title: The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
author:  Susan Wittig Albert 
description: Albert's charming fourth Beatrix Potter mystery (after 2006's <i>The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood</i>) finds our heroine unexpectedly in possession of a foundling child, Baby Flora. The reader knows the mysteriously twinkly Mrs. Overthewall stole Flora from her teenage mother, Emily, a maid at the gloomy and possibly haunted Hawthorn House, and left her on the Potter doorstep, but Beatrixnot having read the prologuesuspects the child of having gypsy origins. Capt. Miles Woodcock and his sister, Dimity, gladly give Flora a new home, leaving Beatrix to solve the mystery of her old one. Other thoughts of families and youngsters abound: Jemima Puddleduck broods over a nest of long overdue eggs; Reynard the Fox struggles with his unnatural fondness for Jemima; and the village gossips bring all their matchmaking powers to bear on Beatrix and the highly eligible Captain Woodcock. The whimsical blend of romance, mystery and nostalgia will keep cozy fans happily entertained. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # The Hand of Ethelberta
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Thomas Hardy
  
  
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  PREFACE
  
  
  1\. A STREET IN ANGLEBURY - A HEATH NEAR IT -
  
  
  INSIDE THE 'RED LION' INN
  
  
  2\. CHRISTOPHER'S HOUSE - SANDBOURNE TOWN -
  
  
  SANDBOURNE MOOR
  
  
  3\. SANDBOURNE MOOR (continued)
  
  
  4\. SANDBOURNE PIER - ROAD TO WYNDWAY - BALL-ROOM
  
  
  IN WYNDWAY HOUSE
  
  
  5\. AT THE WINDOW - THE ROAD HOME
  
  
  6\. THE SHORE BY WYNDWAY
  
  
  7\. THE DINING-ROOM OF A TOWN HOUSE - THE BUTLER'S
  
  
  PANTRY
  
  
  8\. CHRISTOPHER'S LODGINGS - THE GROUNDS ABOUT
  
  
  ROOKINGTON
  
  
  9\. A LADY'S DRAWING-ROOMS - ETHELBERTA'S
  
  
  DRESSING-ROOM
  
  
  10\. LADY PETHERWIN'S HOUSE
  
  
  11\. SANDBOURNE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD - SOME
  
  
  LONDON STREETS
  
  
  12\. ARROWTHORNE PARK AND LODGE
  
  
  13\. THE LODGE (continued) - THE COPSE BEHIND
  
  
  14\. A TURNPIKE ROAD
  
  
  15\. AN INNER ROOM AT THE LODGE
  
  
  16\. A LARGE PUBLIC HALL
  
  
  17\. ETHELBERTA'S HOUSE
  
  
  18\. NEAR SANDBOURNE - LONDON STREETS -
  
  