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THE OLD RED SCHOOL HOUSE. (FRONTISPIECE) Page 117
UPS AND DOWNS; OR, Silver Lake Sketches.
BYCOUSIN CICELY.
AUTHOR OF "LEWIE; OR, THE RENDED TWIG," ETC. ETC.AUBURN AND BUFFALO: JOHN E. BEARDSLEY.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, BY ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of New York. THOMAS B. SMITH, STEREOTYPER AND ELECTROTYPER, 216 William Street, N. Y.
Preface.
ON looking out upon the ever-changing surface of our beautiful lake, with its constant variations of light and shade, it is more easy and natural than original, perhaps, to think of it as a type of the thick-coming changes in life's history. Now comes a day when it is all calm and serene, without a cloud to reflect itself in its clear, blue waters,—the next will find it alternately streaked with bright sunshine and dark shadows. "Some days must be dark and rainy," and then all wears a leaden and sombre hue, though even on such there is a beam which at times shoots athwart the gloom and tells of brighter days to come, and hints that the sun is yet behind the cloud.
But, sometimes, when everything seems brightest and fairest, a sudden cloud is wafted over the scene, and all is page: vi-vii (Table of Contents) [View Page vi-vii (Table of Contents) ] changed in a moment. One of these unexpected shadows has darkened the pathway of Cousin Cicely for a time; and besides disconcerting other plans, has delayed the publication of the present volume for several months. What is in the book the author scarcely knows, as it is a long time since she has looked at the MSS.; but remembers that a few months since she was willing to submit it to the friends who have looked so kindly upon her former efforts, and is now willing to depend upon the judgment of her publishers and other friends.
The stories are many of them founded on fact; some of them may seem rather trivial. The author hopes, however, that they will have the pleasing effect to wile away a few unoccupied moments, as they did for herself in their cool position.
COUSIN CICELY
Contents.
- MISS TOD, M.D.; OR, A DISEASE OF THE HEART. 9
- UNCLE CALEB'S ADOPTED DAUGHTER. 19
- THE VERMONT COUSIN. 60
- UPS AND DOWNS. 77
- THE LONELY MOURNER. 103
- THE OLD RED SCHOOL HOUSE. 112
- A LESSON OF CONTENTMENT. 139
- THE HUSBAND OF A WIDOW. 158
- DISCRIMINATING CHARITY. 174
- LIZZIE ELLISON'S STORY. 205
- THE HEIR OF GLEN HOWARD. 245
- POOR NINA, THE FUGITIVE. 269
- WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 308
- THE OLD SCOTCH COUPLE. 315
- THE BURNING OF YORK MINSTER. 327
