Chapter I: Front Matter

_Copyright, 1902_,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
_All rights reserved._

Published October, 1902

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

TO
MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ,
THE HONORED FIRST PRESIDENT OF RADCLIFFE COLLEGE,
WHO HAS HAD NO SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE, AND
WHO CAN HAVE NO SUCCESSOR
IN THE AFFECTION OF RADCLIFFE GRADUATES

Brenda’s Cousin at Radcliffe
_A Story for Girls_

BY
HELEN LEAH REED
Author of “Brenda, Her School and Her Club”
“Brenda’s Summer at Rockley,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE BARBER STEPHENS

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1903

That the young girls for whom it is written may see in “Brenda’s Cousin” a clear picture of Radcliffe College undergraduate life is the sincere wish of the author, who hopes also that her fellow-graduates may overlook the one or two slight anachronisms necessary to a contemporary picture.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. New Acquaintances 1
II. The Freshman Reception 12
III. The First “Idler” 22
IV. Pamela’s Perseverance 29
V. College Callers 38
VI. Setting to Work 47
VII. All Kinds of Girls 56
VIII. The Mid-years 66
IX. Two Catastrophes 76
X. Discussions and Discussions 90
XI. Efforts to Help 100
XII. Harvard Class Day 115
XIII. Various Ambitions 130
XIV. In Disguise 143
XV. Angelina 157
XVI. Who Wrote It? 168
XVII. A Private Detective 180
XVIII. Work and Play 189
XIX. The Operetta 201
XX. Juniors 211
XXI. A Fortunate Accident 222
XXII. Annabel and Clarissa 233
XXIII. Clouds Cleared Away 243
XXIV. Seniors All 255
XXV. A Strange Meeting 268
XXVI. The House Party 280
XXVII. Nearing Class Day 293
XXVIII. Commencement—and the End 311

ILLUSTRATIONS
_From Drawings by Alice Barber Stephens_

“One morning half a dozen girls clustered before the bulletin
board” _Frontispiece_
“‘An American girl’—she spoke with emphasis—‘is her own best
chaperon’” _Page_ 85
“Clarissa moved about the room, explaining” ″ 174
“Lois made the bandage and put it on with a professional air” ″ 225
“‘Julia,’ said Ruth the next morning, as the two sat in the
conversation room” ″ 274

BRENDA’S COUSIN AT RADCLIFFE