STORIES AND TALES. 7 vols. Illustrated.
THE LETTERS OF SARAH ORNE JEWETT. Illustrated.
THE TORY LOVER. Illustrated.
THE QUEEN'S TWIN AND OTHER STORIES.
THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS.
DEEPHAVEN.
Holiday Edition. With 52 illustrations.Attractively bound.
OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
COUNTRY BY-WAYS.
THE MATE OF THE DAYLIGHT, AND FRIENDS ASHORE.
A COUNTRY DOCTOR. A Novel.
A MARSH ISLAND. A Novel.
A WHITE HERON AND OTHER STORIES.
THE KING OF FOLLY ISLAND, AND OTHER PEOPLE.
STRANGERS AND WAYFARERS.
A NATIVE OF WINBY, AND OTHER TALES.
THE LIFE OF NANCY.
TALES OF NEW ENGLAND.
The Same. In Riverside Aldine Series In Riverside School Library.
PLAY-DAYS. Stories for Girls.
BETTY LEICESTER. A Story for Girls.
BETTY LEICESTER'S CHRISTMAS. Illustrated.
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COPYRIGHT 1879 BY HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT
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For a great many years it had been understoodin Longfield that Miss HoratiaDane once had a lover, and that hehad been lost at sea. By little and little, in oneway and another, her acquaintances had foundout or made up the whole story; and Miss Danestood in the position, not of an unmarried womanexactly, but rather of having spent most of herlife in a long and lonely widowhood. She lookedlike a person with a history, strangers often said(as if we each did not have a history); and herown unbroken reserve about this romance ofhers gave everybody the more respect for it.
The Longfield people paid willing deference toMiss Dane: her family had always been one thatcould be liked and respected, and she was thelast that was left in the old home of which shewas so fond. This was a high, square house,with