[Illustration: JEAN WITH A PIGEON ON EACH SHOULDER WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY. _Frontispiece_] [Illustration] The Corner Series THE FOUR CORNERS ABROAD By AMY E. BLANCHARD George W. Jacobs & Company Philadelphia. Copyright, 1909, by GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY _Published August, 1909_ _All rights reserved_ Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS I. THE FOURTH IN PARIS 7 II. THE DAY OF BASTILLE 25 III. HOUSEKEEPING 43 IV. A GLIMPSE OF SPAIN 65 V. A FIESTA 87 VI. SPANISH HOSPITALITY 105 VII. ACROSS THE CHANNEL 125 VIII. IN LONDON TOWN 145 IX. WORK 165 X. A NIGHT ADVENTURE 187 XI. SETTLING DOWN 209 XII. ALL SAINTS 229 XIII. THE FAIRY PLAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 247 XIV. "STILLE NACHT" 267 XV. IN THE MOUNTAINS 289 XVI. HERR GREEN-CAP 313 XVII. GOOD-BYE MUNICH 335 XVIII. JACK AS CHAMPION 357 XIX. A YOUTHFUL GUIDE 377 XX. TOWARD THE TOE 397 ILLUSTRATIONS Jean with a pigeon on each shoulder was perfectly happy _Frontispiece_ Nan volunteered to go for supplies _Facing page_ 52 Mary Lee was snapping her fingers and taking her steps " " 96 Jo managed to get next to the driver " " 150 The children stood in awe and delight at the Krippen " " 270 [Illustration: CHAPTER I THE FOURTH IN PARIS] CHAPTER I THE FOURTH IN PARIS IT was at Passy that a little party of American girls were discussing the afternoon's plans one day in July. The three older girls were most interested; the two younger were too much engrossed in a game of Diabolo to notice very much what the others were talking about. "You see it's raining," said Nan Corner, a tall girl with dark hair, "so we can't go in the Bois as we intended." "Neither do we want to follow Aunt Helen's example and go hunting for antiques," put in Nan's sister, Mary Lee. "What do you say we do, Jo?" Jo Keyes was drumming on the window-pane and looking out at the rather unpromising weather. "I see an American flag, girls," she said. "Hail to you, Old Glory!--Goodness me!" She turned around. "Do you all know what day it is? Of course we must do something patriotic."