A story of the best type of home life, with a charming heroine.

THEN CAME CAROLINE

By LELA HORN RICHARDS

With illustrations by M. L. Greer.

12mo. Cloth 306 pages.

Caroline was the fourth daughter in Doctor Ravenel's family
of five girls,--fourth on the list, but first in mischief, in ingenu-ity,
in originality, in human sympathy and democracy. The
father's health made it necessary for the Ravenels to leave their
old Southern home and migrate to Colorado. Here Caroline
grew up--from ten to eighteen--her days full of interest,
her courage, as the family struggled along under straightened
circumstances, always unflagging. Sometimes the delight and
sometimes the despair of her mother and her sisters, Caroline
made friends in many quarters and met in unusual ways the many
emergencies into which her impulsiveness led her.

This is a splendid story of the best type of home life, and the
four other girls--Leigh the unselfish, Alison the ambitious and
self-seeking, Mayre the artistic and Hope the baby--complete
a well-individualized group, alternately caressed and disciplined
by old black "Mammy," who had accompanied her "fam'bly"
from Virginia. There are plenty of boys in the story too, likable
lads, such as inevitably would gather around a group of whole-some
and merry girls, ready for a game, a dance or any other
frolic. Caroline will be a favorite with girl readers. They will
enjoy the account of her running away; her attempt to help her
mother form a "social acquaintance" in their new home; her out-witting
of Alison at the party; her early literary efforts; and the
daring with which she "puts her finger" in nearly:everyone's "pie."

LITTLE, BROWN and CO., PUBLISHERS
34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON

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