

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Drawn byย Mary Hallock Footeย and Engraved byย A.ย V.ย S. Anthony.ย The
ornamental head-pieces are byย L.ย S. Ipsen.
| Page | |
| The Custom-House | 1 |
| The Prison Door | 49 |
| Vignette,โWild Rose | 51 |
| The Gossips | 57 |
| โStanding on the Miserable Eminenceโ | 65 |
| โShe was led back to Prisonโ | 78 |
| โThe Eyes of the wrinkled Scholar glowedโ | 87 |
| The Lonesome Dwelling | 93 |
| Lonely Footsteps | 99 |
| Vignette | 104 |
| A touch of Pearlโs baby-hand | 113 |
| Vignette | 118 |
| The Governorโs Breastplate | 125 |
| โLook thou to it! I will not lose the child!โ | 135 |
| The Minister and Leech | 148 |
| [viii]The Leech and his Patient | 165 |
| The Virgins of the Church | 172 |
| โThey stood in the noon of that strange splendorโ | 185 |
| Hester in the House of Mourning | 195 |
| Mandrake | 211 |
| โHe gathered herbs here and thereโ | 213 |
| Pearl on the Sea-Shore | 217 |
| โWilt thou yet forgive me?โ | 237 |
| A Gleam of Sunshine | 249 |
| The Child at the Brook-Side | 257 |
| Chillingworth,โโSmile with a sinister meaningโ | 287 |
| New England Worthies | 289 |
| โShall we not meet again?โ | 311 |
| Hesterโs Return | 320 |






