Produced by Jason Isbell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "IT SEEMED SCARCELY BEARABLE TO LEAVE SUCH DELIGHTFULNESS"--_Page 231_] THE SECRET GARDEN BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT _Author of_ "_The Shuttle_," "_The Making of a Marchioness_," "_The Methods of Lady Walderhurst_," "_That Lass o' Lowries_," "_Through One Administration_," "_Little Lord Fauntleroy_" "_A Lady of Quality_," etc. [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1911, by_ FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT _Copyright, 1910, 1911, by_ THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING CO. _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian._ _August, 1911._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THERE IS NO ONE LEFT 1 II MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY 10 III ACROSS THE MOOR 23 IV MARTHA 30 V THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR 55 VI "THERE WAS SOME ONE CRYING--THERE WAS!" 65 VII THE KEY OF THE GARDEN 75 VIII THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY 85 IX THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN 97 X DICKON 111 XI THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH 128 XII "MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?" 140 XIII "I AM COLIN" 153 XIV A YOUNG RAJAH 172 XV NEST BUILDING 189 XVI "I WON'T!" SAID MARY 207 XVII A TANTRUM 218 XVIII "THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME" 229 XIX "IT HAS COME!" 239 XX "I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!" 255 XXI BEN WEATHERSTAFF 268 XXII WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN 284 XXIII MAGIC 292 XXIV "LET THEM LAUGH" 310 XXV THE CURTAIN 328 XXVI "IT'S MOTHER!" 339 XXVII IN THE GARDEN 353 THE SECRET GARDEN CHAPTER I THERE IS NO ONE LEFT