A Pair of Schoolgirls: A Story of School Days

A Pair of Schoolgirls: A Story of School Days

A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days BY ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "A Fourth Form Friendship" "The Manor House School" &c. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY It was precisely five minutes past eleven on the first day of the autumn term, and Avondale College, which for seven whole weeks had been lonely and deserted, and given over to the tender mercies of paperhangers, painters, and charwomen, once more presented its wonted aspect of life and bustle. The reopening was a very important event in the opinion of everybody concerned, partly because it marked the beginning of a fresh school year, and partly because the building had been altered and enlarged, many changes made in the curriculum, and many new names added to the already long list in the register. Three hundred and eighty-seven pupils had assembled that morning in the great lecture hall, the largest number on record at the College; five additional classes had[10] been formed, and there were six extra mistresses. At the eleven o'clock interval the place seemed swarming with girls; they thronged the staircase and passages, filled the pantry, blocked the dressing-rooms, and overflowed into the playground and the gymnasiumgirls of all sorts and descriptions, from the ten-year-olds who had just come up (rather solemn and overawed) from the Preparatory to those elect and superior damsels of seventeen who were studying for their Matriculation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 33389
Author: Brazil, Angela
Release Date: Aug 9, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Campbell, John