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Title: Betty Leicester
A Story For Girls

Author: Sarah Orne Jewett

Release Date: January 28, 2009 [EBook #27923]

Language: English

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BETTY LEICESTER

Books by Sarah Orne Jewett

STORIES AND TALES. 7 vols. Illustrated.

THE LETTERS OF SARAH ORNE JEWETT. Illustrated.

THE TORY LOVER. Illustrated.

THE QUEEN'S TWIN AND OTHER STORIES.

THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS.

DEEPHAVEN.
_Holiday Edition._ With 52 illustrations. Attractively bound.

OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.

COUNTRY BY-WAYS.

THE MATE OF THE DAYLIGHT, AND FRIENDS ASHORE.

A COUNTRY DOCTOR. A Novel.

A MARSH ISLAND. A Novel.

A WHITE HERON AND OTHER STORIES.

THE KING OF FOLLY ISLAND, AND OTHER PEOPLE.

STRANGERS AND WAYFARERS.

A NATIVE OF WINBY, AND OTHER TALES.

THE LIFE OF NANCY.

TALES OF NEW ENGLAND.
THE SAME. In Riverside Aldine Series. In Riverside School Library.

PLAY-DAYS. Stories for Girls.

BETTY LEICESTER. A Story for Girls.

BETTY LEICESTER'S CHRISTMAS. Illustrated.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

[Illustration]

BETTY LEICESTER

_A STORY FOR GIRLS_

BY

SARAH ORNE JEWETT

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY MARY R. JEWETT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

WITH LOVE TO

M. G. L.

ONE OF THE FIRST OF BETTY'S FRIENDS

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I. AS FAR AS RIVERPORT 1
II. THE PACKET BOAT 17
III. A BIT OF COLOR 28
IV. TIDESHEAD 40
V. AT BECKY'S HOUSE 50
VI. THE GARDEN T