Chapter I: Front Matter

FRANCIS & CO.'S

LITTLE LIBRARY:

FOR YOUNG PERSONS OF VARIOUS AGES.

* * * * *

TURNS OF FORTUNE:

BY MRS. S.C. HALL.

FRANCIS & CO.'S LITTLE LIBRARY.

C.S. Francis & Co., New York, _have published a uniform Series of Choice volumes for Young People, by some of the most distinguished writers for Children. Neatly bound in cloth, and illustrated by Engravings._

L. MARIA CHILD.--FLOWERS FOR CHILDREN: No. 1, for Children eight or nine years old.

---- FLOWERS FOR CHILDREN: No. 2, for Children three or four years old.

---- FLOWERS FOR CHILDREN: No. 3, for Children eleven or twelve years old.

MARY HOWITT.--FIRESIDE TALES.

---- THE CHRISTMAS TREE: A Book of Stories.

---- THE TURTLE DOVE OF CARMEL; and Other Stories.

---- THE FAVORITE SCHOLAR; LITTLE CHATTERBOX; PERSEVERANCE, and other Tales. By Mary Howitt, Mrs. S.C. Hall, and others.

MRS. TRIMMER.--THE ROBBINS; OR DOMESTIC LIFE AMONG THE BIRDS. Designed for the Instruction of Children respecting their Treatment of Animals.

MISS LESLIE.--RUSSEL AND SIDNEY AND CHASE LORING: Tales of the American Revolution.

MRS. CAROLINE GILMAN.--THE LITTLE WREATH OF STORIES AND POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

---- STORIES AND POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.--A CHRISTMAS GREETING: Thirteen New Stories from the Danish of Hans Christian Andersen.

---- A PICTURE BOOK WITHOUT PICTURES; and other Stories: by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mary Howitt, with a Memoir of the Author.

---- A DANISH STORY BOOK.

CLAUDINE; OR HUMILITY THE BASIS OF ALL THE VIRTUES. A Swiss Tale. By a Mother; author of "Always Happy," "True Stories from History," &c.

FACTS TO CORRECT FANCIES; or Short Narratives compiled from the Memoirs of Remarkable Women. By a Mother.

HOLIDAY STORIES. Containing five Moral Tales.

MRS. HOFLAND.--THE HISTORY OF AN OFFICER'S WIDOW, and her Young Family.

---- THE CLERGYMAN'S WIDOW, and her Young Family.

---- THE MERCHANT'S WIDOW, and her Young Family.

MISS ABBOT.--KATE AND LIZZIE; OR SIX MONTHS OUT OF SCHOOL.

MISS ELIZA ROBBINS.--CLASSIC TALES. Designed for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. By the author of "American Popular Lessons," &c.

MRS. S.C. HALL.--TURNS OF FORTUNE; ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS, &C.

---- THE PRIVATE PURSE; CLEVERNESS, and other Tales.

NEW VOLUMES

OF

FRANCIS & CO.'S LITTLE LIBRARY.

_Thirty volumes of this series have been published, including some of the choicest books for young people, by Mary Howitt; Maria Child; Mrs. Hofland; Mrs. Hall; Mrs. Gilman; Miss Leslie; Hans Andersen, and others_.

The Story Teller; TALES FROM THE DANISH of Hans Christian Andersen.

_Containing_ Ole Lucköie; The Buckwheat: The Wild Swans; The Angel; The Fellow-Traveler; The Elfin Mound; The Flying Trunk; The Bundle of Matches.

The Ugly Duck; AND OTHER TALES: by Hans Christian Andersen.

_Containing_ The Ugly Duck; Top and Ball; The Little Mermaid; The Storks; The Nightingale: The Rose of the Elf; Holger Danske; The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa; The Dying Child.

Little Ellie; AND OTHER TALES: by Hans Christian Andersen.

_Containing_ Little Ellie; The Tinder Box; The Wicked King; The Resolute Leaden Soldier; The Garden of Paradise; The Shepherdess and Chimney-Sweep; Little Ida's Flowers; The Daisy; New Year's Eve.

The Merchant's Daughter; AND OTHER TALES: by Mrs. S.C. Hall.

How to Win Love; OR, RHODA'S LESSON. A story for the Young.

"A delightful little book, which will not only attract the young, but minister instruction to the _instructors_ of youth."--_Edin. Witness_.

TURNS OF FORTUNE;

AND OTHER TALES.

BY MRS. S.C. HALL.

NEW-YORK. C.S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.

BOSTON: J.H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON-STREET.

1851.

CONTENTS

TURNS OF FORTUNE 9

"ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS" 63

"THERE IS NO HURRY" 143

TURNS OF FORTUNE