GUESTS AT MR. FAIRCHILD'S 286 MORE ABOUT BESSY 300 BESSY'S MISFORTUNES 313 HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART I.) 326 HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART II.) 341 HISTORY OF LITTLE BERNARD LOW. (PART III.) 354 THE BIRTHDAY FEAST 382 GRANDMAMMA FAIRCHILD 400 GREAT CHANGES 408 GRANDMAMMA AND THE CHILDREN 416 HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART I.) 421 HISTORY OF EVELYN VAUGHAN. (PART II.) 446 FAREWELL TO THE OLD HOME 464 [Illustration] List of illustrations PAGE FRONTISPIECE--Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild had three children, Lucy, Emily and Henry. Good children 3 They ran on before 5 Here were abundance of flowers 8 "I sat down on one of the branches to eat cherries" 9 Mrs. Grace taught me to sew, and Mrs. Penelope taught me to read 11 "How lovely! How beautiful!" 19 She saw that it was a ring 24 Henry stood under the apple-tree 25 There was one he could just reach 27 Behind the stable 33 Lucy and Emily 34 Away he ran into the garden, followed by Lucy and Emily 37 They went along the great gallery 45 Emily and Lucy had never seen such fine clothes before 53 Dressed 58 At last she fell asleep 59 She took two or three damsons, which she ate in great haste 61 "What sound is that I hear?" said Emily 67 Emily and her brother and sister went to play in the garden 69 "I'll see now if I can't spoil Miss Patty's smart silk slip" 75 Looking in the glass, with a candle in her hand 84 "Please choose a book for me" 87 Henry reads the story 91 Marten behaved well at breakfast 92 A little old lady, dressed in a gray silk gown, came into the kitchen 99