THE BRIMMING CUP

HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY - NEW YORK

1919

By the same author

THE SQUIRREL-CAGE
A MONTESSORI MOTHER
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
HILLSBORO PEOPLE
THE BENT TWIG
THE REAL MOTIVE
FELLOW CAPTAINS (With Sarah N. Cleghorn)
UNDERSTOOD BETSY
HOME FIRES IN FRANCE
THE DAY OF GLORY
THE BRIMMING CUP
ROUGH-HEWN
RAW MATERIAL
THE HOME-MAKER
MADE-TO-ORDER STORIES
HER SON'S WIFE
WHY STOP LEARNING?
THE DEEPENING STREAM
BASQUE PEOPLE
FABLES FOR PARENTS
SEASONED TIMBER

CHAPTER		Page
I.	PRELUDE	3
II.	INTERLUDE	23
PART ONE
III.	OLD MR. WELLES AND YOUNG MR. MARSH	29
IV.	TABLE TALK	48
V.	A LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER	64
VI.	THINGS TAKE THEIR COURSE	80
VII.	THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS	91
VIII.	WHAT GOES ON INSIDE	115
IX.	THE GENT AROUND THE LADY	130
X.	AT THE MILL	151
PART TWO
XI.	IN AUNT HETTY'S GARDEN	179
XII.	HEARD FROM THE STUDY	199