CONTENTS

FIRST HALF YEAR
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat.Edward Lear[7]
WishingWilliam Allingham[9]
The PiperWilliam Blake[10]
A Year's WindfallsChristina G. Rossetti[11]
The Voice of SpringMary Howitt[16]
The Spring WalkThomas Miller[18]
"Over Hill, Over Dale"William Shakespeare[21]
The ThrostleAlfred Tennyson[22]
The VioletJane Taylor[23]
BobolinkClinton Scollard[24]
The Four WindsFrank Dempster Sherman[26]
The VioletLucy Larcom[27]
PebblesFrank Dempster Sherman[28]
The TreeBjörnstjerne Björnson[29]
SeptemberFrank Dempster Sherman[30]
The SwallowChristina G. Rossetti[32]
Thanksgiving DayLydia Maria Child[32]
Hiawatha's ChildhoodHenry Wadsworth Longfellow[34]
Hiawatha's SailingHenry Wadsworth Longfellow[39]
Child's Evening PrayerSabine Baring-Gould[44]

SECOND HALF YEAR
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean [45]
Corinna going a-MayingRobert Herrick[47]
Sweet PeasJohn Keats[49]
The BluebirdEmily Huntington Miller[50]
Where go the Boats?Robert Louis Stevenson[51]
The Magpie's NestCharles Lamb, Mary Lamb[52]
The SandmanMargaret Vandegrift[56]
The Fairies of the Caldon-LowMary Howitt[58]
Night-scented FlowersFelicia Dorothea Hemans[63]
Indian SummerJohn Greenleaf Whittier[64]
NovemberAlice Cary[65]
The Frost SpiritJohn Greenleaf Whittier[67]
The OwlAlfred Tennyson[69]
The Wind and the MoonGeorge Macdonald[70]
The TempestJames T. Fields[74]
A Visit from St. NicholasClement C. Moore[76]
Lucy GrayWilliam Wordsworth[81]
The Wonderful WorldWilliam Brighty Rands[84]
To a Child. Written in her Album William Wordsworth[85]
ConsiderChristina G. Rossetti[86]
Lullaby of an Infant ChiefSir Walter Scott[87]
Dutch LullabyEugene Field[88]
The Night WindEugene Field[91]
Marjorie's AlmanacThomas Bailey Aldrich[93]
A Child's PrayerBetham Edwards[96]

The poems by Longfellow, Whittier, Alice Cary, J. T. Fields, and Frank Dempster Sherman are published by special arrangement with the publishers, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin, & Company.