ALL THE WORLD OVER

INTERESTING STORIES OF TRAVEL, THRILLING
ADVENTURE AND HOME LIFE

ELLA FARMAN, MRS. LUCIA CHASE BELL, FRANK H. CONVERSE, LOUISE STOCKTON,
AND OTHER POPULAR AUTHORS

ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

BOSTON

D. LOTHROP COMPANY

1893.

CONTENTS

(Created by transcriber. Not present in original.)

All the World Over	[Unknown]
Queen Louisa and the Children	[Mary Stuart Smith]
The Plaything of an Empress	[M. S. P.]
Charlie’s Week in Boston	[Charles E. Hurd]
A Wonderful Trio	[Jane Howard]
Two Fortune-seekers	[Rossiter Johnson]
The Little Christmas Pies	[E. F.]
The Strangers from the South	[Ella Farman]
Wi’ Wee Winkers Blinkin’	[J. E. Rankin, D. D.]
The Childrens’ Shoes	[Blanche B. Baker]
Ethel’s Experiment	[B. E. E.]
Cinders	[Madge Elliot]
Tom’s Centennial	[Margaret Eytinge]
Little Chub and the Sky Window	[Mary D. Brine]
Little Boy Blue	[C. A. Goodenow]
Ghosts and Water-melons	[J. H. Woodbury]
Funny Little Alice	[Mrs. Fanny Barrow]
“Pretty,” and Her Violin	[Holme Maxwell]
Dolly’s Last Night	[Emily Huntington Miller]
Nib and Meg	[Ella Farman]
The Little Parsnip-man	[E. F.]
How Dorr Fought	[Salome]
Tim’s Partner	[Amanda M. Douglas]
Unto Babes	[Helen Kendrick Johnson]
What Happened to the Baby	[Magaret Eytinge]
Mrs. White’s Party	[Mrs. H. G. Rowe]
Queer Church	[Rev. S. W. Duffield]
The Fun-and-frolic Art School	[Stanley Wood]
Some Quaker Boys of 1776	[C. H. Woodman]
What I Heard on the Street	[Clara F. Guernsey]
Kip’s Minister	[Kate W. Hamilton]
Jim’s Troubles	[Grandmere Julie]
The Christmas Thorn	[Louise Stockton]
Midget’s Baby	[Mary D. Brine]
A Nocturnal Lunch, and Its Consequences	[Lily J. Chute]
Lulu’s Pets	[Mary Standish Robinson]
What Janet Did With Her Christmas Present	[L. J. L.]
Christmas Roast Beef	[A. W. Lyman]
Granny Luke’s Courage	[M. E. W. S.]
Billy’s Hound (PI)	[Sara E. Chester]
Billy’s Hound (PII)	[Sara E. Chester]
Pussy Willow and the South Wind	[A Poem]
Little Sister and Her Puppets	[Rev. W. W. Newton]
Spring Fun	[A Poem]
The Lost Dimple	[Mary D. Brine]
The Other Side of the Story	[Kate Lawrence]
Jack Horner	[A Poem’s Meaning]
Double Dinks	[Elizabeth Stoddard]
Learning to Swim	[Edgar Fawcett]
Sweetheart’s Surprise	[Mary E. C. Wyeth]
The Cross-patch	[Mrs. Emily Shaw Farman]
The Proud Bantam	[Clara Louise Burnham]
The True Story of Simple Simon	[Harriette R. Shattuck]
In the Tunnel of Mount Cenis	[Mrs. Alfred Macy]
A Ride on a Centaur	[Hamilton W. Mabie]
Lill’s Travels in Santa Claus Land	[Ellis Towne]
Bob’s “Breaking in”	[Eleanor Putnam]
The First Hunt	[J. H. Woodbury]
Chinese Decoration For Easter Eggs	[S. K. B.]
Il Santissimo Bambino	[Phebe F. Mᶜkeen]
My Mother Put It on	[Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney]
A Child in Florence (PI)	[K. R. L.]
A Child in Florence (PII)	[K. R. L.]
A Child in Florence (PIII)	[K. R. L.]
Seeing the Pope	[Mrs. Alfred Macy]
Fayette’s Ride	[Clara F. Guernsey]
Fanny	[Clara Doty Bates]
Little Mary’s Secret	[Mrs. L. C. Whiton]
How Patty Curtis Learned to Sweep	[Mrs. M. L. Evans]
A Bird Story	[M. E. B.]
A New Lawn Game	[G. B. Bartlett]
How Philip Sullivan Did an Errand	[Mary Densel]
Winter With the Poets	[The Editor]
Bessie’s Story	[Frank H. Converse]
Difference of Opinion	[The Editor]
The Grass, the Brook, and the Dandelions	[Margaret Eytinge]
The Birds’ Harvest	[Mrs. J. D. Chaplin]
Birds’-nest Soup	[Ella Rodman Church]
The Story of Two Forgotten Kisses	[Kitty Clover]