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[Illustration: THEY ALL BROUGHT KATE O'CONNOR BACK IN TRIUMPH.]




GIRLS NEW AND OLD

    BY
    L. T. MEADE
    AUTHOR OF "BETTY, A SCHOOL GIRL," "A SWEET GIRL GRADUATE,"
    "WILTON CHASE," "FOUR ON AN ISLAND," "BASHFUL FIFTEEN,"
    "RED ROSE AND TIGER LILY," "PALACE BEAUTIFUL," "RING OF
    RUBIES," "POLLY, A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL," "A WORLD
    OF GIRLS," "OUT OF THE FASHION," "GOOD LUCK,"
    "A GIRL IN TEN THOUSAND," ETC., ETC.


    _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_
    J. WILLIAMSON


    NEW YORK
    THE MERSHON COMPANY
    PUBLISHERS




    COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY
    THE CASSELL PUBLISHING CO.

_All rights reserved._




CONTENTS.


    CHAPTER                                         PAGE
         I. A FIRST NIGHT,                             1
        II. THE PRINCIPAL,                            14
       III. PROFESSORS AND PUPILS,                    25
        IV. DWELLERS IN CUBICLES,                     38
         V. CECIL AND THE BOYS,                       55
        VI. MRS. LAVENDER'S PLAN,                     69
       VII. AN OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL,                   87
      VIII. MR. DANVERS ORDERS FURNITURE,            100
        IX. THE CLEARING OF THE WAY