A Victorian children’s novel about three sisters—Minnie, Maud, and Margerie—and the small means by which great ends are reached. It opens at Briar Cottage in winter snow and follows family worries, adventures, and lessons in courage and kindness. Margerie, the youngest, stands at the heart of this warm, gently moral tale.
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Opening of the book
Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS: OR LITTLE MEANS TO BIG ENDS. BY JENNIE CHAPPELL Author of "Berne's Bargain;" "Little Radiance;" "The Man of the Family;" &c. image002 Lucem Libris • Disseminumus.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 49 OLD BAILEY, E.C. GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN. CONTENTS. ———— Chap. I. MINNIE, MAUD, AND MARGERIE II. DESERTED III. EXPLANATIONS IV. ANXIOUS TIMES V. MARGERIE'S ADVENTURE VI. BLACK-EYED AND BAREFOOT VII. GRANDMOTHER VIII. AWAY FROM HOME IX. A MYSTERY
X. THE COAL-CELLAR WINDOW
XI. "NED'S ENOUGH!"
XII. A BRAVE CONFESSION
XIII. SITTING ON A PLANK
XIV. REUNION
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THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS.
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CHAPTER I.
MINNIE, MAUD, AND MARGERIE.
OUT in the quiet street the soft, cold snow lay thick; the round middle bed in the small front garden of Briar Cottage gleamed smooth and white in the gathering dusk like the top of a giant Twelfth-cake; the path was hidden, the bushes were loaded, the windowsill was piled high with a downy drift, yet the crystal flakes were still falling—falling—falling. Silently,
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