CONTENTS.

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MYTHS.
I.[Latona and the Rustics]7
II.[The Music of Pan]9
III.[Baucis and Philemon]10
IV.[The Dragon's Teeth]13
V.[The Do-as-you-likes]17
INDIAN STORIES.
VI.[Columbus and the Eclipse]25
VII.[The Pequots]27
VIII.[Schenectady]29
IX.[The Story of Mrs. Dustin]31
X.[Rogers's Slide]34
XI.[General Clinton's March]36
XII.[Frances Slocum]39
XIII.[Obed's Pumpkins]43
STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION.
XIV.[The Gaspé]50
XV.[Ethan Allen]53
XVI.[Joseph Reed]54
XVII.[General Prescott]56
XVIII.[Prescott and the Yankee Boy]58
XIX.[Battle of the Kegs]62
XX.[The Daring of Paul Jones]66
XXI.[Fort Moultrie]71
XXII.[Count Pulaski and his Banner]73
XXIII.[Lydia Darrah]77
XXIV.[The Liberty-Bell]80
XXV.[The Tory's Horse]83
XXVI.[General Schuyler]87
XXVII.[Ode]92
SCOTTISH STORIES.
XXVIII.[Edinburgh Castle]93
XXIX.[Scottish Strategy]96
XXX.[Castle Dangerous]100
XXXI.[The Black Agnes]103
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES.
XXXII.[A Little Maid]108
XXXIII.[Alexander Selkirk]112
XXXIV.[The Old-fashioned School]118
XXXV.[Story of Franklin's Kite]123
XXXVI.[The Case of John Hook]126
XXXVII.[The First Steamboat in the West]128
XXXVIII.[The Power of Kindness]134
XXXIX.[Old Ironsides]137
XL.[Chicago]142