Copyright, 1902,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved.

Published October, 1902

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

TO
MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ,
THE HONORED FIRST PRESIDENT OF RADCLIFFE COLLEGE,
WHO HAS HAD NO SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE, AND
WHO CAN HAVE NO SUCCESSOR
IN THE AFFECTION OF RADCLIFFE GRADUATES

“One morning half a dozen girls clustered before the bulletin board”

That the young girls for whom it is written may see in “Brenda’s Cousin” a clear picture of Radcliffe College undergraduate life is the sincere wish of the author, who hopes also that her fellow-graduates may overlook the one or two slight anachronisms necessary to a contemporary picture.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I. New Acquaintances 1

II. The Freshman Reception 12

III. The First “Idler” 22

IV. Pamela’s Perseverance 29

V. College Callers 38

VI. Setting to Work 47

VII. All Kinds of Girls 56

VIII. The Mid-years 66

IX. Two Catastrophes 76

X. Discussions and Discussions 90

XI. Efforts to Help 100

XII. Harvard Class Day 115

XIII. Various Ambitions 130

XIV. In Disguise 143

XV. Angelina 157

XVI. Who Wrote It? 168

XVII. A Private Detective 180

XVIII. Work and Play 189

XIX. The Operetta 201

XX. Juniors 211

XXI. A Fortunate Accident 222

XXII. Annabel and Clarissa 233

XXIII. Clouds Cleared Away 243

XXIV. Seniors All 255

XXV. A Strange Meeting 268

XXVI. The House Party 280

XXVII. Nearing Class Day 293

XXVIII. Commencement—and the End 311

ILLUSTRATIONS
From Drawings by Alice Barber Stephens

“One morning half a dozen girls clustered before the bulletin board” Frontispiece

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