Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST. THE "Queen Hildegarde" Series. By Laura E. Richards. =HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST.= The _fifth volume_ of the Hildegarde Series. Illustrated with eight full-page cuts. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. A new volume in the "Hildegarde" series, some of the best and most deservedly popular books for girls issued in recent years. This new volume is fully equal to its predecessors in point of interest, and is sure to renew the popularity of the entire series. =HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBORS.= Fourth volume. Illustrated from original designs. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. =HILDEGARDE'S HOME.= Third volume. Illustrated with original designs by Merrill. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. =HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY.= Second volume. Illustrated with full-page plates by Copeland. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. =QUEEN HILDEGARDE.= First volume. Illustrated from original designs by Garrett (292 pp.). Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. "We would like to see the sensible, heroine-loving girl in her early teens who would not like this book. Not to like it would simply argue a screw loose somewhere."--_Boston Post._ =THE HILDEGARDE SERIES.= as above. 5 vols., square 16mo, put up in a neat box, $6.25. ***Next to Miss Alcott's famous "LITTLE WOMEN" series they easily rank, and no books that have appeared in recent times may be more safely put into the hands of a bright, intelligent girl than these five "Queen Hildegarde" books. =Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston.= [Illustration: "HILDEGARDE DANCED THE VIRGINIA REEL WITH THE COLONEL."] HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBOURS," "QUEEN HILDEGARDE," ETC. Illustrated BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1897,_ BY ESTES AND LAURIAT. Colonial Press: Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE MORNING MAIL 9 II. THE CHRISTMAS DRAWER 21 III. AUNT EMILY 41 IV. GREETINGS 59 V. AT THE EXCHANGE 73 VI. MORE GREETINGS 96 VII. MERRY WEATHER SIGNS 117 VIII. CHRISTMASING 137 IX. AN EVENING HOUR 162 X. DIE EDLE MUSICA 176 XI. THE BOYS 196 XII. JIMMY'S POND 217