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MRS. PETER RABBIT

 By Thornton W. Burgess

 1919

 TO MY DAUGHTER
 
 WHOSE ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME
 HAS BEEN INVALUABLE, IT IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

            CONTENTS

            CHAPTER I. PETER RABBIT LOSES HIS APPETITE

            CHAPTER II. PETER RABBIT PLANS A JOURNEY

            CHAPTER III. HOOTY THE OWL CHANGES HIS HUNTING GROUNDS

            CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW WITH SHARP CLAWS

            CHAPTER V. IN THE OLD PASTURE

            CHAPTER VI. PETER RABBIT IS STILL LONESOME

            CHAPTER VII. PETER FINDS TRACKS

            CHAPTER VIII. THE STRANGE TRACKS IN THE OLD PASTURE

            CHAPTER IX. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE

            CHAPTER X. PETER RABBIT ALMOST DECIDES TO RETURN HOME

            CHAPTER XI. PETER RABBIT HAS A SUDDEN CHANGE OF MIND

            CHAPTER XII. PETER LEARNS SOMETHING FEOM TOMMY TIT

            CHAPTER XIII. LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL

            CHAPTER XIV. SOME ONE FOOLS OLD JED THUMPER

            CHAPTER XV. A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR PETER

            CHAPTER XVI. PETER RABBIT’S LOOKING-GLASS

            CHAPTER XVII. PETER MEETS MISS FUZZYTAIL

            CHAPTER XVIII. TOMMY TIT PROVES A FRIEND INDEED

            CHAPTER XIX. OLD MAN COYOTE PAYS A DEBT

            CHAPTER XX. LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES”

            CHAPTER XXI. PETER AND LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL LEAVE THE OLD PASTURE

            CHAPTER XXII. SAMMY JAY BECOMES CURIOUS

            CHAPTER XXIII. PETER INTRODUCES MRS. PETER

            CHAPTER XXIV. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT

            CHAPTER XXV. PETER RABBIT’S HEEDLESSNESS

            CHAPTER XXVI. PETER RABBIT LISTENS TO MRS. PETER

            CHAPTER XXVII. MISTAH MOCKER PLAYS A JOKE ON MRS. PETER

            CHAPTER XXVIII. NEWS FROM THE OLD BRIAR-PATCH

            CHAPTER XXIX. JIMMY SKUNK VISITS PETER RABBIT

            CHAPTER XXX. REDDY FOX LEARNS THE SECRET

            CHAPTER XXXI. BLACKY THE CROW HAS SHARP EYES

            CHAPTER XXXII. PETER RABBIT’S NURSERY