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      Contents

       Olive Schreiner

       PREFACE

       GLOSSARY

       PART I

      I SHADOWS FROM CHILD-LIFE

      II PLANS AND BUSHMAN PAINTINGS

       III I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN

       IV BLESSED IS HE THAT BELIEVETH

       V SUNDAY SERVICES

      VI BONAPARTE BLENKINS MAKES HIS NEST

      VII HE SETS HIS TRAP

      VIII HE CATCHES THE OLD BIRD

      IX HE SEES A GHOST

      X HE SHOWS HIS TEETH

      XI HE SNAPS

       XII HE BITES

      XIII HE MAKES LOVE

       PART II

      I TIMES AND SEASONS

      II WALDO’S STRANGER

      III GREGORY ROSE FINDS HIS AFFINITY

      IV LYNDALL

      V TANT SANNIE HOLDS AN UPSITTING, AND GREGORY WRITES A LETTER

      VI A BOER-WEDDING

      VII WALDO GOES OUT TO TASTE LIFE, AND EM STAYS AT HOME AND TASTES IT

      VIII THE KOPJE

      IX LYNDALL’S STRANGER

      X GREGORY ROSE HAS AN IDEA

      XI AN UNFINISHED LETTER

      XII GREGORY’S WOMANHOOD

      XIII DREAMS

      XIV WALDO GOES OUT TO SIT IN THE SUNSHINE