Chapter I MY MAKING 1

“ II MY FIRST MAMMA 11

“ III TWELFTH-NIGHT 23

“ IV THE LITTLE MILLINERS 35

“ V MY FIRST FROCK AND TROUSERS 41

“ VI THE LITTLE LADY 51

“ VII THE WEST END OF THE TOWN 60

“ VIII A NARROW ESCAPE 67

“ IX DOLL’S LETTERS 79

“ X PLAYING WITH FIRE 88

“ XI THE PORTRAIT PAINTER 97

“ XII PUNCH AND JUDY 104

“ XIII THE CITY 111

“ XIV THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 124

“ XV THE LOST BRACELET 134

“ XVI THE NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME 143

“ XVII CONCLUSION 166

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Mr. Punch Tossed the Baby out of the Window _Frontispiece_

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I Was so Frightened! I Thought He Would Break Something Off Me 7

The Old Gentleman, Pastry-Cook and Great Cake-Maker Himself 31

And These I Always Had On When We Went Out 53

I Fell Straight into It 75

They Worked as Long as They Could See _Opposite page_ 48

Off We Went to the Tune of “I’d Be a Butterfly” 119

His Walk and Air Were Like All the Pride of Earth Put into One Chemist’s Bottle 155

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Memoirs of a London Doll