The Family at Misrule
THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.
BY
ETHEL TURNER,
AUTHOR OF
"SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS," "THE STORY OF A BABY," ETC
"Ah that spring should vanish with the Rose!
That youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close!"
The Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám.
"To youth the greatest reverence is due."
Juvenal.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. JOHNSON
LONDON
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.
NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
TO
CHARLES COPE,
MY STEPFATHER AND FRIEND
E. S. T.,
Lindfield, Sydney.
Contents.
[edit]- I. PICKING UP THREADS
- II. SCHOOL TROUBLES
- III. A PASSAGE-AT-ARMS
- IV. A SUMMER'S DAY
- V. BETWEEN A DREAM AND A DREAM
- VI. TO-MORROW
- VII. A LITTLE MAID-ERRANT
- VIII. ONE PARTICULAR EVENING
- IX. THAT MISCHIEVOUS CUPID
- X. NEEDLES AND PINS
- XI. A DAY IN SYDNEY
- XII. THREE COURSES ONE SHILLING
- XIII. PARNASSUS AND PUDDINGS
- XIV. MUSHROOMS
- XV. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEG
- XVI. MORE MUTINY
- XVII. A DINNER PARTY
- XVIII. "HOW GOOD YOU OUGHT TO BE!"
- XIX. HEADACHE AND HEARTACHE
- XX. MY LITTLE ONE DAUGHTER
- XXI. THE SEVENTH DAY
- XXII. AMARANTH OR ASPHODEL
- XXIII. LITTLE FAITHFUL MEG
- XXIV. "IN THE MIDNIGHT, IN THE SILENCE OF THE SLEEP-TIME"
- XXV. HERE ENDETH
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