Chapter I: Front Matter

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JIM OF HELLAS

THE TROUBLING OF BETHESDA POOL

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_Books by Laura E. Richards._

"Mrs. Richards has made for herself a little niche apart in the literary world, from her delicate treatment of New England village life."--_Boston Post._

+JIM OF HELLAS; or, IN DURANCE VILE+, and a companion story, +BETHESDA POOL+. 16mo, 50 cents.

+MARIE.+ 16mo, 50 cents.

"Seldom has Mrs. Richards drawn a more irresistible picture, or framed one with more artistic literary adjustment."--_Boston Herald._

"A perfect literary gem."--_Boston Transcript._

+NARCISSA+, and a companion story, +IN VERONA+. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

"Each is a simple, touching, sweet little story of rustic New England life, full of vivid pictures of interesting character, and refreshing for its unaffected genuineness and human feeling."--_Congregationalist._

"They are the most charming stories ever written of American country life."--_New York World._

+MELODY.+ The Story of a Child. 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

"Had there never been a 'Captain January,' 'Melody' would easily take first place."--_Boston Times._

"The quaintly pretty, touching, old-fashioned story is told with perfect grace; the few persons who belong to it are touched in with distinctness and with sympathy."--_Milwaukee Sentinel._

+SAME.+ _Illustrated Holiday Edition._ With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.

+CAPTAIN JANUARY.+ 16mo, cloth, 50 cents.

A charming idyl of New England coast life, whose success has been very remarkable. One reads it, is thoroughly charmed by it, tells others, and so its fame has been heralded by its readers, until to-day it is selling by the thousands, constantly enlarging the circle of its delighted admirers.

+SAME.+ _Illustrated Holiday Edition._ With thirty half-tone pictures from drawings by Frank T. Merrill. 4to, cloth, $1.25.

+WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.+ 4to, cloth, gilt top, $1.25.

The title most happily introduces the reader to the charming home-life of Dr. Howe and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe during the childhood of the author.

+GLIMPSES OF THE FRENCH COURT.+ Sketches from French History. Illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure. Square 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

With true literary touch, she gives us the story of some of the salient figures of this remarkable period.

+NAUTILUS.+ A very interesting story, with illustrations; uniquely bound, small quarto, 75 cents.

+FIVE MINUTE STORIES.+ A charming collection of short poems and clever stories for children.

_Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston._

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JIM OF HELLAS

Or, In Durance Vile

BETHESDA POOL

by

LAURA E. RICHARDS

Author of "Captain January," "Melody," "Queen Hildegarde," "Five-Minute Stories," "When I Was Your Age," "Narcissa," "Marie," "Nautilus."

Tenth Thousand

Boston Estes and Lauriat 1895

Copyright, 1895, By Estes & Lauriat All rights reserved

Typography and Printing by C. H. Simonds & Co. Electrotyping by Geo. C. Scott & Sons Boston, U.S.A.

TO MY

Dear Brother,

HENRY MARION HOWE,

THIS VOLUME

IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED.

JIM OF HELLAS.