Down the Snow Stairs; Or, From Good-Night to Good-Morning

								


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                         DOWN THE SNOW STAIRS;



                                  OR,



                    FROM GOOD-NIGHT TO GOOD-MORNING.



                           BY ALICE CORKRAN,



           Author of “Margery Merton’s Girlhood,” etc., etc.



               WITH SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE.

                    NEW YORK:

                         A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.

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                               CONTENTS.



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               CHAP.                                 PAGE



                  I. Christmas Eve                      1



                 II. Kitty and Johnnie                 17



                III. Down the Snow Stairs              34



                 IV. Naughty Children Land             48



                  V. “To Daddy Coax’s House”           67



                 VI. Daddy Coax                        85



                VII. On the Other Side of the         112

                       Stream



               VIII. Pictures in the Fog              122



                 IX. Love Speaks                      151



                  X. In the Wood                      162



                 XI. Kitty Dances with Strange        177

                       Partners



                XII. “Eat or Be Eaten”                192



               XIII. Play-Ground, and After           206



                XIV. “I and Myself”                   215



                 XV. Was it Johnnie’s Face?           229



                XVI. At the Gate                      242

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                         LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.



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                  The Two Ways                   FRONTISPIECE.



                  Restless Kitty                     1



                  Johnnie and His Art Treasures      5



                  The Snow-Man                      16



                  Down the Wide Staircase           16



                  Kitty’s Tears                     22



                  Sliding Down the Balusters        28



                  The Snow-Man Visits Kitty         35



                  Following the Snow-Man            39



                  The Drollest Creature             40



                  Kitty and the Elf                 45