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Title: Timothy's Quest
A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It

Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Release Date: June 7, 2006 [EBook #18531]

Language: English

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By Mrs. Wiggin.

THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL. Illustrated. Square 12mo, boards, 50 cents.

THE STORY OF PATSY, Illustrated. Square 12mo, boards, 60 cents.

A SUMMER IN A CANON. A California Story. Illustrated. New Edition. 16mo,
$1.25.

TIMOTHY'S QUEST. A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, who cares to read
it. 16mo, $1.00.

THE STORY HOUR. A Book for the Home and Kindergarten. By Mrs. Wiggin and
Nora A. Smith. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.00.

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. A Book of Nursery Logic. 16mo, $1.00.

A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP, and PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES. Illustrated.
16mo, $1.00.

POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM. Illustrated, 16mo, $1.00.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK.

TIMOTHY'S QUEST

_A STORY FOR ANYBODY, YOUNG OR OLD,
WHO CARES TO READ IT_

BY

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

AUTHOR OF "BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL," "THE STORY OF PATSY,"
"A SUMMER IN A CANON," ETC.

[Illustration: The Riverside Press logo.]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1894

Copyright, 1890,

BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

_All rights reserved._

THIRTY-SEVENTH THOUSAND

_The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A._
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.

To

NORA

DEAREST SISTER, STERNEST CRITIC,

BEST FRIEND.

CONTENTS.

SCENE I.
PAGE

FLOSSY MORRISON LEARNS THE SECRET OF DEATH
WITHOUT EVER HAVING LEARNED THE SECRET
OF LIFE