THE LONG VACATION
By Charlotte M. Yonge
How the children leave us, and no traces Linger of that smiling angel-band, Gone, for ever gone, and in their places Weary men and anxious women stand. ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — A CHAPTER OF RETROSPECT
CHAPTER II. — A CHAPTER OF TWADDLE
CHAPTER IV. — SLUM, SEA, OR SEASON
CHAPTER VI. — ST. ANDREW’S ROCK
CHAPTER VII. — THE HOPE OF VANDERKIST
CHAPTER VIII. — THE MOUSE-TRAP
CHAPTER XI. — HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIP
CHAPTER XII. — THE LITTLE BUTTERFLY
CHAPTER XIII. — TWO SIDES OF A SHIELD AGAIN
CHAPTER XIV. — BUTTERFLY’S NECTAR
CHAPTER XV. — A POOR FOREIGN WIDOW
CHAPTER XVI. — “SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES”
CHAPTER XVIII. — THE EVIL STAR
CHAPTER XXIII. — ILLUMINATIONS
CHAPTER XXIV. — COUNSELS OF PATIENCE
CHAPTER XXVI. — THE SILENT STAR
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE RED MANTLE
CHAPTER XXVIII. — ROCCA MARINA
CHAPTER XXIX. — ROWENA AND HER RIVAL
CHAPTER XXX. — DREAMS AND NIGHTINGALES