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Elsie Venner

a romance of destiny

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES'S WRITINGS.

1.

CHAPTER I. THE BRAHMIN CASTE OF NEW ENGLAND.

2.

CHAPTER II. THE STUDENT AND HIS CERTIFICATE.

3.

CHAPTER III. MR. BERNARD TRIES HIS HAND.

4.

CHAPTER IV. THE MOTH FLIES INTO THE CANDLE.

5.

CHAPTER V. AN OLD-FASHIONED DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER.

6.

CHAPTER VI. THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW.

7.

CHAPTER VII. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON.

8.

CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING AFTER.

9.

CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY. (With a Digression on “Hired Help.”)

10.

CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR CALLS ON ELSIE VENNER.

11.

CHAPTER XI. COUSIN RICHARD'S VISIT.

12.

CHAPTER XII. THE APOLLINEAN INSTITUTE. (With Extracts from the “Report of the Committee.”)

13.

CHAPTER XIII. CURIOSITY.

14.

CHAPTER XIV. FAMILY SECRETS.

15.

CHAPTER XV. PHYSIOLOGICAL.

16.

CHAPTER XVI. EPISTOLARY.

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To The
SCHOOLMISTRESS

WHO HAS FURNISHED SOME OUTLINES MADE USE OF IN THESE
PAGES AND ELSEWHERE,
This Story is Dedicated

BY HER OLDEST SCHOLAR.

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