- Mr Hogarth's Will
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Spence, Catherine Helen
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Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his heretofore unknown son and left them only a small allowance, expecting them to make their own way in the world using the education he furnished them. Will the girls survive in a world that expects them, at the most, to become governesses?
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- Chapters
- The Will, part 1
- The Will, part 2
- Disappointment and Hope; Prose and Poetry, part 1
- Disappointment and Hope; Prose and Poetry, part 2
- Closed Doors, part 1
- Closed Doors, part 2
- An Evening at Mr Rennie's, part 1
- An Evening at Mr Rennie's, part 2
- A Humble Friend
- A Bundle Of Old Letters
- Up And Down
- Peggy Walker's Adventures, part 1
- Peggy Walker's Adventures, part 2
- Elsie's Literary Venture, and Its Success
- Some Grave Talk In Gay Company
- Mr. Brandon In Edinburgh
- Peggy's Visitors, And Francis' Resolution
- Good News For Francis
- How Francis Received The Good News
- Jane's Situation
- Elsie's Situation
- Elsie Refuses An Excellent Offer
- Elsie Accepts Of A New Situation
- A Letter From Australia For Francis, Which Causes Surprise In An Unexpected Quarter
- Harriett Phillips Does A Little Bit Of Shopping, Which Is Somewhat Fatal To Her Projects
- Francis Makes A Favourable Impression On Harriett Phillips
- A Bonnet Gained And A Lover Lost
- A Seance
- Spiritualism, Love, And Politics
- Chiefly Political
- Good-Bye
- Francis Hogarth's Canvass And Election
- Mrs. Phillips's First Grief
- Another Good-Bye
- Mr. Brandon's Second Proposal To Elsie, And Its Fate
- Mrs. Peck
- Raising The Wind
- Miss Phillips Meets With A Congenial Spirit In Victoria
- Dr. Grant Prosecutes His Suit With Caution And Success, And Brandon Finds His Love-Making All To Do Over Again
- Mrs. Peck's Progress
- Business Interrupted By Love
- Mrs. Phillips Is Relieved
- Mrs. Peck's Communication
- Mrs. Peck's Disappointment
- Elsie Melville's Letter
- What Can Be Made Of It?
- Not So Bad, After All
- Meeting
- Epilogue
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