ELLA
A Little Schoolgirl of the Sixties
ELLA
ELLA
A Little Schoolgirl of the Sixties
A Book for Children and for
Grown-Ups who Remember
BY
EVA MARCH TAPPAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RUTH J. BEST
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1923
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
TO
“BOY COUSIN” AND THE DAYS ON
THE BEARCAMP
CONTENTS
| I. | A Little Girl and a Big Seminary | 1 |
| II. | A Young Lady of the English and Classical Graduating Course | 11 |
| III. | The Three Tragedies of Ella’s Seminary Life | 19 |
| IV. | Graduation Day and its Misfortunes | 30 |
| V. | On the Way to Grandmother’s | 40 |
| VI. | The Real New Hampshire | 51 |
| VII. | Boy Cousin | 61 |
| VIII. | Rainy Days and Sundays | 71 |
| IX. | Books and Play | 80 |
| X. | Like Other Girls | 94 |