Transcriber’s Notes:
Illustrations have been moved to paragraph breaks near where they are mentioned.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following changes were made:
[p. 9]: sec changed to secret (a secret refuge)
[p. 43]: ‘critter,” said’ was inserted, as found in another version of this story (awful critter,” said Boone,)
[End ads]: In the description for “SONG BOOKS,” the number shown as “7” is unclear in the original text as is the word shown as “copyrighted.”
[End ads]: In the description for “MISCELLANEOUS DIME BOOKS,” the word shown as “Crusoe” in the entry for “Robinson Crusoe” is unclear in the original text as is the word shown as “Joke” in the entry for “Jim Crow Joke Book.”