Chapter I: Front Matter

HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST.

THE

"Queen Hildegarde" Series.

By Laura E. Richards.

=HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST.=

The _fifth volume_ of the Hildegarde Series.
Illustrated with eight full-page cuts. Square
16mo, cloth, $1.25.

A new volume in the "Hildegarde" series, some of the best and most deservedly popular books for girls issued in recent years. This new volume is fully equal to its predecessors in point of interest, and is sure to renew the popularity of the entire series.

=HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBORS.=

Fourth volume. Illustrated from original designs.
Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. Square 16mo, cloth,
$1.25.

=HILDEGARDE'S HOME.=

Third volume. Illustrated with original designs by
Merrill. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25.

=HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY.=

Second volume. Illustrated with full-page plates
by Copeland. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25.

=QUEEN HILDEGARDE.=

First volume. Illustrated from original designs by
Garrett (292 pp.). Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25.

"We would like to see the sensible, heroine-loving girl in her early teens who would not like this book. Not to like it would simply argue a screw loose somewhere."--_Boston Post._

=THE HILDEGARDE SERIES.=

as above. 5 vols., square 16mo, put up in a neat box, $6.25.

***Next to Miss Alcott's famous "LITTLE WOMEN" series they easily rank, and no books that have appeared in recent times may be more safely put into the hands of a bright, intelligent girl than these five "Queen Hildegarde" books.

=Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston.=

HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBOURS,"
"QUEEN HILDEGARDE," ETC.

Illustrated

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1897,_
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT.

Colonial Press:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MORNING MAIL 9

II. THE CHRISTMAS DRAWER 21

III. AUNT EMILY 41

IV. GREETINGS 59

V. AT THE EXCHANGE 73

VI. MORE GREETINGS 96

VII. MERRY WEATHER SIGNS 117

VIII. CHRISTMASING 137

IX. AN EVENING HOUR 162

X. DIE EDLE MUSICA 176

XI. THE BOYS 196

XII. JIMMY'S POND 217

XIII. MERRY CHRISTMAS 238

XIV. BELLEROPHON 257

XV. AT LAST 279

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

"HILDEGARDE DANCED THE VIRGINIA REEL WITH THE
COLONEL" _Frontispiece_

BELL'S LETTER 14

"MRS. DELANSING SCRUTINISED HER AS SHE CAME
THROUGH THE LONG ROOM" 50

"'HILDEGARDE GRAHAME, IN THE NAME OF ALL
THAT'S WONDERFUL!'" 91

"'CONSIDER THE BEAUTY OF YOUR OFFSPRING'" 140

DIE EDLE MUSICA 177

ON JIMMY'S POND 223

"A LITTLE FIGURE . . . STOOD OUT CLEAR AGAINST
THE DARK FIRS" 274

HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST.