OR, THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD
BY LAURA E. RICHARDS
AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY," "THREEMARGARETS," "QUEEN HILDEGARDE," ETC.
BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1900
By Dana Estes & Company
Colonial Press:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
TO
E. A. R.
WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING
CHAP. | PAGE | |
CHAPTER I. | The House | 1 |
CHAPTER II. | The Child | 7 |
CHAPTER III. | The Man | 17 |
CHAPTER IV. | Asking Questions | 26 |
CHAPTER V. | Phillips; and a Story | 38 |
CHAPTER VI. | Milking the Cow | 50 |
CHAPTER VII. | The Story | 60 |
CHAPTER VIII. | The Key of the Fields | 72 |
CHAPTER IX. | Restored to Life | 83 |
CHAPTER X. | Good-bye | 90 |
The house was so well hidden, one might almost stumble against itbefore one became aware of it. All round the woods stood tall anddense, old woods of pine and hemlock, with here and there great smooth,squat