# Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

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Edition: Boston; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1909.
First serialized in Wide Awake in 1880 and published in book form in 1881. Book 1 in the Five Little Peppers series for children. This story tells how the Peppers live, learn, and play in their little brown house. They are poor, and Mamsie must work constantly to keep the wolf from the door, but their lives are unexpectedly happy.
“MOTHER'S RICH ENOUGH.”
THE FAMOUS PEPPER BOOKS By MARGARET SIDNEY
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW Illustrated by Hermann Heyer 12mo Cloth $1.50
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS MIDWAY Illustrated by W. L. Taylor 12mo Cloth $1.50
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS GROWN UP Illustrated by L. Mente 12mo Cloth $1.50
PHRONSIE PEPPER Illustrated by Jessie Mcdermott 12mo Cloth $1.50
THE STORIES POLLY PEPPER TOLD Illustrated by E. B. Barry and Jessie Mcdbrmott
12mo Cloth $1.50
THE ADVENTURES OF JOEL PEPPER illustrated by Sears Gallagher 12mo Cloth $1.50
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD Illustrated by Fanny Cory 12mo Cloth $1.50
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT SCHOOL Illustrated by Hermann Heyer 12mo Cloth $1.50
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman 12mo Cloth $1.90
BEN PEPPER Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman 12mo Cloth $1.50
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. BOSTON
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS
AND
HOW THEY GREW
BY
MARGARET SIDNEY
AUTHOR OF "FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS MIDWAY," "FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS GROWN UP," "BEN PEPPER," "A LITTLE MAID OF CONCORD TOWN," " FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
PEPPER
TRADE-MARK
Registered in U.S. Patent Office.
COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY.
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY HARRIETT M. LOTHROP.
All rights reserved.
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY MOTHER;
wise in counsel—tender in judgment, and in all charity—
strengthful in Christian faith
and purpose—
I dedicate, with reverence, this simple book.

### CONTENTS

* CHAP PAGE
* 1. A Home View 7
* 2. Making Happiness for Mamsie 19
* 3. Mamsie's Birthday 37
* 4. Trouble for the Little Brown House 48
* 5. More Trouble 69
* 6. Hard Days for Polly 85
* 7. The Cloud over the Little Brown House 103
* 8. Joel's Turn 110
* 9. Sunshine Again 117
* 10. A Threatened Blow 134
* 11. Safe 143
* 12. New Friends 147
* 13. Phronsie pays a Debt of Gratitude 171
* 14. A Letter to Jasper 177
* 15. Jolly Days 195
* 16. Getting a Christmas for the Little Ones 216
* 17. Christmas Bells 235
* 18. Education Ahead 253
* 19. Brave Work, and the Reward 275
* 20. Polly is Comforted 281
* 21. Phronsie 293
* 22. Getting Ready for Mamsie and the Boys 313
* 23. Which Treats of a Good Many Matters 341
* 24 Polly's Dismal Morning 370
* 25 Polly's Big Bundle 960
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