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The Rectory Children

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Title: The Rectory Children

Author: Mrs Molesworth

Illustrator: Walter Crane

Release Date: April 28, 2006 [EBook #18275]

Language: English

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THE RECTORY CHILDREN

BY MRS MOLESWORTH

ILLUSTRATED BY

WALTER CRANE

[Illustration: 'It's the sun going to bed, you know, dear.' P. 37.]

London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1897

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TO MY NIECE AND GOD-DAUGHTER Helen Louisa Delves Walthall

85 LEXHAM GARDENS Shrove Tuesday, 1889.

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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

THE PARLOUR BEHIND THE SHOP 1

CHAPTER II

THOSE YOUNG LADIES 18

CHAPTER III

A TRYING CHILD 34

CHAPTER IV

BIDDY HAS SOME NEW THOUGHTS 51

CHAPTER V

CELESTINA 66

CHAPTER VI

THE WINDOW IN THE WALL 83  next >