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BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS.
_BOOKS BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS._
I. THE BESSIE BOOKS.
6 vols. In a box. $7.50.
SEASIDE $1.25 CITY 1.25 FRIENDS 1.25 MOUNTAINS 1.25 SCHOOL 1.25 TRAVELS 1.25
II. THE FLOWERETS. A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.
6 vols. In a box. $3.60.
VIOLET’S IDOL. DAISY’S WORK. ROSE’S TEMPTATION. LILY’S LESSON. HYACINTHE AND HER BROTHERS. PINKIE AND THE RABBITS.
III. LITTLE SUNBEAMS.
6 vols. In a box. $6.00.
BELLE POWERS’ LOCKET. DORA’S MOTTO. 16mo. LILY NORRIS’ ENEMY. JESSIE’S PARROT. MAMIE’S WATCHWORD. NELLIE’S HOUSEKEEPING.
IV. KITTY AND LULU BOOKS.
6 vols. In a box. $6.00.
TOUTOU AND PUSSY. KITTY’S ROBINS. THE WHITE RABBIT. RUDIE’S GOAT. KITTY’S VISIT. KITTY’S SCRAP-BOOK.
V. MISS ASHTON’S GIRLS.
1. FANNY’S BIRTHDAY $1.25 2. THE NEW SCHOLARS 1.25 3. ROSALIE’S PET 1.25 4. ELEANOR’S VISIT 1.25 5. MABEL WALTON 1.25
VI. HAPS AND MISHAPS.
6 vols. In a box. $7.50.
1. LITTLE FRIENDS $1.25 2. THE BROKEN MALLET 1.25 3. BLACKBERRY JAM 1.25 4. MILLY’S WHIMS 1.25 5. LILIES AND THISTLEDOWN 1.25 6. UNCLE JOE’S THANKSGIVING 1.25
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, _New York_.
FRONTISPIECE. Bessie’s Travels.]
BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS.
BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS.
“Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Which do thy work, and know it not.”
NEW YORK. ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, 530, BROADWAY.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON
DEDICATED TO LITTLE FLORENCE GUERNSEY,
AS
A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HER FATHER’S LONG AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP; AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LAST MAY NOT PROVE TO HER THE LEAST OF THE “BESSIE BOOKS.”
CONTENTS.
I. PACKING UP 9
II. AT SEA 33
III. LUCY 54
IV. AN OLD ENEMY, BUT NEW FRIEND 80
V. BELLE’S HOME 101
VI. LETTERS 127
VII. A “REAL, REAL ADVENTURE” 157
VIII. OLD JOE 184
IX. KATE 211
X. MAGGIE’S POEM 232
XI. GOOD SEED 256
XII. “HAPPY DELIGHTS” 275
XIII. LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS 301
XIV. WATER-LILIES 330
XV. “OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” 351
BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS.