SARA CREWE
OR
WHAT HAPPENED AT MISS MINCHIN'S
BY
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1891
Copyright, 1888, byCHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
[All rights reserved.]
Press of J. J. Little & Co.,Astor Place, New York.
FROM DRAWINGS BY REGINALD B. BIRCH.
"She laid her doll, Emily, across her knees, and put her face down uponher, and her arms around her, and sat there, not saying one word, notmaking one sound." | Frontispiece. |
"She slowly advanced into the parlor, clutching her doll." | Page 15 |
"Eat it," said Sara, "and you will not be so hungry." | " 41 |
"He was waiting for his Master to come out to the carriage, and Sarastopped and spoke a few words to him." | " 49 |
"The monkey seemed much interested in her remarks." | " 63 |
"He drew her small, dark head down upon his knee and stroked herhair." | " 79 |
In the first place, Miss Minchin lived in London. Her home was a large,dull, tall one, in a large, dull square, where all the houses werealike, and all the sparrows were alike, and where all the door-knockersmade the same heavy sound, and on still days—and nearly all the dayswere still—seemed to resound t