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Title: The Rosie World

Author: Parker Fillmore

Illustrator: Maginel Wright Enright

Release Date: March 21, 2010 [EBook #31718]

Language: English

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THE ROSIE WORLD

BY
PARKER FILLMORE

Author of "The Hickory Limb," "The Young Idea"

With Illustrations by
MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1914

Copyright, 1914.
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

_Published September, 1914_

Parts of _The Rosie World_ have appeared serially in _Everybody's
Magazine_ under the titles: "The Chin-Chopper," "A Little Savings
Account," copyright, 1912, by The Ridgway Company; "A Little Mother
Hen," "The Loan of a Gentleman Friend," "Crazy with the Heat,"
copyright, 1913, by The Ridgway Company; "The Stenog," "The Watch-Dog,"
"The Rosie Morrow," copyright, 1914, by The Ridgway Company; and in
_Smith's Magazine_ under the title: "What Every Lady Wants," copyright,
1913, by Street & Smith.

To
Gilman Hall

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE CHIN-CHOPPER 1

II THE SCHNITZER 7

III THE PAPER-GIRL 18

IV A LITTLE SAVINGS ACCOUNT 25

V GEORGE RILEY ON MUCKERS 40

VI JACKIE 47

VII HOW TO KEEP A DUCK OUT OF WATER 59

VIII A LITTLE MOTHER HEN 67