_POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ [Illustration] POMONA'S TRAVELS [Illustration] BY FRANK R. STOCKTON ILLUSTRATED BY A.B. FROST 1894 [Illustration] _In Uniform Binding_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ [Illustration: CONTENTS] LETTER ONE. _Wanted,--a Vicarage_ LETTER TWO. _On the Four-in-hand_ LETTER THREE. _Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR. _The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE. _Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX. _Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER SEVEN. _The Hayfield_ LETTER EIGHT. _Jone teaches Young Ladies how to Rake_ LETTER NINE. _A Runaway Tricycle_ LETTER TEN. _Pomona slides Backward down the Slope of the Centuries_ LETTER ELEVEN. _On the Moors_ LETTER TWELVE. _Stag-hunting on a Tricycle_ LETTER THIRTEEN. _The Green Placard_ LETTER FOURTEEN. _Pomona and her David Llewellyn_ LETTER FIFTEEN. _Hogs and the Fine Arts_ LETTER SIXTEEN. _With Dickens in London_ LETTER SEVENTEEN. _Buxton and the Bath Chairs_ LETTER EIGHTEEN. _Mr. Poplington as Guide_ LETTER NINETEEN. _Angelica and Pomeroy_ LETTER TWENTY. _The Countess of Mussleby_ LETTER TWENTY-ONE. _Edinboro' Town_ LETTER TWENTY-TWO. _Pomona and her Gilly_ LETTER TWENTY-THREE. _They follow the Lady of the Lake_ LETTER TWENTY-FOUR. _Comparisons become Odious to Pomona_ LETTER TWENTY-FIVE. _The Family-Tree-Man_ LETTER TWENTY-SIX. _Searching for Dorkminsters_ LETTER TWENTY-SEVEN. _Their Country and their Custom House_ [Illustration] [Illustration: List of Illustrations] _Title Page_ _Vignette Heading to Table of Contents_ _Tail piece to Table of Contents_ _Vignette Heading to List of Illustrations_ _Tail-piece to List of Illustrations_ _Heading and Initial Letter_ _"Boy, go order me a four-in-hand"_ _The Landlady with an "underdone visage"_ _"I looked at the ladder and at the top front seat"_ _"Down came a shower of rain"_ _"Ask the waiter what the French words mean"_ _Vignette Heading and Initial Letter_ _Jone giving an order_ _The Carver_ _"You Americans are the speediest people"_ _"That was our house"_ _Vignette Heading and Initial Letter_ _"The young lady who keeps the bar"_ _"I see signs of weakening in the social boom"_ _At the Abbey_ _Vignette Heading and Initial Letter_ _"There, with the bar lady and the Marie Antoinette chambermaid, was Jone"_ _"At last I did get on my feet"_ _"Rise, Sir Jane Puddle"_ _Vignette Heading and initial Letter_ _"In an instant I was free"_ _"If you was a man I'd break your head"_ _"I'm a Home Ruler"_ _Vignette Heading and Initial Letter_ _"And with a screech I dashed at those hogs like a steam engine"_ _"In the winter, when the water is frozen, they can't get over"_ _"Who do you suppose we met? Mr. Poplington!"_ _Mr. Poplington looking for luggage_ _Vignette Heading and Initial Letter_ _Pomona encourages Jonas_ _"Stop, lady, and I'll get out"_