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Yours Truly Emma D.E.N. Southworth
OLD NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEW SETTLEMENTS
PHILADELPHIA
A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART.
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OLD NEIGHBOURHOODS AND NEW SETTLEMENTS, OR, Christmas Evening Legends.
BYEMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH,
AUTHOR OF "THE CURSE OF CLIFTON," "THE DESERTED WIFE," "THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER," "FOSTER SISTERS," ETC. Tales that have the rime of age And chronicles of eld. —LONGFELLOW. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorised by her grandam. —SHAKSPEARE. A sad tale is best for winter—— Let's have some merry ones too. —SHAKSPEARE.
PHILADELPHIA:
A. HART, LATE CAREY AND HART,
126 CHESTNUT STREET.
1853.ENTERED, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by A. HART, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. E. B. MEARS, STEREOTYPER. T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.
CONTENTS.
- THE BETTER WAY; OR, THE WIFE'S VICTORY. 19
- THE MARRIED SHREW; A SEQUEL TO "THE BETTER WAY." 45
- THE THUNDERBOLT TO THE HEARTH. 75
- NEIGHBOURS' PRESCRIPTIONS. 101
- THE TEMPTATION. 129
- ACROSS THE STREET; A NEW YEAR'S STORY. 201
- THE IRISH REFUGEE. 225
- NEW YEAR IN THE LITTLE ROUGH-CAST HOUSE. 265
- WINNY. 339
- THE FINE FIGURE. 357