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Oh! Christina! (1909)
by J. J. Bell
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Edition: New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1909. Book #4 in the Wee Macgreegor series, but only nominally: it's only in the sequel, Courtin' Christina that "Those popular favorites, Wee MacGreegor and Christina, now appear in conjunction." (The Nation, 11 Sept 1913)

"Oh! Christina!" is quite as amusing as was his "Wee Macgreegor," but with a quaint, bristling, slangy, good-hearted little girl as the exponent of Glasga' humor, instead of a laddie. The book may be read in an hour, and that hour at least will be one of jollity. —The Outlook, 1 May 1909. [Full review(s) may be read on the Discussion page.]

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"Mind yer nut, auntie!" she added; "I'm gaun to drap this yin."

A large empty cardboard box fell at the spinster's feet.

"Christina, I cannot allow you to address me in that disrespectful fashion!" Miss Purvis cried indignantly. "Mind my nut, indeed! What do you mean by it?"


OH! CHRISTINA!


"Miss Purvis gave her twelve-year-old niece a frown of disapproval.


OH! CHRISTINA!


BY
J. J. BELL
Author of "Whither Thou Goest,"
"Wee Macgreegor," etc.


New York Chicago Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh


Copyright, 1909, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 80 Wabash Avenue
Toronto: 25 Richmond St., W.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street

TO

MY SISTERS

SUSIE AND SARA

CONTENTS

  1. page
  2. I. The Incorrigible 9
  3. II. The Geography Lesson 19
  4. III. A Zealous Apprentice 26
  5. IV. In Full Charge 36
  6. V. "With Baldyin's Regairds" 44
  7. VI. A Doctor's Assistant 54
  8. VII. The Grammar Lesson 65
  9. VIII. The Inventory 72
  10. IX. The Cheap Sale 79
  11. X. "Ower Auld for True Love" 86
  12. XI. The Gum That Stuck 96
  13. XII. "Backward in Coming Forward" 106
  14. XIII. The Magic Potion 117
  15. XIV. The Compact 128
  16. XV. The Moonlight Cruise 138
  17. XVI. Miss Purvis's Romance 149

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1934, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 89 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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