Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net QUEEN HILDEGARDE BOOKS BY LAURA E. RICHARDS * * * * * Each 1 volume, cloth decorative, illustrated, $1.75 Star Bright Captain January The above volumes boxed as a set, $3.50 STORIES FOR LITTLE FOLKS Each, one volume, cloth decorative, illustrated Five Minute Stories $1.75 More Five Minute Stories 1.75 Three Minute Stories 1.75 A Happy Little Time 1.75 Four Feet, Two Feet, No Feet 2.75 When I Was Your Age 1.75 THE CAPTAIN JANUARY SERIES Captain January $1.00 Melody 1.00 Each, one volume, illustrated, 90 cents Jim of Hellas Marie Rosin the Beau Snow-white Narcissa "Some Day" Nautilus Isla Heron The Little Master Captain January--_Baby Peggy Edition_ $2.50 HILDEGARDE-MARGARET SERIES Each, one volume, illustrated, $1.75 Queen Hildegarde Hildegarde's Holiday Hildegarde's Home Hildegarde's Neighbors Hildegarde's Harvest Three Margarets Margaret Montfort Peggy Rita Fernley House The Merryweathers The above eleven volumes are also boxed as a set, $19.25 * * * * * Honor Bright $1.75 Honor Bright's New Adventure 1.75 The Armstrongs 1.50 The Green Satin Gown 1.50 * * * * * L.C. PAGE & COMPANY (Inc.) 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. [Illustration: "SHE GLANCED INTO THE LONG CHEVAL-GLASS."] _THE HILDEGARDE SERIES_ Queen Hildegarde A STORY FOR GIRLS BY LAURA E. RICHARDS Author of "The Margaret Series," "The Hildegarde Series," "Captain January," "Melody," "Five Minute Stories," etc. _ILLUSTRATED_ [Illustration] THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON . PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1889, by_ THE PAGE COMPANY Copyright renewed, 1917 Made in U.S.A. Thirty-second Impression, August, 1927 THE COLONIAL PRESS C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A. TO MY BELOVED SISTER, =Maud Howe Elliott.= CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. HILDEGARDIS GRAHAM 9 II. DAME AND FARMER 31 III. THE PRISONER OF DESPAIR 49 IV. THE NEW HILDA 73 V. THE BLUE PLATTER 94 VI. HARTLEY'S GLEN 111 VII. PINK CHIRK 135 VIII. THE LETTER 160 IX. THE OLD CAPTAIN 178 X. A PARTY OF PLEASURE 198 XI. THE WARRIOR QUEEN 218 XII. THE OLD MILL 237 XIII. THE TREE-PARTY 272 THE LAST WORD 289 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE