CONTENTS.

Introductionpage [9]
The Young Mouse[11]
The Wasp and Bee[12]
The Goose and Horse[12]
The Flying-Fish[13]
The Little Dog[14]
Travellers’ Wonders[15]
The Discontented Squirrel[19]
On the Marten[22]
Mouse, Lapdog, and Monkey[24]
Animals and their Countries[25]
The Mask of Nature[25]
The Farmyard Journal[27]
The Price of Pleasure[30]
The Rat with a Bell[32]
The Dog balked of his Dinner[33]
The Kid[36]
How to make the Best of it[39]
Order and Disorder[40]
Live Dolls[43]
The Hog and other Animals[46]
The Bullies[49]
The Travelled Ant[50]
The Colonists[56]
The Dog and his Relations[60]
The History and Adventures of a Cat[62]
Canute’s Reproof to his Courtiers[67]
On Things to be Learned[68]
On the Oak[74]
Alfred[80]
On the Pine and Fir Tribe[85]
On Different Stations in Life[90]
The Rookery[94]
The Ship[97]
Things by their Right Names[103]
The Transmigrations of Indur[105]
The Swallow and Tortoise[117]
The Grass-Tribe[119]
A Tea-Lecture[122]
The Kidnappers[126]
On Manufactures[129]
On the Art of Distinguishing[138]
The Phenix and Dove[144]
The Manufacture of Paper[145]
The Two Robbers[148]
The Council of Quadrupeds[150]
Tit for Tat[158]
On Wines and Spirits[160]
The Boy without a Genius[166]
Half a Crown’s Worth[170]
Trial[172]
The Leguminous Plants[179]
On Man[183]
Walking the Streets[187]
The Compound-Flowered Plants[189]
Presence of Mind[192]
Phaeton Junior[198]
Why an Apple falls[203]
Nature and Education[206]
Aversion subdued[207]
The Little Philosopher[213]
What Animals are made for[216]
True Heroism[219]
On Metals[222]
Flying and Swimming[230]
The Female Choice[232]
On Metals[234]
Eyes and No Eyes[242]
Why the Earth moves round the Sun[249]
The Umbelliferous Plants[252]
Humble Life, or the Cottagers[256]
The Birthday Gift[261]
On Earths and Stones[263]
Show and Use, or the Two Presents[275]
The Cruciform-Flowered Plants[277]
The Native Village[281]
Perseverance against Fortune[287]
The Goldfinch and Linnet[297]
The Price of a Victory[300]
Good Company[304]
The Wanderer’s Return[306]
Difference and Agreement, or Sunday Morning[312]
The Landlord’s Visit[314]
On Emblems[320]
Ledyard’s Praise of Women[325]
Generous Revenge[327]
The Power of Habit[330]
The Cost of a War[333]
Great Men[337]
The Four Sisters[341]
The Gain of a Loss[344]
Wise Men[346]
A Friend in Need[349]
Earth and her Children[357]
A Secret Character Unveiled[359]
A Globe-Lecture[367]
Envy and Emulation[375]
Providence, or the Shipwreck[377]
Epilogue[382]