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A young girl and her self-possessed cat come to live in the home of a seminary president, where a series of domestic episodes and neighborhood visits unfold. The narrative traces the child's attachment to light, her struggle with fear of the dark, and the gentle interventions of relatives and friends. Vignettes include gatepost adventures, a silver candlestick, a garden scene, a local snowstorm, and Christmas preparations, all revealing small acts of care, childhood curiosity, and evolving relationships with neighbors, concluding in reconciliations and a tender parting that closes the season of her stay.

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Title: The Candle and the Cat

Author: Mary Finley Leonard

Release date: November 10, 2018 [eBook #58263]

Language: English

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The Candle and the Cat


SUNSHINE LIBRARY.


Aunt Hannah and Seth. By James Otis.
Blind Brother (The). By Homer Greene.
Captain’s Dog (The). By Louis Énault.
Cat and the Candle (The). By Mary F. Leonard.
Christmas at Deacon Hackett’s. By James Otis.
Christmas-Tree Scholar. By Frances Bent Dillingham.
Dear Little Marchioness. The Story of a Child’s Faith and Love.
Dick in the Desert. By James Otis.
Divided Skates. By Evelyn Raymond.
Gold Thread (The). By Norman MacLeod, D.D.
Half a Dozen Thinking Caps. By Mary Leonard.
How Tommy Saved the Barn. By James Otis.
Ingleside. By Barbara Yechton.
J. Cole. By Emma Gellibrand.
Jessica’s First Prayer. By Hesba Stretton.
Laddie. By the author of “Miss Toosey’s Mission.”
Little Crusaders. By Eva Madden.
Little Sunshine’s Holiday. By Miss Mulock.
Little Peter. By Lucas Malet.
Master Sunshine. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
Miss Toosey’s Mission. By the author of “Laddie.”
Musical Journey of Dorothy and Delia. By Bradley Gilman.
Our Uncle, the Major. A Story of 1765. By James Otis.
Pair of Them (A). By Evelyn Raymond.
Playground Toni. By Anna Chapin Ray.
Play Lady (The). By Ella Farman Pratt.
Prince Prigio. By Andrew Lang.
Short Cruise (A). By James Otis.
Smoky Days. By Edward W. Thomson.
Strawberry Hill. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
Sunbeams and Moonbeams. By Louise R. Baker.
Two and One. By Charlotte M. Vaile.
Wreck of the Circus (The). By James Otis.
Young Boss (The). By Edward W. Thomson.

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY,
NEW YORK.


“IT IS LIKE A SNOWSTORM,” EXCLAIMED CARO, TAKING HER TURN AT JUMPING. See page 40.



The Candle
and the Cat

By
Mary F. Leonard

Author of
“Half a Dozen
Thinking Caps”

New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Publishers

Copyright, 1901,
By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.


To the memory of
TROLLEY
This little story is dedicated