Hollyhock House

by Marion Ames Taggart

“‘NOT SUCH TALL, TALL GIRLS MY DAUGHTERS!’”

HOLLYHOCK HOUSE

A Story for Girls

BY

MARION AMES TAGGART

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANCES ROGERS

Copyright, 1916, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

Dedicated
with love to
Florence Ames

Contents

Chapter		Page
I.	“The Rosebud Garden of Girls”	3
II.	“Who Loves a Garden Loves a Greenhouse, too”	20
III.	“A Rosebud Set with Little Wilful Thorns”	37
IV.	“Home at Evening's Close to Sweet Repast and Calm Repose”	57
V.	“Sweet as English Air Could Make Her”	75
VI.	“Something Between a Hindrance and a Help”	95
VII.	“'Tis Just Like a Summer Bird Cage in a Garden”	111
VIII.	“And Add to These Retired Leisure, That in Trim Gardens Takes His Pleasure”	129
IX.	“Whose Yesterdays Look Backward with a Smile”	146
X.	“'Tis Beauty Calls and Glory Shows the Way”	165
XI.	“He Nothing Common Did or Mean”	183
XII.	“And Learn the Luxury of Doing Good”	199
XIII.	“Wise to Resolve and Patient to Perform”	215
XIV.	“Our Acts Our Angels Are, or Good or Ill”	233
XV.	“Fragrant the Fertile Earth After Soft Showers”	250
XVI.	“Implores the Passing Tribute of a Sigh”	267
XVII.	“Rich with the Spoils of Nature”	285
XVIII.	“And Feel That I Am Happier Than I Know”	302

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
“‘Not such tall, tall girls, my daughters!’”		Frontispiece
Facing Page
“'What time do you think the perfesh, which stop here, rises?’”		44
“‘Mary, this is Wilfrid Willoughby who drives splendidly, and is going to look after us this summer.’”		174
“Those who knew her best were amazed and a little startled”		240