TO

MARY JOSEPHINE,

AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER BROTHER,

THOMAS GRINDAL,

BOTH FRIENDLY LITTLE CRITICS OF
MY CHILDREN'S STORIES.

Edinburgh, 1877.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER

I. THE OLD HOUSE

II. _IM_PATIENT GRISELDA

III. OBEYING ORDERS

IV. THE COUNTRY OF THE NODDING MANDARINS

V. PICTURES