Mrs. Tree's Will
by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
★4.0/5
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About This Book
This is the sequel to "Mrs. Tree", set ten years after the first book, and deals with more of the small town in coastal Maine at the turn of the century. Many characters recur from the first story.
Chapters (44)
- MRS. TREE'S WILL
- Author of "Captain January," "Melody," "Marie," "Mrs. Tree," etc.
- "'HOMER HOLLOPETER,' SHE SAID, 'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS VILLAGE?'"
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MRS. TREE'S WILL
- CHAPTER I.
- THE WILL ITSELF
- CHAPTER II.
- WHAT THE MEN SAID
- CHAPTER III.
- WHAT THE WOMEN SAID
- CHAPTER IV.
- MOSTLY GOSSIP
- "'GOOD MORNING, SETH!' SAID THE LITTLE MINISTER"
- CHAPTER V.
- IN MISS PENNY'S SHOP
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE SORROWS OF MR. HOMER
- CHAPTER VII.
- CONCHOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS
- "AS HE HELD THE CANDLE HIGH, ITS WAVERING LIGHT FELL ON THE COUNTENANCE OF THE STRANGER"
- CHAPTER VIII.
- MR. PINDAR
- CHAPTER IX.
- "QUAND ON CONSPIRE"
- CHAPTER X.
- A PLEASANT HOUR
- "'BILE IN, SALEM!' SAID SETH WEAVER, 'YOU AIN'T FORGOT, HAVE YE?'"
- CHAPTER XI.
- SPINNING YARNS
- CHAPTER XII.
- MISS WAX AT HOME
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE SORROWS OF MR. PINDAR
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE DRAMATIC MOMENT
- CHAPTER XV.
- AFTER ALL!
- CHAPTER XVI.
- MARRIAGE BELLS
- CHAPTER XVII.
- THE LAST WORD
- THE END.
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