Alice and Beatrice

								




                           Alice and Beatrice

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    ALICE



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                BEATRICE.

                             BY GRANDMAMMA.

                 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN ABSOLOM.

NEW YORK:

                          E. P. DUTTON AND Co.

           GRIFFITH & FARRAN, ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD, LONDON.

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CONTENTS.

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                               CHAPTER I.



            VISIT TO GRANDMAMMA—WALKS TO THE              7

              SEA-SHORE—BATHING IN THE SEA



                              CHAPTER II.



            EVENING WALK—STEAMER—LACEMAKING              15



                              CHAPTER III.



            A RAINY DAY—STORY OF PRETTY AND THE BEAR     21



                              CHAPTER IV.



            RUSSIA AND THE FROZEN SEA                    29



                               CHAPTER V.



            CELLAR—WALK TO THE SEA-SHORE—RAINBOW,        35

              ETC.



                              CHAPTER VI.



            BEES SWARMING—FABLE OF THE ANT AND           46

              GRASSHOPPER



                              CHAPTER VII.



            SAIL TO BRANSCOMBE—HORSES CARRYING COALS     59



                             CHAPTER VIII.



            WALK ON THE HILLSIDE—TAME AND WILD           73

              RABBITS—RETURN HOME



                              CHAPTER IX.



            THE CHILD BURNT—A NEGRO CHILD CURED BY       83

              COTTON-WOOL



                               CHAPTER X.



            A WINTER’S DRIVE IN RUSSIA                   94



                              CHAPTER XI.



            CIDER-MAKING                                102



                              CHAPTER XII.



            SQUIRRELS                                   113



                             CHAPTER XIII.



            THE SHIPWRECK—THE PARROT                    117



                              CHAPTER XIV.



            THE KITTEN                                  133



                              CHAPTER XV.



            INSTINCT OF ANIMALS                         139



                              CHAPTER XVI.



            LENGTH OF DAY IN RUSSIA AND FINLAND         147



                             CHAPTER XVII.



            PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE MAKE ALL          156