Hildegarde's Holiday: A Story for Girls is a children's novel by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, part of the Hildegarde series. It follows Hildegarde's experiences during a holiday, offering gentle adventures and wholesome lessons for young readers. It is a pleasant example of late 19th-century girls' fiction.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY THE HILDEGARDE-MARGARET SERIES Leaf By Laura E. Richards Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume, $1.75 Leaf Queen Hildegarde Hildegarde's Holiday Hildegarde's Home Hildegarde's Neighbors Hildegarde's Harvest Three Margarets Margaret Montfort Peggy Rita Fernley House The Merryweathers The above eleven volumes boxed as a set, $19.25 Leaf L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
"'DO TELL US ABOUT HER, PLEASE!"" "DO TELL US ABOUT HER, PLEASE!""
THE HILDEGARDE SERIES Hildegarde's Holiday A STORY FOR GIRLS BY LAURA E. RICHARDS Author of "The Margaret Series," "The Hildegarde Series," "Captain January," "Melody," "Five Minute Stories," etc. ILLUSTRATED Emblem THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON :: PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1891 By Estes and Lauriat
Made in U. S. A. THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A. To H. R. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Introductory 11 II. Miss Wealthy 20 III. The Orchard 34 IV. The Doctors 53 V. On the River 74 VI. A Morning Drive 94 VII. A "Story Evening" 126 VIII. Flower-Day 151 IX. Broken Flowers 178 X. The House in the Wood 201 XI. "Up in the Morning early" 222 XII. Benny 241 XIII. A Surprise 254
XIV. Telemachus goes a-fishing 278 XV. The Great Scheme 300 XVI. The Widow Brett 314 XVII. Old Mr. Colt 337 XVIII. Joyous Gard 354 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "'Do tell us about her, please!'" (p. 128) Frontispiece "'And everything is right for supper, Martha?'" 23 "'Do say it's all right, Jeremiah!'" 77 "Then they hugged each other a little" 111 "'Don't you think we have enough flowers, Rosy?'" 174 "So down plumped Hildegarde" 194 "'Oh, such a dee ole kitty!'" 247 "'Not a thing in the house!'" 333 HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
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