[Illustration: "Dear me! how stiff and proper they both were."--Page 235.] THE CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME BY PANSY AUTHOR OF "FOUR GIRLS AT CHAUTAUQUA," "ESTER RIED," "LINKS IN REBECCA'S LIFE," "JULIA RIED," "HOUSEHOLD PUZZLES," "RUTH ERSKINE'S CROSSES," "THE RANDOLPHS," "WISE AND OTHERWISE," "A NEW GRAFT ON THE FAMILY TREE," "WHAT SHE SAID, AND WHAT SHE MEANT," "THE POCKET MEASURE," "HALL IN THE GROVE," "SOME YOUNG HEROINES," "FIVE FRIENDS," "MRS. SOLOMON SMITH LOOKING ON," ETC. TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 & 80 KING ST. EAST MONTREAL: C. W. COATES HALIFAX: S. F. HUESTIS CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. TREADING ON NEW GROUND 7 CHAPTER II. FLOSSY "BEGINS" 30 CHAPTER III. BURDENS 49 CHAPTER IV. COL. BAKER'S SABBATH EVENING 72 CHAPTER V. NEW MUSIC 87 CHAPTER VI. DISTURBING ELEMENTS 102 CHAPTER VII. PRAYER-MEETING AND TABLEAUX 118 CHAPTER VIII. DR. DENNIS' STUDY 134 CHAPTER IX. A WHITE SUNDAY 150 CHAPTER X. THE RAINY EVENING 166 CHAPTER XI. THE NEXT THING 181 CHAPTER XII. SETTLING QUESTIONS 197 CHAPTER XIII. LOOKING FOR WORK 211 CHAPTER XIV. AN UNARMED SOLDIER 227 CHAPTER XV. MARION'S PLAN 243 CHAPTER XVI. THEORY VERSUS PRACTICE 258 CHAPTER XVII. THE DISCUSSION 275 CHAPTER XVIII. THE RESULT 291 CHAPTER XIX. KEEPING THE PROMISE 307 CHAPTER XX. HOW IT WAS DONE 322 CHAPTER XXI. RUTH AND HAROLD 337 CHAPTER XXII. REVIVAL 355 CHAPTER XXIII. THE STRANGE STORY 368 CHAPTER XXIV. LONELINESS 385 CHAPTER XXV. THE ADDED NAME 401 CHAPTER XXVI. LEARNERS 418 CHAPTER XXVII. FLOSSY'S PARTY 435 CHAPTER XXVIII. A PARTING GLANCE 451 [Illustration] THE CHAUTAUQUA GIRLS AT HOME. CHAPTER I. TREADING ON NEW GROUND.