THE FRONT YARD AND OTHER ITALIAN STORIES CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON
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"'MADEMOISELLE NEED GIVE HERSELF NO UNEASINESS'"
THE FRONT YARD AND OTHER ITALIAN STORIES
BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON AUTHOR OF "ANNE" "HORACE CHASE" ETC. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1895
Copyright, 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS. —— All rights reserved.
NOTE
OF the stories contained in this volume, "In Venice" was originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, "The Street of the Hyacinth" in the Century Magazine, and the other four stories in Harper's Magazine.
CONTENTS
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THE FRONT YARD1
NEPTUNE'S SHORE50
A PINK VILLA91
THE STREET OF THE HYACINTH 137
A CHRISTMAS PARTY194
IN VENICE234
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'MADEMOISELLE NEED GIVE HERSELF NO UNEASINESS'"Frontispiece
"''TWOULD BE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THE DAY WITH, THAT WOULD'"Facing p.2
"NOUNCE TOO CAME OUT, AND SAT ON THE WALL NEAR BY, LISTENING""22
"STILL HOLDING NOUNCE'S HAND, SHE WENT ROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE""42
"'YOU KNOW I AM YOUR SLAVE'""58
AZUBAH ASH"68
THE OLD WATCH-TOWER"86
"THE CART WAS GOING SLOWLY ACROSS THE FIELDS, FOR THE ROAD WAS OVERFLOWED""88
"'MRS. CHURCHILL, LET ME PRESENT TO YOU MR. DAVID ROD'""100
SORRENTO"102
ON THE WAY TO THE DESERTO"112
AT THE DESERTO"114
"SHE SAT DOWN AND GATHERED HER CHILD TO HER BREAST""128
"FANNY PUT OUT HER HANDS WITH A BITTER CRY""134
"A SMALL CHILD PERCHED ON EACH OF HIS SHOULDERS""214