Chapter XXII: NAY

THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE;
OR,
UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE.
By Charlotte M. Yonge

CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
I. THE BIRTH-DAY GIFT
II. THE PIC-NIC
III. FORTUNATUS' PURSE
IV. TWILIGHT AND DAWN
V. WORKING FOR BREAD
VI. THE CACIQUE
VII. THE CHESS-PLAYER'S BATTLE
VIII. THE HOME
IX. THE THIRTEEN
X. THE FAMILY COBWEB ON THE MOVE
XI. THE CHORAL FESTIVAL
XII. GIANT DESPAIR'S CASTLE
XIII. PEGASUS IN HARNESS
XIV. WHAT IT MAY LEAD TO
XV. WHAT IT LED TO
XVI. THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT
XVII. MIDSUMMER SUN
XVIII. BY THE RIVER
XIX. THE HOUSE WITHOUT PILLARS
XX. VALE LESTON
XXI. A KETTLE OF FISH
XXII. THE REAL THING AND NO MISTAKE
XXIII. SMOKE-JACK ALLEY

THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE
OR
UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE
By
Charlotte M. Yonge
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL II.
CONTENTS TO VOL II.
XXIV. FAMILY GHOOLS
XXV. DON GIOVANNI
XXVI. TRANSMUTATION
XXVII. DON OR MYNHEER
XXVIII. STARS GRATIS
XXIX. BRYNHILD
XXX. THE SCULPTOR
XXXI. THE BARBE BLONDE
XXXII. THE NID D'AVIS
XXXIII. A BOOTLESS BENE
XXXIV. THE VICAR OF VALE LESTON
XXXV. THE OLD SQUIRE AND THE NEW
XXXVI. POSSESSION
XXXVII. INVASIONS
XXXVIII. K.T.
XXXIX. FOUR YEARS
XL. A K T STROPHE
XLI. CHESTS AND HEARTS
XLII. A HALCYON DAY
XLIII. PRINCESS FAIR-STAR
XLIV. THE FIDDLER'S RANCH
XLV. THE MYRTLE SPRAY
XLVI. SOUR GRAPES
XLVII. THE TASK OVER
XLVIII. SHATTERED PILLARS
XLIX. THE RIVAL OWLS
CONCLUSION

JOHN Keble’S PARISHES
A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE
By Charlotte M. Yonge
AN OLD INHABITANT
CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

Merdon and Otterbourne

1

CHAPTER II

Mediæval Gifts

13

CHAPTER III

Reformation Times

27

CHAPTER IV

Puritan Times

39

CHAPTER V

Customs of the Manor of Merdon

53

CHAPTER VI

Cranbury and Brambridge

69

CHAPTER VII

The Building at Hursley

78

CHAPTER VIII

Old Otterbourne

83

CHAPTER IX

Church Building

92

CHAPTER X

Hursley Church

107

CHAPTER XI

The Golden Days of Hursley

125

CHAPTER XII

Hursley Vicarage

135

CHAPTER XIII

Later Changes

145

CHAPTER XIV

A Survey

153

CHAPTER XV

Words and Phrases

171

CHAPTER XVI

Natural History

190
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

John Keble, from the Pencil Drawing by John Bacon, jun., (1851), by permission of the Rev. J. B. Medley of Tyntesfield

Frontispiece

Merdon Castle and Well, Hursley Park

To face page 10

Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector

49

The Old Church at Hursley

79

Hursley Park House. N.-E. FRONT, 1867

81

Exterior, Otterbourne Church

98

Ampfield Church

102

Fountain at Ampfield

103

Hursley Vicarage and Church

122

Sir William Heathcote, Bart. After the picture by George Richard, R.A., 1870; by permission of P. and D. Colnaglie and Co.

128

Hursley Church

141

Interior, Otterbourne Church

144

A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS
By Charlotte M. Yonge

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