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Title: Fernley House

Author: Laura E. Richards

Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry

Release Date: May 12, 2008 [EBook #25446]

Language: English

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FERNLEY HOUSE

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

By Laura E. Richards

_The_ MARGARET SERIES

Three Margarets
Margaret Montfort
Peggy
Rita
Fernley House

_The_ HILDEGARDE SERIES

Queen Hildegarde
Hildegarde's Holiday
Hildegarde's Home
Hildegarde's Neighbors
Hildegarde's Harvest

DANA ESTES & COMPANY
Publishers
Estes Press, Summer St., Boston

[Illustration: "HUGH AND MARGARET, ALL UNCONSCIOUS OF HER SCRUTINY, WERE
ENJOYING THEMSELVES EXTREMELY."]

FERNLEY HOUSE

BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS

AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY," "QUEEN HILDEGARDE," "GEOFFREY
STRONG," ETC.

Illustrated by
ETHELDRED B. BARRY

[Illustration]

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1901_
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

FERNLEY HOUSE

Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A DUET 11

II. MRS. PEYTON'S COMPANION 23

III. AN ARRIVAL 33

IV. UNCLE JOHN'S IDEA 46

V. A VISION 58

VI. ALI BABA 70

VII. MORE ARRIVALS 86

VIII. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 100

IX. ABO