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KIT AND KITTY




    LONDON:
    PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LD.,
    ST. JOHN’S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E.C.




    KIT AND KITTY

    A Story of West Middlesex

    BY

    R. D. BLACKMORE

    AUTHOR OF LORNA DOONE, SPRINGHAVEN, CHRISTOWELL, ETC.

    “Si tu Caia, ego Caius.”

    _NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION_

    LONDON
    SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY
    _Limited_
    St. Dunstan’s House
    FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.

    1894

    [_All rights reserved_]




BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

_Crown 8vo. 6s. each in handsome uniform cloth binding._

    ALICE LORRAINE.*
    CLARA VAUGHAN.*
    LORNA DOONE.*
    CHRISTOWELL.*
    CRADOCK NOWELL.*
    CRIPPS THE CARRIER.*
    MARY ANERLEY.*
    TOMMY UPMORE.
    SPRINGHAVEN.
    KIT AND KITTY.

_Volumes marked * can be had in boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d. each._


  Crown 4to. about 530 pp., with very numerous full-page
    and other Illustrations, cloth extra, gilt edges,
    31_s._ 6_d._, very handsomely bound in vellum, 35_s._,
    an _Edition de Luxe_ of LORNA DOONE. Beautifully
    illustrated Edition. (A choice presentation volume.)


  SPRINGHAVEN: a Tale of the Great War. By R. D.
    BLACKMORE, author of ‘Lorna Doone.’ With 64
    Illustrations by ALFRED PARSONS and F. BARNARD. Square
    demy 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, price 12_s._ and
    7_s._ 6_d._

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    SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY,
    _Limited_,
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CONTENTS.


    CHAPTER                               PAGE
         I.—UNCLE CORNY                      1
        II.—MY KITTY                         3
       III.—THE TIMBER-BRIDGE                7
        IV.—PEACHES, AND PEACHING           12
         V.—A LITTLE TIFF                   18
        VI.—THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE          22
       VII.—DE GUSTIBUS                     29
      VIII.—BAD COUNSEL                     37
        IX.—A DOG VIOLATE                   42
         X.—AN UPWARD STROKE                50
        XI.—THE FINE ARTS                   55
       XII.—AN EMPTY PILE                   61
      XIII.—MY UNCLE BEGINS                 67
       XIV.—AND ENDS WITH A MORAL           74
        XV.—MORAL SUPPORT                   82
       XVI.—TRUE LOVE                       89
      XVII.—TRUE FATHER                     96
     XVIII.—FALSE MOTHER                   102
       XIX.—DOE DEM. ROE                   109
        XX.—AUNT PARSLOW                   115
       XXI.—A TULIP BLOOM                  122
      XXII.—COLDPEPPER HALL                128
     XXIII.—AT BAY, AND IN THE BAY         135
      XXIV.—HARO!                          141
       XXV.—ON THE SHELF                   149
      XXVI.—A DOWNY COVE                   155
     XXVII.—OFF THE SHELF                  162
    XXVIII.—OUT OF ALL REASON              168
      XXIX.—A FINE TIP                     175
       XXX.—BASKETS                        183
      XXXI.—THE GIANT OF THE HEATH         189
     XXXII.—A DREAM                        199
    XXXIII.—URGENT MEASURES                206
     XXXIV.—TWO TO ONE                     214
      XXXV.—UNDER THE GARDEN WALL          216
     XXXVI.—FROST IN MAY                   229
    XXXVII.—COLD COMFORT                   233
   XXXVIII.—NONE                           241
     XXXIX.—ON TWO CHAIRS                  248
        XL.—JOB’S COMFORT                  256
       XLI.—TRUE COMFORT                   262
      XLII.—BEHIND THE FIDDLE              268
     XLIII.—THE GREAT LADY                 275
      XLIV.—MET AGAIN                      282
       XLV.—ROGUES FALL OUT                288
      XLVI.—TONY TONKS                     296
     XLVII.—TOADSTOOLS                     303
    XLVIII.—THE DUCHESS                    310
      XLIX.—CRAFTY, AND SIMPLE             317
         L.—A POCKETFUL OF MONEY           325
        LI.—NOT IN A HURRY                 332
       LII.—A WANDERING GLEAM              338
      LIII.—A BAD