# Anne's Terrible Good Nature (Collection)

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Mr. E. V. Lucas keeps this freshness and perfect understanding, and writes stories as though they were told under the open gaze of a child, who listens "with all his ears." ... Though their adventures may be rather unusual, as children they always keep their own place—and that is in our hearts. —The Outlook, 28 Nov 1908 [Full review in the Discussion page]
ANNE'S TERRIBLE GOOD NATURE
OTHER BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY THE SAME AUTHOR
* A BOOK OF VERSES FOR CHILDREN
* ANOTHER BOOK OF VERSES FOR CHILDREN
* THE FLAMP
* THE AMELIORATOR
* THE SCHOOLBOY'S APPRENTICE
* OLD-FASHIONED TALES
* FORGOTTEN TALES OF LONG AGO
* THREE HUNDRED GAMES AND PASTIMES
* RUNAWAYS AND CASTAWAYS
* THE "ORIGINAL POEMS" OF ANN AND JANE TAYLOR
* THE SLOW-COACH: A Story. Illustrated in Colour by M. V. Wheelhouse
* A CAT BOOK. Illustrated by Pat Sullivan
TO THE OLD WOMAN'S INTENSE ASTONISHMENT, SHE GAVE HER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR OF HER THREEPENNY BITS. [p. 42
ANNE'S TERRIBLE GOOD NATURE AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN
BY
E. V. LUCAS
WITH 12 ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. H. BUCKLAND
NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
First published, August 1908; Reprinted December 1908, July 191 1, March 1915, December 1919, June 1923, December 1924, and January 1928.
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PREFACE
Of the eleven stories in this book, seven now appear for the first time. For permission to reprint "Sir Franklin and the Little Mothers," I have to thank Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co.; and Messrs. George Allen & Sons allow me to include "The Miss Bannisters' Brother." "The Monkey's Revenge" was printed first in Messrs. Dent's Christmas Treasury, and "The Anti-burglars" in The Woman at Home for December 1902 The motive of the title story was given to me by Mrs. Charles Bryant, and that of "The Ring of Fortitude" by Mrs. W. M. Meredith. The suggestion as to organs and street cries in "The Notice-Board" was made to me by Oxford's Professor of Poetry. The autobiographies of coins, I might add, are a commonplace in old books for children; but one is at liberty, I think, to adapt the idea to one's own time without being guilty of very serious want of originality.
E. V. L.

### CONTENTS

* Anne's Terrible Good Nature ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
* The Thousand Threepenny Bits ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
* Roderick's Pros................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55
* The Monkey's Revenge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
* The Notice-Board ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
* The Miss Bannisters' Brother ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 109
* The Anti-Burglars ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 143
* Sir Franklin and the Little Mothers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 169
* The Gardens and the Nile ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 203
* A Day in the Life of a Shilling ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 217
* The Ring of Fortitude ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 237
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### ILLUSTRATIONS

* TO FACE PAGE
* TO THE OLD WOMAN'S INTENSE ASTONISHMENT, SHE GAVE HER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR OF HER THREEPENNY BITS frontispiece
* "PLEASE DON'T TROUBLE TO GO BACK. I'LL LEND YOU THE CUPS AND SAUCERS" 19
* THESE TOMMY CATHCART AND SHE SLIPPED INTO THE HANDS OF THE SANDWICH-MEN 44
* THE PRESENCE OF SO SMALL A CRICKETER MADE A GREAT SENSATION AMONG THE PORTERS 64
* "DO LOOK AT THAT QUEER LITTLE MAN!" 80
* "WE HAD IT MADE ON PURPOSE" 103
* THERE WAS CHRISTINA 114
* WHILE MARY HELD THE LANTERN, HE WORKED AWAY AT THE FASTENINGS 162
* A LITTLE PROCESSION PASSED THE DOORWAY 181
* "YES, NURSE, BUT DO TELL ME WHAT SPEKE DID?" 206
* "A BLUE RIBBON WAS THREADED THROUGH ME, AND I WAS HUNG ROUND A LITTLE GIRL'S NECK" 229
* "WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT MR. DEAR IS LIKE?" 255
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