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Title: Miss Mouse and Her Boys
Author: Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator: L. Leslie Brooke
Release Date: January 14, 2010 [EBook #30966]
Language: English
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MISS MOUSE AND HER BOYS
[Illustration: 'OH, WHAT A _LOT_ OF BOYS!'--p. 2. _Front._]
MISS MOUSE AND HER BOYS
* * * * *
BY MRS. MOLESWORTH
* * * * *
ILLUSTRATED BY L. LESLIE BROOKE
[Illustration]
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1897
To the dear memory of
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
SIR CRAVEN CHARLES GORING, BART.
WHOSE UNFAILING INTEREST IN MY WORK
HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH MANY YEARS
19 SUMNER PLACE, S.W.,
_May_ 1897.
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I
'WHAT A LOT OF BOYS!' 1
CHAPTER II
PAT AND PETS 16
CHAPTER III
GUESTS AT TEA 28
CHAPTER IV
WANTED--A SISTER 44
CHAPTER V
BOB 58
CHAPTER VI
FERRETS AND FAIRIES 73
CHAPTER VII
NANCE'S STORY 89
CHAPTER VIII
NANCE'S STORY (_Continued_) 109
CHAPTER IX
MISS MOUSE 'AT HOME' 123
CHAPTER X
THE STORY OF THE LUCKY PENNY 140
CHAPTER XI
A GREAT SACRIFICE 157
CHAPTER XII
OUT ON THE MOOR
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