# The Country of the Pointed Firs

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THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge MDCCCXCVI
TO ALICE GREENWOOD HOWE ❦
CONTENTS.
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* I.The Return................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II.Mrs. Todd................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* III.The Schoolhouse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* IV.At the Schoolhouse Window................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
* V.Captain Littlepage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
* VI.The Waiting Place................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* VII.The Outer Island................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* VIII.Green Island................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
* IX.William................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
* X.Where Pennyroyal Grew................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
* XI.The Old Singers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
* XII.A Strange Sail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
* XIII.Poor Joanna................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98
* XIV.The Hermitage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................115
* XV.On Shell-heap Island................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127
* XVI.The Great Expedition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................134
* XVII.A Country Road................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144
* XVIII.The Bowden Reunion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................156
* XIX.The Feast's End................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................175
* XX.Along Shore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184
* XXI.The Backward View................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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