[Illustration: [Page 38 “‘DAVID!’ SHE CALLED. ‘DAVID! DAVID! DAVID!’”] SILENCE _AND OTHER STORIES_ _By_ MARY E. WILKINS _Author of “Jerome, A Poor Man” “Madelon” “Jane Field”_ WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS __________________________________________________ | | | +Books by+ | | | | MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN | | | | THE COPY-CAT AND OTHER STORIES. | | Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | BY THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL. | | Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE DEBTOR. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | EVELINA’S GARDEN. 16mo. | | THE FAIR LAVINIA. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | GILES CORY, YEOMAN. Illustrated. 32mo. | | THE GIVERS. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | A HUMBLE ROMANCE. Post 8vo. | | JANE FIELD. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | JEROME--A POOR MAN. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE LOVE OF PARSON LORD. Post 8vo. | | MADELON. Post 8vo. | | A NEW ENGLAND NUN. Post 8vo. | | PEMBROKE. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE PORTION OF LABOR. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE SHOULDERS OF ATLAS. | | Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | SILENCE, ETC. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | SIX TREES. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | UNDERSTUDIES. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE WINNING LADY AND OTHERS. | | Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | THE YATES PRIDE. Illustrated. 16mo. | | YOUNG LUCRETIA. Illustrated. Post 8vo. | | | | HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK | |________________________________________________| Copyright, 1898, by +Harper & Brothers+. Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS PAGE +Silence+ 1 +The Buckley Lady+ 55 +Evelina’s Garden+ 111 +A New England Prophet+ 184 +The Little Maid at the Door+ 225 +Lydia Hersey, of East Bridgewater+ 255 ILLUSTRATIONS