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Title: Sara Crewe
or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Release Date: March 7, 2008 [EBook #24772]

Language: English

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SARA CREWE

OR

WHAT HAPPENED AT MISS MINCHIN'S

[Illustration: "SHE LAID HER DOLL, EMILY, ACROSS HER KNEES, AND PUT HER
FACE DOWN UPON HER, AND HER ARMS AROUND HER, AND SAT THERE, NOT SAYING
ONE WORD, NOT MAKING ONE SOUND."]

SARA CREWE

OR

WHAT HAPPENED AT MISS MINCHIN'S

BY

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1891

COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

[_All rights reserved._]

Press of J. J. Little & Co.,
Astor Place, New York.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FROM DRAWINGS BY REGINALD B. BIRCH.

"She laid her doll, Emily, across her knees, and put her face down upon
her, and her arms around her, and sat there, not saying one word, not
making one sound." Frontispiece.

"She slowly advanced into the parlor, clutching her doll." Page 15

"Eat it," said Sara, "and you will not be so hungry." " 41

"He was waiting for his Master to come out to the carriage, and Sara
stopped and spoke a few words to him." " 49

"The monkey seemed much interested in her remarks." " 63

"He drew her small, dark head down upon his knee and stroked her
hair." " 79

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