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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.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
_Copyright, 19ll, by_
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
_Copyright, 1910, 19ll, by_
THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING CO.
_All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian._
_August, 19ll._
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THERE IS NO ONE LEFT 1
II MISTRESS MARY QUITE CONTRARY 10
III ACROSS THE MOOR 23
IV MARTHA 30
V THE CRY IN THE CORRIDOR 55
VI "THERE WAS SOME ONE CRYING--THERE WAS!" 65
VII THE KEY OF THE GARDEN 75
VIII THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY 85
IX THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN 97
X DICKON ll1
XI THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH 128
XII "MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?" 140
XIII "I AM COLIN" 153
XIV A YOUNG RAJAH 172
XV NEST BUILDING 189
XVI "I WON'T!" SAID MARY 207
XVII A TANTRUM 218
XVIII "THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME" 229
XIX "IT HAS COME!" 239
XX "I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!" 255
XXI BEN WEATHERSTAFF 268
XXII WHEN TH…