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  BESSIE AT THE SEA-SIDE

  _BOOKS BY JOANNA H. MATHEWS._

  I. THE BESSIE BOOKS.

  6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

  SEASIDE $1.25CITY 1.25FRIENDS 1.25MOUNTAINS 1.25SCHOOL 1.25TRAVELS 1.25

  II. THE FLOWERETS

  A SERIES OF STORIES ON THE COMMANDMENTS.

  6 vols. In a box. $3.60.

  VIOLET'S IDOL.DAISY'S WORK.ROSE'S TEMPTATION.LILY'S LESSON.HYACINTHE AND HER BROTHERS.PINKIE AND THE RABBITS.

  III. LITTLE SUNBEAMS.

  6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

  BELLE POWERS' LOCKET.DORA'S MOTTO. 16mo.LILY NORRIS' ENEMY.JESSIE'S PARROT.MAMIE'S WATCHWORD.NELLIE'S HOUSEKEEPING.

  IV. KITTY AND LULU BOOKS.

  6 vols. In a box. $6.00.

  TOUTOU AND PUSSY.KITTY'S ROBINS.THE WHITE RABBIT.RUDIE'S GOAT.KITTY'S VISIT.KITTY'S SCRAP-BOOK.

  V. MISS ASHTON'S GIRLS.

  1. FANNY'S BIRTHDAY $1.252. THE NEW SCHOLARS 1.253. ROSALIE'S PET 1.254. ELEANOR'S VISIT 1.255. MABEL WALTON 1.25

  VI. HAPS AND MISHAPS.

  6 vols. In a box. $7.50.

  1. LITTLE FRIENDS $1.252. THE BROKEN MALLET 1.253. BLACKBERRY JAM 1.254. MILLY'S WHIMS 1.255. LILIES AND THISTLEDOWN 1.256. UNCLE JOE'S THANKSGIVING 1.25

  ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,

  _New York_.

  FRONTISPIECE.

  Bessie at Sea Side.]

  _BESSIE AT THE SEA-SIDE._

  _BY_

  _JOANNA H. MATHEWS_

  "And a Little Child shall lead them."

  _NEW YORK:Robert Carter & Brothers_,530 BROADWAY.

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, byROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States forthe Southern District of New York.

  To my dear Mother,

  _Whose "children arise up and call her blessed,"_

  IS THIS LITTLE VOLUME

  _Lovingly and gratefully dedicated_

  CONTENTS.

  PAGE

  _I. The Sea-Shore_, 7

  _II. Old Friends and New_, 21

  _III. The Letter_, 34

  _IV. The Quarrel_, 50

  _V. Tom's Sunday-School_, 61

  _VI. The Post-Office_, 75

  _VII. A New Friend_, 96

  _VIII. Bessie's Little Sermon_, 113

  _IX. Faith_, 122

  _X. The Sick Baby_, 135

  _XI. The Happy Circumstance_, 147

  _XII. Miss Adams_, 157

  _XIII. Bessie's Repentance_, 167

  _XIV. Who is a Lady?_ 180

  _XV. Uncle John_, 194

  _XVI. The Birthday Presents_, 209

  _XVII. The Birthday Party_, 226

  _XVIII. The Adventure_, 247

  _XIX. Soul and Instinct_, 265

  _XX. Nurse taken by Surprise_, 281

  _XXI. The Colonel in Trouble_, 305

  _XXII. The Broken Nose_, 320

  _XXIII. Jesus' Soldier_, 335

  _BESSIE AT THE SEA-SIDE._