MRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOL

Dedication 316
Elizabeth Villiers:  The Sailor Uncle 319
Louisa Manners:  The Farm House 328
Ann Withers:  The Changeling 334
Elinor Forester:  The Father’s Wedding Day 350
Margaret Green:  The Young Mahometan 354
Emily Barton:  Visit to the Cousins 360
Maria Howe:  The Witch Aunt 368
Charlotte Wilmot:  The Merchant’s Daughter 375
Susan Yates:  First Going to Church 378
Arabella Hardy:  The Sea Voyage 384

THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS 389

POETRY FOR CHILDREN

Envy 404
The Reaper’s Child 404
The Ride 405
The Butterfly 406
The Peach 407
Chusing a Name 408
Crumbs to the Birds 408
The Rook and the Sparrows 409
Discontent and Quarrelling 410
Repentance and Reconciliation 411
Neatness in Apparel 412
The New-born Infant 412
Motes in the Sun-beams 413
The Boy and the Snake 413
The First Tooth 415
To a River in which a Child was Drowned 416
The First of April 416
Cleanliness 417
The Lame Brother 418
Going into Breeches 419
Nursing 420
The Text 421
The End of May 422
Feigned Courage 424
The Broken Doll 425
The Duty of a Brother 426
Wasps in a Garden 427
What is Fancy?