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Claribel — Lucy Ellen Guernsey

Claribel

Lucy Ellen Guernsey

  • Children
  • Book language: English
  • 101 pages

A children's story from 1873 by Lucy Ellen Guernsey, published by the American Sunday-School Union and part of the Round Spring Stories. It follows Claribel through school and home life, with gentle moral and religious lessons, as suggested by chapter titles like The New Scholar. Worth listening for its warm portrait of nineteenth-century childhood and its simple, encouraging tone.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Transcriber's notes: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

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Claribel.—Frontispiece.

"Did it want to improve its mind?" said a voice,

which Claribel recognized as Percy's.

[The Round Spring Stories.]

CLARIBEL;

OR,

REST AT LAST.

BY

LUCY ELLEN GUERNSEY

AUTHOR OF "IRISH AMY," "OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS," "COMFORT ALLISON,"

"THE TATTLER," "NELLY; OR, THE BEST INHERITANCE," "TWIN ROSES,"

"ETHEL'S TRIAL," "THE FAIRCHILDS," "THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL EXHIBITION,"

"THE RED PLANT," "PERCY'S HOLIDAYS,"

"ON THE MOUNTAIN," "RHODA'S EDUCATION," ETC.

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PHILADELPHIA:

AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION,

NO. 1122 CHESTNUT STREET.

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NEW YORK: 8 & 10 BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by the

AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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WESTCOTT & THOMSON                                      HENRY B. ASHMEAD

Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Philada.                             Printer, Philada.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

THE NEW SCHOLAR

CHAPTER II.

"BITTER HONEY FROM FAIR FLOWERS"

CHAPTER III.

BAB

CHAPTER IV.

OPENING THE DOORS

CHAPTER V.

FANNY

CHAPTER VI.

PRISCILLA

CHAPTER VII.

LITTLE MADGE

CHAPTER VIII.

YELLOW COVERS

CHAPTER IX.

EXPLANATIONS

CLARIBEL.

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CHAPTER I.

THE NEW SCHOLAR.

"WE have got a new boarder, girls," said Emma Hausen, joining a group of her companions, under a great tree on the lawn. "She has just come up from the boat with Uncle Hausen. I

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Contents

  1. CLARIBEL;
  2. CHAPTER I.
  3. CHAPTER II.
  4. CHAPTER III.
  5. CHAPTER IV.
  6. CHAPTER V.
  7. CHAPTER VI.
  8. CHAPTER VII.
  9. CHAPTER VIII.
  10. CHAPTER IX.
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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