Aileen Aroon, A Memoir

About this eBook

Author

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910

Title

Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37330

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37330

Release Date

September 6, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites" — Preface. — Chapter One. — Prologistic. — Chapter Two. — Introducing Aileen Aroon. — Chapter Three. — Containing the Story of One of Aileen’s Friends. — Our Dandie. — Chapter Four. — Dedicated to Girls and Boys Only. — Puff: The Autobiography of a Persian Pussy. — Lost; or, Little Nellie’s Favourite. — Chapter Five. — Embodying a Little Tale and a Little Adventure. — “That Skye-Terrier.”—A Burlesque. — Chapter Six. — Aileen and Nero—A Dog’s Receipt for Keeping Well—Dog’s in the Snow in Greenland—The Life-Story of Aileen’s Pet, “Fairy Mary.” — A Dog’s Receipt for Keeping Well. — Dogs in the Snow in Greenland. — “Fairy Mary.” — Chapter Seven. — Only a Dog. — Dolls: His Little Story. — Chapter Eight. — A Tale Told by the Old Pine-Tree. — Blucher: The Story of a Newfoundland. — Chapter Nine. — Tea on the Lawn, and the Story of a Starling. — My Starling “Dick.” — Chapter Ten. — The Life and Death of Rook Toby. — Toby: The Story of a Sailor Sheep. — Chapter Eleven. — A Bird-Haunted Lawn in June—Pets of my Early Years. — Pets of my Early Years. — Chapter Twelve. — Early Studies in Natural History. — Chapter Thirteen. — All About my Bird Pets. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Redstart, the Goldfinch, the Mavis, and Merle. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Bird-Haunted Churchyard. — Chapter Sixteen. — A Friend of my Student Days. — Chapter Seventeen. — The Days When we went Cruising. — Chapter Eighteen. — Blue-Jackets’ Pets. — Chapter Nineteen. — My Cabin Mates and Bedfellows: A Sketch of Life on the Coast of Africa. — Chapter Twenty. — My Cabin Mates—Concluded. — Chapter Twenty One. — Containing a Tale to Banish the Creepies. — Jeannie’s Boarding-house: A Seaside Story. — Chapter Twenty Two. — An Evening Spent at our own Fireside. — The Fireside Favourite: An Autobiography. — Chapter Twenty Three. — “Greyfriars’ Bobby”—“Pepper”—The Blind Fiddler’s Dog. — “Pepper.” — The Blind Fiddler’s Dog. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Mr and Mrs Polypus: A Story Founded on a Fact in Natural History. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Tale of the “Twin Chestnuts”; or, a Summer Evening’s Reverie. — The Twin Chestnuts: A Reverie. “They grew in beauty side by side.” — Chapter Twenty Six. — The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero. — “The Bad Boys’ Cricket Match.” — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero—Continued. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero—Continued. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — The Story of Aileen’s Husband, Nero—Continued. — Chapter Thirty. — Ida’s Illness—Mercy to the Dumb Animals. — Chapter Thirty One. — Mirram: A Sketch from the Life of a Cat—About Summer Songs and Songsters. — Mirram: A Sketch from the Life of a Cat. — About Summer Songs and Songsters. — Chapter Thirty Two. — Harry’s Holiday—King John; or, The Tale of a Tub—Sindbad; or, the Dog of Penellan. — Harry’s Holiday. — King John; or, The Tale of a Tub. — Sindbad; or, The Dog of Penellan. — Chapter Thirty Three. — A Short, Because a Sad One. — Chapter Thirty Four. — The Last.

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