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 BROTHERS OF PITY

 AND OTHER TALES OF

 BEASTS AND MEN.

 BY

 JULIANA HORATIA EWING.

            LONDON:
 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
 BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.
 NEW YORK: E. & J.B. YOUNG & CO.

            [Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.]

 DEDICATED
 
 TO MY DEAR SISTER
 
 HORATIA KATHARINE FRANCES GATTY.
 
  J.H.E.

 CONTENTS

  PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. PREFACE TO NEW EDITION. BROTHERS OF PITY. FATHER HEDGEHOG AND HIS NEIGHBOURS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. TOOTS AND BOOTS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. THE HENS OF HENCASTLE. FLAPS. A WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND. AMONG THE MERROWS. TINY'S TRICKS AND TOBY'S TRICKS. THE OWL IN THE IVY BUSH. OWLHOOT I. OWLHOOT II.

 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.