The Leader of the Lower School

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The Leader of the
Lower School

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By Angela Brazil

"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."—Bookman.

My Own Schooldays.

Captain Peggie.
Schoolgirl Kitty.
The School in the South.
Monitress Merle.
Loyal to the School.
A Fortunate Term.
A Popular Schoolgirl.
The Princess of the School.
A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl.
The Head Girl at the Gables.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl.
For the School Colours.
The Madcap of the School.
The Luckiest Girl in the School.
The Jolliest Term on Record.
The Girls of St. Cyprian's.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth.
The New Girl at St. Chad's.
For the Sake of the School.
The School by the Sea.
The Leader of the Lower School.
A Pair of Schoolgirls.
A Fourth Form Friendship.
The Manor House School.
The Nicest Girl in the School.
The Third Class at Miss Kaye's.
The Fortunes of Philippa.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, Ltd., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

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A SUCCESSFUL CLIMB

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The Leader of the
Lower School

A Tale of School Life


BY

ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "The Youngest Girl in the Fifth"
"A Pair of Schoolgirls" "The New Girl at St. Chad's"
"A Fourth Form Friendship" &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

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Printed in Great Britain by
Blackie & Sony Limited, Glasgow

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Contents

  1.  page
  2. I. Gipsy Arrives 9
  3. II. The Queen of the Waves 21
  4. III. Gipsy makes a Beginning 31
  5. IV. A Mass Meeting 44
  6. V. A Pitched Battle 55
  7. VI. American Fudge 68
  8. VII. Gipsy takes her Fling 80
  9. VIII. Daisy Forgets 96
  10. IX. Gipsy grows Anxious 108
  11. X. The Millionairess 122
  12. XI. Gipsy turns Champion 137
  13. XII. A Spartan Maiden 150
  14. XIII. A Leader of the Opposition 162
  15. XIV. Mountaineering 173
  16. XV. A School Mystery 187
  17. XVI. A Friend in Need 204
  18. XVII. A Tangled Story 215
  19. XVIII. Gipsy at Large 226
  20. XIX. The United Guild Festival 241
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Illustrations

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  2. A Successful Climb Frontispiece 177
  3. The Lower School Find a Leader 50
  4. "Gipsy generally responded with spirit" 118
  5. An Interview with Miss Poppleton 188
  6. "He paused and peered at Gipsy" 230


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