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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