Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/onlyagirlaroman00wistgoog 2. This was published also in England under the title "Ernestine: A Novel", translated by S. Baring Gould. 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. ONLY A GIRL: OR A PHYSICIAN FOR THE SOUL. A ROMANCE FROM THE GERMAN OF WILHELMINE VON HILLERN. BY MRS. A. L. WISTER. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1871. * * * * * Entered, according to act of Congress, In the year 1870, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. * * * * * CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. "Only a Girl" II. The Story of the Ugly Duckling III. Atonement IV. The Sad Survivors V. Undeceived VI. Soul-Murder VII. Departure PART II. I. "Only a Woman" II. The Swan III. The Village School IV. The Guardian V. Fruitless Pretensions VI. Emancipation of the Flesh VII. Emancipation of the Spirit VIII. "When Women hold the Reins" IX. Vox Populi, Vox Dei X. Nowhere at Home XI. Inharmonious Contrasts PART III. I. The Strength of Weakness II. The Weakness of Strength III. Silver-armed Käthchen IV. Battle V. Science and Faith VI. Sentenced VII. The Orphan VIII. Blossoms on the Border of the Grave IX. It is Morning again X. Return XI. "Give us this Day Our Daily Bread" XII. The Third Power ONLY A GIRL; OR A PHYSICIAN FOR THE SOUL. CHAPTER I. "ONLY A GIRL."