When Grandmama was New
by Marion Harland
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About this eBook
- Author
- Harland, Marion, 1830-1922
- Title
- When Grandmamma Was New: The Story of a Virginia Childhood
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Virginia -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 25118
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25118
- Release Date
- April 21, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.When Grandmamma Was New — THE STORY OF A VIRGINIA CHILDHOOD — By Marion Harland — ILLUSTRATED — TO HORACE AND ERIC FRITZ, TERHUNE, AND STERLING This Story FIRST TOLD TO THEM OVER THE LIBRARY FIRE IN AUTUMN AND WINTER EVENINGS IS MOST LOVINGLY DEDICATED Sunnybank , Pompton, N.J.
- 2.Explanatory
- 3.Contents — When Grandmamma Was New
- 4.Chapter I — The Tragedy of Rozillah
- 5.Chapter II — A Prize Fight and a Race
- 6.Chapter III — Van Diemen's Land
- 7.Chapter IV — Oiled Calico
- 8.Chapter V — What Was Done With Musidora
- 9.Chapter VI — The Haunted Room
- 10.Chapter VII — Just For Fun
- 11.Chapter VIII — My First Lie, and What Came of It.
- 12.Chapter IX — My Pets
- 13.Chapter X — Circumstantial Evidence
- 14.Chapter XI — Frankenstein
- 15.Chapter XII — My Prize Beet
- 16.Chapter XIII — Two Adventures
- 17.Chapter XIV — Miss Nancy's Nerves
- 18.Chapter XV — Side-Blades & Water-Melons
- 19.Chapter XVI — Old Madam Leigh — JOHN AND RUTH LEIGH. TWIN-CHILDREN OF EDWARD AND JUDITH LEIGH. BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1790. DIED AUGUST 1, 1810. " I was dumb; I opened not my mouth, because THOU didst it. "
- 20.Chapter XVII — Out into the World — THE FAMOUS PEPPER BOOKS — Ethel In Fairyland — A Japanese Garland — A Partnership In Magic — Defending The Bank — The Mutineers — The Little Citizen — A Little Maid of Concord Town — By Way of the Wilderness — The Children On The Top Floor — ONLY DOLLIE — Hortense—A Difficult Child — LITTLE BETTY BLEW — Winifred's Neighbors — The Little Girl Next Door — Only Dollie
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