ROUND ROBIN

OTHER VOLUMES IN THE
“LITTLE
SCHOOLMATES” SERIES
Edited by
FLORENCE CONVERSE

IN SUNNY SPAINKatharine Lee Bates
UNDER GREEK SKIESJulia D. Dragoumis
A BOY IN EIRINNPadraic Colum
THE LAIRD OF GLENTYREEmma M. Green
ELSBETHMargarethe Müller
GENEVIÈVELaura Spencer Portor
KATRINKA: The Story of a Russian ChildHelen E. Haskell
TREASURE FLOWER: A Child of JapanRuth Gaines
THE VILLAGE SHIELD: A Story of MexicoRuth Gaines and Georgia Willis Read
A BOY OF BRUGES: A Story of Belgian Child LifeEmile and Tita Cammaerts
THE CART OF MANY COLORS: A Story of ItalyNannine La Villa Meiklejohn
ARCHAG THE LITTLE ARMENIANTranslated from the French of
Charles H. Schnapps

it seemed empty

ROUND ROBIN

BY
ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

—Katharine Lee Bates

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE

Copyright, 1921
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY


All Rights Reserved

Printed in the United States of America

TO
Katharine Lee Bates
SEER OF TRUTH, SAYER OF BEAUTY,
SOWER OF WISDOM

God hath made of one blood all nations
of men to dwell on the face of the earth.