First published in book form in 1865

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

The Mackenzie Family

CHAPTER II

Miss Mackenzie Goes to Littlebath

CHAPTER III

Miss Mackenzie's First Acquaintances

CHAPTER IV

Miss Mackenzie Commences Her Career

CHAPTER V

Showing How Mr Rubb, Junior, Progressed at Littlebath

CHAPTER VI

Miss Mackenzie Goes to the Cedars

CHAPTER VII

Miss Mackenzie Leaves the Cedars

CHAPTER VIII

Mrs Tom Mackenzie's Dinner Party

CHAPTER IX

Miss Mackenzie's Philosophy

CHAPTER X

Plenary Absolutions

CHAPTER XI

Miss Todd Entertains Some Friends at Tea

CHAPTER XII

Mrs Stumfold Interferes

CHAPTER XIII

Mr Maguire's Courtship

CHAPTER XIV

Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side

CHAPTER XV

The Tearing of the Verses

CHAPTER XVI

Lady Ball's Grievance

CHAPTER XVII

Mr Slow's Chambers

CHAPTER XVIII

Tribulation

CHAPTER XIX

Showing How Two of Miss Mackenzie's Lovers Behaved

CHAPTER XX

Showing How the Third Lover Behaved

CHAPTER XXI

Mr Maguire Goes to London on Business

CHAPTER XXII

Still at the Cedars

CHAPTER XXIII

The Lodgings of Mrs Buggins, Née Protheroe

CHAPTER XXIV

The Little Story of the Lion and the Lamb

CHAPTER XXV

Lady Ball in Arundel Street

CHAPTER XXVI

Mrs Mackenzie of Cavendish Square

CHAPTER XXVII

The Negro Soldiers' Orphan Bazaar

CHAPTER XXVIII

Showing How the Lion Was Stung by the Wasp

CHAPTER XXIX

A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

CHAPTER XXX

Conclusion