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       CHAPTER XXVIII.— DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES

       CHAPTER XXIX.— CALLS

       CHAPTER XXX.— CONSEQUENCES

       CHAPTER XXXI.— OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

       CHAPTER XXXII.— TENDER TROUBLES

       CHAPTER XXXIII.— JO'S JOURNAL

       CHAPTER XXXIV.— A FRIEND

       CHAPTER XXXV.— HEARTACHE

       CHAPTER XXXVI.— BETH'S SECRET

       CHAPTER XXXVII.— NEW IMPRESSIONS

       CHAPTER XXXVIII.— ON THE SHELF

       CHAPTER XXXIX.— LAZY LAURENCE

       CHAPTER XL.— THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

       CHAPTER XLI.— LEARNING TO FORGET

       CHAPTER XLII.— ALL ALONE

       CHAPTER XLIII.— SURPRISES

       CHAPTER XLIV.— MY LORD AND LADY

       CHAPTER XLV.— DAISY AND DEMI

       CHAPTER XLVI.— UNDER THE UMBRELLA

       CHAPTER XLVII.— HARVEST TIME

List of illustrations.

      [The Illustrations, designed by Frank T. Merrill, drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew.]

       Frontispiece: They all drew to the fire, mother in the big chair,with Beth at her feet

       Preface

       List of illustrations

       Tail-piece to Illustrations

       Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents

       Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm

       I used to be so frightened when it was my turn to sit in the big chair

       Do it this way, clasp your hands so

       It was a cheerful, hopeful letter

       How you used to play Pilgrim's Progress

       No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano

       At nine they stopped work and sung as usual

       Merry Christmas

       The procession set out

       Out came Meg with gray horse-hair hanging about her face

       A little figure in cloudy white

       The lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro's blessing

       We talked over the fence

       Tail-piece

       Eating apples and crying over the "Heir of Redclyffe"

       Jo undertook to pinch the papered locks

       Mrs. Gardiner greeted them

       Face to face with the Laurence boy

       They sat down on the stairs

       Tell about the party

       The kitten stuck like a burr just out of reach

       Curling herself up in the big chair

       Reading that everlasting Belsham

       He took her by the ear! by the ear!

       Mr. Laurence hooked up a big fish

       Tail-piece

       Being neighborly

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