hings, barbed, sparsely, with seeds,
Must struggle for life with the brambles and weeds.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--Leaving Home. 11

II.--Phoemie's First Visit. 25

III.--About Girls. 28

IV.--More About Girls. 33

V.--Poor Children. 39

VI.--He Has Come. 41

VII.--The French Dress-maker. 45

VIII.--The Genuine Madame. 48

IX.--Ready to Land. 51

X.--Down the Bay. 54

XI.--The Grand Duke. 57

XII.--Tickets for the Ball. 60

XIII.--The Grand Duke's Ball. 63

XIV.--The Natural History Philanthropist. 67

XV.--Christmas in New York. 74

XVI.--The Night Before Christmas. 78

XVII.--Early Service. 81

XVIII.--High Church. 84

XIX.--Christmas Morning. 88

XX.--About Lions. 90

XXI.--Dining in the Dark. 95

XXII.--New Year's Day. 99

XXIII.--The New Year's Reception. 102

XXIV.--Mignon: A Night at the Grand Opera. 108

XXV.--The Black Crook. 114

XXVI.--Living Apart. 120

XXVII.--More About Fisk. 124

XXVIII.--She Would Go. 128

XXIX.--Mr. Greeley's Birthday Party. 132

XXX.--Leap Year. 135

XXXI.--A Man that Wouldn't Take Money. 140

XXXII.--A Democratic Lunch. 144

XXXIII.--Dempster Proposes a Trip. 149

XXXIV.--In Washington. 152

XXXV.--Getting Information. 157

XXXVI.--The Liederkranz Ball.