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Title: Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Author: Mrs. Woods Baker

Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22195]

Language: English

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LITTLE TORA:

THE SWEDISH SCHOOLMISTRESS

And Other Stories.

[Illustration: "_The school was going on in its usual routine._"
Page 33.]

[Illustration: A BRAVE DEED
_Page 40_]

LITTLE TORA

THE SWEDISH SCHOOLMISTRESS

And Other Stories

BY

MRS. WOODS BAKER

AUTHOR OF "THE BABES IN THE BASKET," "THE SWEDISH TWINS,"
"FIRESIDE SKETCHES FROM SWEDISH LIFE,"
ETC. ETC.

[Illustration]

THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
_London, Edinburgh, and New York_

1898

CONTENTS.

A Swedish Schoolmistress.

I. LITTLE TORA, 13
II. FACING THE WORLD, 19
III. A NARROW ESCAPE, 32
IV. A HAPPY MORNING, 42
V. THE PERMANENT PUPIL, 50

A Week at Kulleby.

I. CHURCH SERVICE, 57
II. AT THE PASTOR'S, 63
III. A STRANGE MEETING, 69
IV. TOO LATE, 76
V. KARIN AND ELSA, 81
VI. CHRISTMAS EVE, 89

Alf.

I. A FOOLISH RESOLVE, 97
II. AFTER THIRTY YEARS, 104
III. IN THE POORHOUSE, 110
IV. PREPARING FOR