ILLUSTRATIONS

The blue bead was a charm against the evil eye[ Colored Frontispiece]
Writing for those who did not know how[ 10]
Five boys sat matching pennies on the floor of a temple[ 14]
He and the donkey trotted home along the sea wall[ 22]
Stringing Peppers[ 36]
Rustem and Marko[ 42]
An Albanian Story-Teller (in color)[ 46]
Zorka with Her Pet Pigs[ 52]
Todor and the Squashes[ 70]
Peter and Pavlo[ 74]
Shared their dinner of hot corn on the cob (in color)[ 86]
Began softly to play the Hillside Song[ 98]
Rather shyly she opened the big painted chest[ 110]
Basil Herding Geese[ 126]
Her mother had sent her to draw a jar of water[ 130]
They had waved good-bye to him (in color)[ 144]