Minerva's Manoeuvres: The Cheerful Facts of a "Return to Nature"

Name: Minerva's Manoeuvres: The Cheerful Facts of a "Return to Nature"
Author: Charles Battell Loomis

by Charles Battell Loomis

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MINERVA’S MANŒUVRES
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I A COERCED COOK.
CHAPTER II MINERVA STUDIES NATURE.
CHAPTER III AN EAST WIND.
CHAPTER IV A FRIENDLY BURGLAR.
CHAPTER V THE CONSTABLE CALLS.
CHAPTER VI MISS PUSSY TRIES FLY PAPER.
CHAPTER VII MINERVA’S PASTORAL.
CHAPTER VIII THE ’CORDEEN COMES.
CHAPTER IX A NAKED SCUTTERER.
CHAPTER X WE PLAN A CONCERT.
CHAPTER XI THE HORSE IN THE KITCHEN.
CHAPTER XII “THE SIMPLE LIFE.”
CHAPTER XIII AN UNSUCCESSFUL FIASCO.
CHAPTER XIV THE-FOURTH-OF-JULY.
CHAPTER XV MORE NATURE STUDY.
CHAPTER XVI WHEN THE LAW IS ON.
CHAPTER XVII THE STORY OF A PIPE.
CHAPTER XVIII WE FIND A PIANO.
CHAPTER XIX TH’ OULD SCUT.
CHAPTER XX A MUSICAL TRAMP.
CHAPTER XXI. WE MAKE HAY.
CHAPTER XXII “DING DONG BELL.”
CHAPTER XXIII ELIGIBLE.
CHAPTER XXIV PAT CASEY CALLS.
CHAPTER XXV A CONTINUOUS WEEK END.
CHAPTER XXVI WE INVITE MORE GUESTS.
CHAPTER XXVII A HOT NIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVIII “TRAMP’S REST.”
CHAPTER XXIX MINERVA AND THE SNAKE.
CHAPTER XXX A HORSEHEAD PERCH.
CHAPTER XXXI THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
CHAPTER XXXII WE GO TO THE FAIR.
CHAPTER XXXIII CHERRY DISPOSES.
CHAPTER XXXIV MINERVA SETTLES IT.

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