Effie and Her Strange Acquaintances: A Very Curious Story, Almost True (Illustrated)

This version of Effie and Her Strange Acquaintances is a rare 1886 edition. This illustrated children's chapter book, which contains 250 pages, is no longer in print. The facsimile provided here contains the following chapters:

CHAPTER I. Effie makes Strange Acquaintances
CHAPTER II. Woolly Bear and the Tomtit
CHAPTER III. Effie finds a Treasure and loses a Friend
CHAPTER IV. Effie tries Island Life
CHAPTER V. The Water Spider's Home
CHAPTER VI. Loss of the Ferry Boat
CHAPTER VII. The Water Hen and her Family
CHAPTER VIII. Which is a very painful Chapter
CHAPTER IX. A Stranger from the North Country
CHAPTER X. At Close Quarters with a Pirate
CHAPTER XI. Taken Captive by the Blood-red
CHAPTER XII. The Yellow Jackets' Homestead
CHAPTER XIII. Arrival at the Ball
CHAPTER XIV. An old Friend in a new Dress
CHAPTER XV. Sitting in Judgment
CHAPTER XVI. Prize Day