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Transcriber's note:

      The volume from which this e-book was created contained two
      books, _A Window in Thrums_ and _Auld Licht Idylls_.





A WINDOW IN THRUMS

by

J. M. BARRIE

Illustrated







[Frontispiece: Photograph of J. M. Barrie]



New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1918
Copyright, 1896, by
Charles Scribner's Sons




CONTENTS


CHAPTER

     I  THE HOUSE ON THE BRAE
    II  ON THE TRACK OF THE MINISTER
   III  PREPARING TO RECEIVE COMPANY
    IV  WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR
     V  A HUMORIST ON HIS CALLING
    VI  DEAD THIS TWENTY YEARS
   VII  THE STATEMENT OF TIBBIE BIRSE
  VIII  A CLOAK WITH BEADS
    IX  THE POWER OF BEAUTY
     X  A MAGNUM 