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Title: Berties Home
or, the Way to be Happy

Author: Madeline Leslie

Release Date: December 2, 2007 [EBook #23683]

Language: English

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THE WOODLAWN SERIES.

Bertie's Home:

OR,

THE WAY TO BE HAPPY.

BY MRS. MADELINE LESLIE.

BOSTON:
WOOLWORTH, AINSWORTH & COMPANY.

NEW YORK:
A. S. BARNES & COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

A. R. BAKER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

[Illustration: Mr. Curtis tying Duke. Vol. I., p. 93.]

[Illustration: THE WOODLAWN SERIES.]

BERTIE; OR, THE WOODLAWN SERIES.

BY MRS. MADELINE LESLIE.

16mo. 6 vols., Illustrated.

I. BERTIE'S HOME.

II. BERTIE AND THE CARPENTERS.

III. BERTIE AND THE MASONS.

IV. BERITE AND THE PLUMBERS.

V. BERTIE AND THE PAINTERS.

VI. BERTIE AND THE GARDENERS.

TO

HARRY, NELLIE, AND WILLIE SAMPSON;

ALSO,

To the Memory of their Deceased Brothers and Sister,

BERTIE, FRANKEY AND EMMA,

THESE LITTLE BOOKS ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

If the perusal prompt them and other readers to imitate the virtues of
our hero in his efforts to _be_ good, and to _do_ good, the wishes of
the author will be realized.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE RIDE, 11

CHAPTER II.

THE PURCHASE, 23

CHAPTER III.

WOODLAWN, 32

CHAPTER IV.

THE PLAN, 44

CHAPTER V.

THE DONKEY, 55

CHAPTER VI.

DRAGGING STONES, 64

CHAPTER VII.

THE BOY TEACHER, 77

CHAPTER VIII.

THE UNDERPINNING, 88

CHAPTER IX.

THE CELLAR, 90

CHAPTER X.

BERTIE AND WINNIE, 110

CHAPTER XI.

THE KIND BOY, 124

CHAPTER XII.

THE CROSS WORKMAN, 135

CHAPTER X