Chapter I: Front Matter

IN THE MIST OF THE MOUNTAINS

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| _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ |
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| (Uniform with this volume) |
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| SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS |
| THE FAMILY AT MISRULE |
| THE LITTLE LARRIKIN |
| MISS BOBBIE |
| THE CAMP AT WANDINONG |
| THREE LITTLE MAIDS |
| THE STORY OF A BABY |
| LITTLE MOTHER MEG |
| BETTY AND CO. |
| MOTHER'S LITTLE GIRL |
| THE WHITE-ROOF TREE |
| THE STOLEN VOYAGE |
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IN THE MIST OF THE MOUNTAINS

By ETHEL TURNER (Mrs. H. R. Curlewis)

_Author of "Seven Little Australians," "The Little Larrikin," "Miss Bobbie," etc., etc._

ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. MACFARLANE

LONDON WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED 1908

TO
H. R. C.

"They that have heard the overword
Know life's a dream worth dreaming."
_Henley._

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I Somewhat Contagious 9
II Treating of Larkin and his Commission 23
III Miss Bibby 31
IV The Famous Novelist 43
V Ante-prandial Visitors 55
VI A Grocery Order 60
VII Letters to a Mother 72
VIII Across the Rubicon 87
IX The Interview for the "Evening Mail" 96
X Anna enjoys Ill-health 112
XI Miss Bibby's Holiday 126
XII In Black and White 135
XIII An Interview with the Interviewer 144
XIV The Literary Microbe 156
XV "Out of the Mouths of Babes" 170
XVI Wooing the Muse 179
XVII Literature is Low 190
XVIII An Editing Pencil 197
XIX Max Runs Amuck 205
XX A Lesson in Discipline 216
XXI In Print at last 227
XXII A Master Mind 229
XXIII The Picnic at the Falls 243
XXIV At the Second Fall 259