CONTENTS.

[PREFACE.]

[SMALL MEANS AND GREAT ENDS.]

[MARY ELLEN.]

[THE DEAD CHILD TO ITS MOTHER.]

[HOPE.]

[THE YOUNG SOLDIER.]

[THE STOLEN CHILDREN.]

[MY GRANDMOTHER'S COTTAGE.]

[THE FIRST OATH.]

[THE FAIRY'S GIFT.]

[A LESSON TAUGHT BY NATURE.]

[FLORENCE DREW.]

[SHECHEM.]

["ARE WE NOT ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS?"]

[FORTUNE-TELLING.]

[THE BOY WHO STOLE THE NAILS.]

[THE CHILDLESS MOTHER.]

[THE MOTHERLESS CHILD.]

[FAITH.]

[THE SNOW-BIRDS.]

[MOUNT CARMEL.]

[THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.]

[THE STARVING POOR OF IRELAND.]

[THE SABBATH SCHOOL FESTIVAL.]

[NELLY GREY.]

[THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.]

[MAY-DAY.]

[THE SNOW-DROP.]

[CAGING BIRDS.]