The first edition of this book is dated 1880. The edition used is dated 1880. The publisher was Blackie and Son Ltd, London, Glasgow and Dublin. The number of pages is 218.

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General information

This is another story by Amy Walton about life in the English countryside towards the end of the nineteenth century. It is a sequel to “The Hawthorns”, except that, for some reason, the name has become “Hawthorne”.

On the whole the principal dramatis personae, the Hawthorne household, are unchanged. The additions are Miss Barnicroft, an eccentric old lady from the village; Kettles, an impoverished child from Nearminster, the cathedral city close by; Dr. Budge, a learned old man in the village, who takes on the grounding of one of the boys in Latin; Mrs. Margetts, who had spent her life in the Hawthorne family’s employment as a children’s nurse; the Dean of the Cathedral and his family, particularly Sabine, who is the same age as Pennie; and Dr. Budge’s pet Jackdaw.

There is no reason why a child of today should not read this story and profit by it. They will perhaps be surprised to find how much more civilised life was a hundred years ago and more, than it is today.

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Contents

Chapter I.
Penelope’s Plan.

Chapter II.
The Roman Camp.

Chapter III.
Cheddington Fair.

Chapter IV.
“Kettles.“

Chapter V.
Miss Barnicroft’s Money.

Chapter VI.
“Dancing.“

Chapter VII.
Pennie at Nearminster.

Chapter VIII
Kettles Again.

Chapter IX.
Dr. Budge.

Chapter IX.
A Friend In Need.

Chapter XI.
Keturah.

Chapter XII.
The Home-Coming.

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