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NOBODY'S CHILD P 79.

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WHAT NOT

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ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. E. B. MEARS, STEREOTYPER. T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.

AS a closely reasoning moralist, an earnest teacher of truth for the truth's sake, and a sweet and touching delineator of the good and the beautiful in humanity, there is no superior to Mrs. Denison in the galaxy of female writers that now brightens the American literary firmament. None excel her in throwing around everyday life a charm which elevates the seeming commonplace, and gives it new interest and importance. As a critic has said of her, "She possesses the rare faculty of looking beneath the surface at a glance, and seeing how the heart beats—of drawing aside the veil which our indifference to others' good lets fall before our eyes, and showing us the griefs, the pains, the ardent hopes, the disappointments, and the sufferings of those who are moving side by side with us in the paths of life. Her mission is one of good to the world, and she is ever true to her mission."

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There could scarcely be higher praise than this. In the present volume are gathered a few of the choice gems which for some years past she has been scattering around with a prodigal hand. They are re-arranged and reset in a style, that, while it does not touch their intrinsic worth, gives to them a fresh beauty and a higher attraction.

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• NOBODY'S CHILD (FRONTISPIECE).
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• THE BLACKSMITH'S FORGE. 158
• THE OLD PICTURE. 191
• HAPPY OLD AGE. 203
• THE BRIDAL WINE-GLASS. 312

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CONTENTS.

• What is a Boy? 13
• Houses in the Hay. 15
• Faded Flowers. 17
• Cora's Miserable Day. 19
• Little Mary. 24
• That Angry Word. 25
• Christmas. 27
• Like the Angels. 28
• Dust on the Altar. 29
• "It's Nothing." 31
• Crossing the Streets. 32
• She had no Friends. 35
• Little Ulna; or, The Broken Heart. 38
• Our Father. 44
• The Little Shrimp Boy. 45
• Something that should have been a Man. 47
• Carry Anderson. 49
• The Old Petition. 53
• Spring. 54
• The Three Acts. 56
• Whose Old Hat? 60
• Gone Astray. 61
• Jonathan and Johnny Bull. 62
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• The one Little Favour. 64
• The Half Housekeeper. 67
• Rosy Cheeks. 69
• Forgive us our Trespasses. 71
• Jonathon in Russia. 74
• Peace. 78
• Nobody's Child. 79
• The Kitchen. 81
• Art of Pleasing. 82
• The Value of a Cent. 85
• Thanksgiving To-morrow. 87
• Milly Grey. 91
• "Kiss me, Mamma, do kiss me, I can't go to sleep!" 96
• The Home-Grandmother. 98
• "Our John." 99
• Make yourself Indispensable to your Employers. 101
• The Way Gossips and Slanderers are made. 103
• Now I lay me down to sleep. 106
• The First Fly. 109
• The Little Bound Boy's Dream. 110
• Taste for Simple Pleasures. 115
• Is the Sentinel at his Post? 116
• The Old Year. 117
• How Children are burnt to death. 118
• The Fate of Genius. 120
• Restored Affection. 121
• Nothing is Impossible to him who Wills. 127
• Keep up your Heart. 128
• Poor Relations. 130
• Men and Women. 131
• The Funeral. 132
• Artificial Life. 133
• Poor Agnes. 134
• Envy. 137
• Dreams of the Departed. 138
• Babes of Heaven. 140
• Coming Home. 142
• The Game of Barter. 144
• A Daughter's Devotion. 147
• Not the right kind of Husband. 152
• The Old Country Church. 153
• Then and Now; or, The Old Man's Reverie. 155
• Birds of Spring. 156
• Ingenuity. 157
• The Blacksmith's Forge. 158
• Amy, the Bird of Innesdelle. 160
• The Beautiful. 171
• Can't afford to take a Paper. 172
• Spasmodic People. 174
• The Unlucky Blow. 175
• The Hot-house Flower. 179
• The Out-door Plant. 180
• His poor Mother has got the worst of it. 182
• Awkwardness. 184
• Brogues. 185
• Do you suffer more than your Neighbour? 186
• The Old Picture. 191
• Puss. 196
• The Snow Storm. 198
• The Sailor. 200
• The Sacrifices and Recompense of Literary Life. 201
• Happy Old Age. 203
• Poor and Happy. 205
• A Narrow Sphere. 206
• Advice to Schoolmarms. 208
• Iron. 209
• Katie's New-Year's Gift. 211
• The Wind. 217
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• Don't be afraid of your Carpets. 218
• What's he digging for? 220
• Not Superstitious. 221
• The Stolen Child. 223
• The Tongue. 229
• Are you kind to her? 230
• Extravagance. 231
• Genius. 232
• The Tea-table. 233
• Happy and Unhappy. 237
• Be True. 240
• A Woman properly dressed. 242
• "Business is dull—going down at heel." 242
• The Fast Young Man. 244
• Hear Professor Webster. 245
• Only a few Faults! 246
• How Women should do. 247
• The Storm. 250
• Hearts and Homes. 251
• The Pastor's Mission. 252
• A Pretty Incident. 255
• Engaging Manners. 257
• The Old Man. 258
• Uncle Lemuel. 260
• Aristocracy. 262
• Mosses. 263
• Too much of a Good Thing. 265
• The Dead Miser. 269
• The Stand of Flowers. 270
• The Wise Choice of a Wife. 272
• The Mother's Favourite. 273
• Old Time Relics. 276
• A Genuine Pat. 279
• Reminiscence of Bunker-hill Battle. 282
• A Word to Mothers. 284
• Suppose. 289
• The Benefactor. 291
• The Last Word. 296
• The Dead Butterfly. 297
• The Shower. 298
• A Scolding Wife. 299
• I am Sick. 301
• The Sailor Artist. 302
• The Bridal Wine Glass. 312
• Debt. 316
• Test of True Affection. 317
• A Day of Indisposition. 319
• The Dead Babe. 321
• The Coquette. 322
• The Ceaseless Round. 325
• The Outward Bound. 327
• Outcasts. 329
• Mechanics. 334
• The Fireside. 337
• Who are you building for? 339
• Murmuring. 341
• Death by the Wayside. 342
• Bread and Butter. 347
• A Name for Immortality. 349
• Advice for Winter. 350
• Died of High School. 351
• To a Libertine. 352
• Music at Midnight. 355
• The Rich Child's Guardian and the Poor Child's Angel. 356
• "I wish I was Beautiful." 363
• The White Window Curtains. 365
• Does he gain much? 368
• 'Tis pleasant to remember. 370
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• The Sabbath. 371
• It takes two to make a Quarrel. 375
• If it wasn't for Pride. 377
• The Dying Pastor. 377
• Last Year's Cloak. 382
• A Drop of Ink. 383