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HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS
BOOKS BY AMANDA M. DOUGLAS
THE HELEN GRANT BOOKS
ILLUSTRATED
HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS $1.25 HELEN GRANT'S FRIENDS 1.25 HELEN GRANT AT ALDRED HOUSE 1.25 HELEN GRANT IN COLLEGE 1.25 HELEN GRANT, SENIOR 1.25 HELEN GRANT, GRADUATE 1.25 HELEN GRANT, TEACHER 1.25 HELEN GRANT'S DECISION 1.25 HELEN GRANT'S HARVEST YEAR 1.25
ALMOST AS GOOD AS A BOY. Illustrated by BERTHA G. DAVIDSON 1.25
HEROES OF THE CRUSADES. Fifty full-page Illustrations from GUSTAVE DORE 1.50
LARRY (The $2000 PRIZE STORY) 1.00
THE KATHIE STORIES. Six Volumes. Illustrated. Per volume 1.00
THE DOUGLAS NOVELS. Twenty-four Volumes. Per vol. 1.00
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. BOSTON
Helen tells her dreams to the old apple tree.(_Frontispiece._) _Page 6._]
HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS
BY
AMANDA M. DOUGLAS
Author of "In the King's Country," "In Trust," "Larry," "The Kathie Stories," "Almost as Good as a Boy," etc.
_ILLUSTRATED BY AMY BROOKS_
BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Published, August, 1903
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY LEE AND SHEPARD
_All rights reserved_
HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS
Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. Norwood, Mass. U.S.A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HELEN, 1
II. AN EXCURSION TO HOPE, 20
III. AIR CASTLES WITH FOUNDATIONS, 41
IV. PLANTING OF SMALL SEEDS, 65
V. A GIRL'S DREAMS, 87
VI. HOW THEY ALL PLANNED, 106
VII. SUCCESSFUL, 127
VIII. MRS. VANDORN'S WINNING HAND, 148
IX. DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS, 169
X. BEGINNING ANEW, 196
XI. SCHOOL IN EARNEST, 218
XII. THE COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS, 238
XIII. A LITTLE SEED SOWN, 263
XIV. AND THORNS SPRANG UP, 284
XV. BETWIXT TWO, 306
XVI. HOPE THROUGH A WIDER OUTLOOK, 328
XVII. IN THE DELIGHTFUL CURRENT, 348
XVIII. WRIT IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, 371