Table of Contents

A Country DoctorIntroduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments

I. The Last Mile
II. The Farm-House Kitchen
III. At Jake and Martin's
IV. Life and Death
V. A Sunday Visit
VI. In Summer Weather
VII. For the Years to Come
VIII. A Great Change
IX. At Dr. Leslie's
X. Across the Street
XI. New Outlooks
XII. Against the Wind
XIII. A Straight Course
XIV. Miss Prince of Dunport
XV. Hostess and Guest
XVI. A June Sunday
XVII. By the River
XVIII. A Serious Tea-Drinking
XIX. Friend and Lover
XX. Ashore and Afloat
XXI. At Home Again

Explanatory Notes
Appendix: "Theodore Herman Jewett, M.D., of South Berwick"

About the Author

Sarah Orne Jewett(1849-1909) was an Americannovelist,short storywriter andpoet, best known for herlocal colorworks set along or near the southernseacoastof Maine.

Frederick Wegeneris an associate professor of English at California State University at Long Beach and the editor ofEdith Wharton- The Uncollected Critical Writings.