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    Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
    Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
    Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
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    Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

    By Elizabeth Turner and E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 1, 2007
    Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
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    Elizabeth Turner

    Elizabeth Turner is a pseudonym used by author Gail Oust. 

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      Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories - Elizabeth Turner

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      Title: Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

      Author: Elizabeth Turner

      Editor: E. V. Lucas

      Release Date: May 25, 2010 [EBook #32523]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES ***

      Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive.)

      MRS.

      TURNER'S

      CAUTIONARY

      STORIES

      The Dumpy Books for Children

      Selected by E. V. Lucas

      I. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice.

      Written by E. V. LUCAS.

      II. Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

      Other Volumes in the Series are in preparation

      1s. 6d. each

      Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

      LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS

      1897

      CONTENTS

      PAGE

      Introduction xiii

      Bad Boys and Good—

      The Window-Breaker 3

      A Gunpowder Plot 5

      Peter Imitates the Clown 7

      Ben's Heavy Punishment 9

      The Chimney-Sweeper 11

      The Fighting Wicket-keeper 13

      The Good Scholar 15

      The Good Scholar Fights 16

      The Death of the Good Scholar's Foe 17

      Robert's Thoughtless Brothers 19

      Joe's Light Punishment 20

      Falsehood Corrected 22

      The Superior Boys 24

      George's Curious Taste 25

      Thomas Brown's Disappointment 27

      Considerate Philip 28

      The Models 29

      Politeness 30

      Richard's Reformation 31

      James's Sacrifice 32

      The Excellent Lord Mayor 34

      Clever Little Thomas 36

      William's Escape 37

      Good Girls and Bad—

      Rebecca's Afterthought 41

      A Hint to Mary Anne 42

      How to Write a Letter 44

      News for Papa 46

      Maria's Charity 48

      The Neglected Turk 50

      Pride and Priggishness 52

      How to Look when Speaking 54

      Isabella's Parachute 56

      Maria Snubbed 57

      Matilda's Extravagance 58

      Papa's Watchfulness 60

      Isabella's Defeat 61

      The Two Patients 62

      Fanny's Bad Habit 63

      Sarah's Danger 64

      The Hoyden 65

      The Giddy Girl 67

      A Warning to Frances 69

      Playing with Fire 71

      How to Heal a Burn 72

      Mary Anne's Kindness 74

      Ambitious Sophy 75

      Dressed or Undressed 76

      Mrs. Birch's Influence 78

      Rebellious Frances 80

      Kindness and Cruelty—

      The Harmless Cow 83

      The Harmless Worm 84

      The Bad Donkey-Boy's Good Fortune 86

      Grateful Carlo 88

      Grateful Lucy 90

      Grateful Trusty 91

      Something in Store for Richard 92

      The Result of Cruelty 93

      Things to Eat—

      What is Best for Children 97

      Billy Gill's Good Fortune 99

      Civil Speech 101

      The Cook's Rebuke 103

      The Lost Pudding 105

      Sammy Smith's Sad Fate 106

      Stupid William 107

      Poisonous Fruit 109

      Harry's Cake 111

      Peter's Cake 113

      William's Cake 115

      How to Make a Christmas Pudding 117

      Introduction

      The sixty-nine Cautionary Stories that follow have been chosen from five books by Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, written for the pleasure and instruction of our little grandparents and great-grandparents. The books are The Daisy, The Cowslip, The Crocus, The Pink and Short Poems. Between the years 1810 and 1850 they were on the shelves of most nurseries, although now they are rarely to be met with. There was also The Rose, but from that nothing has been taken

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