MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS
[Front matter]
By Kate Douglas Wiggin
ROBINETTA. Illustrated.
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. Holiday Edition. Illustrated.
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THE OLD PEABODY PEW. With decorations and illustrations.
NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA. Illustrated.
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THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL. Illustrated.
THE STORY OF PATSY. Illustrated.
A SUMMER IN A CAÑON. A California Story. Illustrated.
TIMOTHY'S QUEST. A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, who cares to read it. Also Holiday Edition. Illustrated.
POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM. Illustrated.
NINE LOVE SONGS, AND A CAROL. Music by Mrs. Wiggin. Words by Herrick, Sill, and others.HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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"NOW, MOTHER, DO YOU LIKE JULIA CAREY?" (p. 36)
MOTHER CAREY'S
CHICKENS
BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1911
COPYRIGHT, 1910 AND 1911, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published September 1911
CONTENTS
I. Mother Carey Herself 1 II. The Chickens 7 III. The Common Denominator 16 IV. The Broken Circle 21 V. How about Julia? 27 VI. Nancy's Idea 39 VII. "Old Beasts into New" 52 VIII. The Knight of Beulah Castle 59 IX. Gilbert's Embassy 70 X. The Careys' Flitting 83 XI. The Service on the Threshold 94 XII. Cousin Ann 104 XIII. The Pink of Perfection 115 XIV. Ways and Means 124 XV. Belonging to Beulah 135 XVI. The Post-Bag 143 XVII. Jack of All Trades 152 XVIII. The House of Lords 163 XIX. Old and New 172 XX. The Painted Chamber 183 XXI. A Family Rhomboid 193 XXII. Cradle Gifts 204 XXIII. Nearing Shiny Wall 214 XXIV. A Letter from Germany 223 XXV. "Following the Gleam" 240 XXVI. A Zoölogical Father 252 XXVII. The Carey Housewarming 262 XXVIII. "Tibi Splendet Focus" 271 XXIX. "Th' Action Fine" 278 XXX. The Inglenook 291 XXXI. Grooves of Change 306 XXXII. Doors of Daring 318 XXXIII. Mother Hamilton's Birthday 325 XXXIV. Nancy comes Out 336 XXXV. The Crimson Rambler 344
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Now, mother, do you like Julia Carey?" (p. 36) Frontispiece "Come home, children!" 98 The Entire Family lived on the Front Stairs 156 "If my own girls would write me letters like this!" 196 "Read the last few lines" 234 Peter crouched on the Hearth and lighted the Fire 264 "For you the hearth-fire glows" 274 Mother Carey was moved to the Very Heart 306 "I was on the point of kissing you" 316 "Pick that little cluster" 348
From drawings by Alice Barber Stephens.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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