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The adopted daughter

and other tales
Cary, Alice (1820-1871)
  
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CONTENTS.

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THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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THREE SCENES IN THE SOUTH.
 1. 
SCENE I.—THE COTTAGE.
 2. 
SCENE II.—THE CONTRAST.
 3. 
SCENE III.—THE CATASTROPHE.
 3. 
MARY NEILLY.
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THE LAST OF TORCONNIER'S BAND.
 1. 
PART FIRST.
 2. 
PART SECOND.
 3. 
PART THIRD.
 5. 
THE SPOILER.
 6. 
A COUNTRY RECOLLECTION, OR, THE REFORMED INEBRIATE.
 7. 
THE WAY-SIDE SPRING.
 8. 
THE DYING HUSBAND.
 9. 
A WATER-SONG.
 10. 
OUT OF THE TAVERN.
 11. 
AGATHA TO HAROLD. A BALLAD.
 12. 
TWILIGHT
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LITTLE PELEG, THE DRUNKARD'S SON;
 1. 
CHAPTER I. THE CHRISTMAS SUPPER.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE BIRTH-NIGHT PARTY.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
 14. 
THE HEART'S LITANY.
 15. 
COMFORT.
 16. 
THE PEN AND THE PRESS.
 17. 
LOVELY WOMAN.
 18. 
THE CONSECRATION.
 19. 
THE SCULPTOR OF FLORENCE AND THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
 20. 
“LOVE AND CHERISH ONE ANOTHER!”
 21. 
ROSE MAY, THE NEW SCHOOL-MISTRESS. A REMINISCENCE OF A NAMELESS VILLAGE.
 22. 
THE DEAD YOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS.
 23. 
CAST OUT THE WINE.
 24. 
A TALE.
 25. 
NANNY.
 26. 
MY EARLY FRIEND.
 27. 
THE SHADOW-DEATH.
 28. 
LOVE'S ASSURANCE.
 29. 
THE AUCTION, OR THE WEDDING-COAT. A TALE OF TRUTH.
 30. 
THE NEGLECTED.
 31. 
WINE OCCASIONALLY. EVELYN.
 32. 
UNEQUAL YOKING: A WARNING TO YOUNG WOMEN.
 33. 
THE ANGEL CHILD.
 34. 
A SISTER'S LOVE.
 35. 
THE DEVOTED.
 36. 
THE BASKET-MAKER. DEDICATED TO THE ARISTOCRACY.
 37. 
OUT-SPOKEN LOVE.
 38. 
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
 39. 
IDELLA PEMBERTON.
 40. 
AN AUTUMN SONG.
 41. 
THE LOVE OF ZEPHYR AND THE VIOLET.
 42. 
PRETTY, LAUGHING EOLINE.
 43. 
FEMALE PIONEERS OF THE WEST;
 44. 
MY WORK
 45. 
WORDS.
 46. 
ONE LEAF OF LIFE.
 47. 
THE TWO CLERKS.
 48. 
WINTER.
 49. 
LAMENT OF THE FORSAKEN.
 50. 
A TALE OF THE DESTROYER.
 51. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE VINE.
 52. 
NIAGARA.
 53. 
A TRUE STORY.
 54. 
EARTH'S HEAVENLY VISITOR.
 55. 
THE VOICE AND PEN.
 56. 
WATCHING.
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THE HISTORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. A TRUE TALE.

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NIAGARA.

Grand cataract! how vain seems human power,
While gazing, awe-struck, on thy boiling wave!
In days of sunshine, and when tempests lower,
Thy mighty mass of frantic billows rave.
The main, though oft the reckless seaman's grave
Is calm, when winds do not its waves infest;
And gently then the rocky shore doth lave:
But what can soothe thy billows into rest,
Or lull the wild throes of thy troubled breast?
And high above the deep and dark abyss,
How lovely Heaven's triumphal arch appears,
A herald seeming from the seats of bliss,
To cheer the pilgrim in this vale of tears.
The giant pine its green top proudly rears,
Forever watered by the misty air;
Within the surge the flying swallow fears
To dip his wing, nor will the wild-duck dare
To rashly lave his glossy bosom there.
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