A Flat Iron for a Farthing

About this eBook

Author

Ewing, Juliana Horatia, 1841-1885

Title

A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an only Son

Credits

Produced by Kathryn Lybarger, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Boys -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19859

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19859

Release Date

November 18, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Queen's Treasures Series — A Flat Iron For A Farthing — or — Some Passages in the Life of an only Son — by
2. 2.Juliana Horatia Ewing — Illustrated by
3. 3.M. V. Wheelhouse — George Bell & Sons — London — 1908.
4. 4.E. B. — OBIT 3 MARCH, 1872, ÆT. 83.
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING
9. 9.CHAPTER I — MOTHERLESS
10. 10.CHAPTER II — "THE LOOK"—RUBENS—MRS. BUNDLE AGAIN
11. 11.CHAPTER III — THE DARK LADY—TROUBLE IMPENDING—BEAUTIFUL, GOLDEN MAMMA
12. 12.CHAPTER IV — AUNT MARIA—THE ENEMY ROUTED—LONDON TOWN
13. 13.CHAPTER V — MY COUSINS—MISS BLOMFIELD—THE BOY IN BLACK
14. 14.CHAPTER VI — THE LITTLE BARONET—DOLLS—CINDER PARCELS—THE OLD GENTLEMAN NEXT DOOR—THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
15. 15.CHAPTER VII — POLLY AND I RESOLVE TO BE "VERY RELIGIOUS"—DR. PEPJOHN—THE ALMS-BOX—THE BLIND BEGGAR
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII — VISITING THE SICK
17. 17.CHAPTER IX — "PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE"
18. 18.CHAPTER X — CONVALESCENCE—MATRIMONIAL INTENTIONS—THE JOURNEY TO OAKFORD—OUR WELCOME
19. 19.CHAPTER XI — THE TINSMITH'S—THE BEAVER BONNETS—A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING—I FAIL TO SECURE A SISTER—RUBENS AND THE DOLL
20. 20.CHAPTER XII — THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN—THE MEADS—THE DROWNED DOLL
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII — POLLY—THE PEW AND THE PULPIT—THE FATE OF THE FLAT IRON
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV — RUBENS AND I "DROP IN" AT THE RECTORY—GARDENS AND GARDENERS—MY FATHER COMES FOR ME
23. 23.CHAPTER XV — NURSE BUNDLE IS MAGNANIMOUS—MR. GRAY—AN EXPLANATION WITH MY FATHER
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI — THE REAL MR. GRAY—NURSE BUNDLE REGARDS HIM WITH DISFAVOUR
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII — I FAIL TO TEACH LATIN TO MRS. BUNDLE—THE RECTOR TEACHES ME
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII — THE ASTHMATIC OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS RIDDLES—I PLAY TRUANT AGAIN—IN THE BIG GARDEN
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX — THE TUTOR—THE PARISH—A NEW CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ALMS-BOX
28. 28.CHAPTER XX — THE TUTOR'S PROPOSAL—A TEACHERS' MEETING
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI — OAKFORD ONCE MORE—THE SATIN CHAIRS—THE HOUSEKEEPER—THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN—FAMILY MONUMENTS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII — NURSE BUNDLE FINDS A VOCATION—RAGGED ROBIN'S WIFE—MRS. BUNDLE'S IDEAS ON HUSBANDS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII — I GO TO ETON—MY MASTER—I SERVE HIM WELL
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV — COLLECTIONS—LEO'S LETTER—NURSE BUNDLE AND SIR LIONEL
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV — THE DEATH OF RUBENS—POLLY'S NEWS—LAST TIMES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI — I HEAR FROM MR. JONATHAN ANDREWES—YORKSHIRE—ALATHEA ALIAS BETTY—WE BURY OUR DEAD OUT OF OUR SIGHT—VOICES OF THE NORTH
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII — THE NEW RECTOR—AUNT MARIA TRIES TO FIND HIM A WIFE—MY FATHER HAS A SIMILAR CARE FOR ME
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII — I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE BROKEN-HEARTED—MARIA IN LOVE—I MAKE AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE, WHICH IS NEITHER ACCEPTED NOR REFUSED
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX — THE FUTURE LADY DAMER—POLLY HAS A SECRET—UNDER THE MULBERRY-TREE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX — I MEET THE HEIRESS—I FIND MYSELF MISTAKEN ON MANY POINTS—A NEW KNOT IN THE FAMILY COMPLICATIONS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI — MY LADY FRANCES—THE FUTURE LADY DAMER—WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AT LAST
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII — WE COME HOME—MRS. BUNDLE QUITS SERVICE — THE END
41. 41.The Queen's Treasures Series — LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS

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