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THE SECRET GARDEN
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
THE SECRET GARDEN
"IT SEEMED SCARCELY BEARABLE TO LEAVE SUCH DELIGHTFULNESS"—Page 231
THE SECRET GARDEN
BY
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Author of
"The Shuttle," "The Making of a Marchioness," "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst," "That Lass o' Lowries," "Through One Administration," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "A Lady of Quality," etc.
NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Copyright, 1910, 1911, by The Phillips Publishing Co.
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.
Printed in the United States of America.
CONTENTS
* CHAPTERPAGE
* IThere is No One Left................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* IIMistress Mary Quite Contrary................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* IIIAcross the Moor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
* IVMartha................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* VThe Cry in the Corridor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
* VI“There Was Some One Crying—There Was”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
* VIIThe Key of the Garden................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75
* VIIIThe Robin Who Showed the Way................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* IXThe Strangest House Any One Ever Lived In................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
* XDickon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* XIThe Nest of the Missel Thrush................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128
* XII“Might I Have a Bit of Earth?”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................140
* XIII“I am Colin”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153
* XIVA Young Rajah................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172
* XVNest Building................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................189
* XVI“I Won‘t!” Said Mary................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207
* XVIIA Tantrum................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................218
* XVIII“Tha’ Munnot Waste No Time”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................229
* XIX“It Has Come!”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................239
* XX“I Shall Live Forever—and Ever and Ever!”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* XXIBen Weatherstaff................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................268
* XXIIWhen the Sun Went Down................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................284
* XXIIIMagic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................292
* XXIV“Let Them Laugh”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................310
* XXVThe Curtain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................328
* XXVI“It’s Mother!”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................339
* XXVIIIn the Garden................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................353
THE SECRET GARDEN
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