MARM LISA
BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
The eternal-womanly
Ever leadeth us on
Goethe's Faust.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1896
Copyright, 1896,
By KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge Mass., U. S. A.
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By Mrs. Wiggin.
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CONTENTS
chapter page I. Eden Place 1 II. Mistress Mary's Garden 12 III. A Family Polygon 23 IV. Marm Lisa is Transplanted 37 V. How the New Plant grew 47 VI. From Grubb to Butterfly 61 VII. The Comet and the Fixed Star 70 VIII. The Young Minister's Psychological Observations 84 IX. Marm Lisa's Quest 96 X. The Twins join the Celestials 107 XI. Rhoda frees her Mind 118 XII. Flotsam and Jetsam 132 XIII. Leaves from Mistress Mary's Garden 148 XIV. More Leaves 161 XV. "The Feast o' the Babe" 174 XVI. Cleansing Fires 183
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