COLOURED PLATES.

["Why Should We Wait Till To-morrow?"][Frontispiece]
[Home for the Holidays,][facing p. 64]
[On a Voyage of Discovery,][facing p. 128]
[All Hands to the Pump,][facing p. 192]
[Crossing the Brook,][facing p. 256]
[Good News of the Boy,][facing p. 320]
Page
[A Cliff-dwelling of North America][229]
[A Corner of Hyde Park][205]
[A Countryman's Well-deserved Rebuke][17]
[Afloat on the Dogger Bank (Illustrations to),][189], [200], [201], [216], [217], [225], [240], [241], [253], [257], [268], [277], [285], [292], [301], [309], [317], [325], [336], [344], [348], [356], [368], [376], [377], [385], [400], [401], [409]
['After all, I will wait'][93]
['A great number of seagulls were chasing the fugitive'][64]
['A horseman galloped to the spot in the hope of finding them still alive'][153]
[A Monkey's Memory][12]
[Andrée's Departure for the North Pole][297]
[An Eastern Snake Charmer][197]
[Animal Makeshifts (Illustrations to),][220], [221], [252], [276], [341], [372], [397]
[An Ocean Policeman][20]
[An Old-fashioned Motor-car][332]
[A Peep at Northern Italy][248]
[A Picture Puzzle][28]
[A Scene in Clissold Park][245]
[A Scene in Regent's Park][269]
['As we cleared the water we could hear the wolves close behind'][403]
['Billy allowed the letter to be taken'][324]
['"Boh! Boh!" the clear voice shouted'][81]
[Chinese Laundrymen][381]
[Cliff-dwelling, New Mexico, and Cave-pottery][333]
[Cuban Lizards][120]
['Daisy soon grew clever at keeping the head to the wind'][128]
[East Front of the Rock Temple of Elephanta][140]
[Entrance to the Grotto of La Balme][316]
['Fight against my country! Not for the ransom of a king!'][49]
[Fingal's Cave, Staffa][52]
[Hans Christian Andersen][164]
['He could hardly find words to welcome them'][5]
['He deliberately lighted a cigar with a scrap of the burning rope'][89]
['He hit out with all his force'][349]
['He loaded the children with cherry branches'][176]
['He looked wistfully at the pair of crutches'][124]
['He ran towards the bull and opened his umbrella quickly'][260]
['He saw an old man, who seemed to be very weary'][353]
['He started, and let the lancet fall'][280]
['He steered his balloon round the Eiffel Tower'][369]
['He told his son he would disinherit him and turn him out of doors'][40]
['His grandfather lay gagged and bound on the floor'][9]
['How dare you strike me when you know God can see you?'][165]
['How it tasted—well, I've never heard'][204]
['How would you like to earn twenty pounds reward?'][361]
['I am afraid I have no berth here for you, my lad'][305]
['I am worth something when I can call that brave boy my son'][152]
['I cannot bear to sit out here'][21]
['I don't know what to do'][157]
['If you hang him, you shall hang me too'][169]
['I got these easily from the cellar'][329]
[Insect Ways and Means (Illustrations to),][29], [44], [77], [109], [149], [180], [212], [237], [261], [284], [308], [357], [364], [388]
['I saw it first—'tis mine—let go!'][244]
['It hopped into the space between the rails'][184]
['It is a terrible thing, is a wreck on this coast'][392]
['It is good! very good'][313]
['It rose at once to the ceiling'][1]
['It was fortunate that we put them off the scent'][132]
['"I will add this too, lady," said the pedlar'][337]
['I will take care of Boh'][80]
['Jack worked with a will'][320]
['Jim got a terrible drenching'][228]
['Just as Lord Massereene was leaving the prison, he was arrested'][209]
['Katie stood on the doorstep'][304]
['Live on sixpence a day—and earn it'][264]
['Look out, father, they are going to shoot you'][118]
['Maung and his young companion came to what they sought at last'][68]
['May turned away, feeling ashamed and miserable'][340]
['M. Charles stepped into the blue and golden car'][100]
['My master wishes to speak with you'][352]
[Nicolo and the Krampus][412]
['No, little lass, I do not want any flowers'][112]
[October 21st, 1805][321]
['One bolder than the rest stabbed it with a pitchfork'][61]
['One pig went squealing down the road'][177]
['Paralysed with fear, he clung to the bough'][4]
['Please do not shoot me'][393]
['See what my speckled hen has hatched'][328]
['Seven miles high!'][265]
['Shame on you all, to hit a helpless man'][16]
['She could hardly stand still while Alice tied the ribbon on'][114]
['She managed to drag her on shore'][129]
['She was just high enough, and could light the lamps'][41]
[The Best Beginning][97]
[The Black Leopard][233]
[The Black Swan of Australia][365]
['The bottle stood in the air as though hanging there'][396]
[The Boy Tramp (Illustrations to),][8], [13], [24], [25], [36], [45], [56], [60], [69], [76], [85], [96], [104], [105], [117], [125], [136], [137], [148], [160], [161], [173], [181], [193]
['The cat washed the jackdaw in its turn'][289]
['The commanding officer advanced towards the bier'][360]
[The Death of a Deserter][33]
[The Deerslayer in the hands of the Indians][172]
['The driver heard them, and reversed his engine'][224]
['The dog hailed his master as he passed'][345]
['The eagle seized its wounded mate with its beak and claws'][72]
['The empty branch bore a label'][145]
[The First Post-office in the Sky][192]
[The Giant's Hall, Luray][293]
['The grateful mother handed the doctor a handsome pocket-book'][256]
[The Grottoes of Han in the Ardennes][116]
[The Great-Northern Diver][133]
['The horse nearly carried the King into the French lines'][37]
[The Jealous Kittens][101]
[The Jumping Mouse][300]
['The little bush-boy appeared'][156]
[The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky][84]
[The Man with the Glasses][218]
['The men set to work to load their muskets'][272]
['The other passengers thought him mad'][57]
['The peacock took all her play in good part'][288]
['The rabbit bit the stoat in the most infuriated manner'][121]
[The Rock Temple of Kailus at Ellora][196]
['The sailor-pupil climbed into the car'][249]
['The second lion seized him'][312]
[The Simplon Pass][141]
['The soldiers forgot the prisoner, and scrambled for the money'][48]
['The stag stayed by his mate's body'][232]
[The Teal][53]
['The two were soon locked in fight'][384]
['The women of Bohemia act as bricklayers labourers'][281]
['The woodpecker fled in fear'][185]
['They burnt the Shakespeare, breaking the spell'][88]
['They came hopping in, Paul an easy first'][92]
['They stumbled along, supporting the stranger as best they could'][373]
[''Tis the very man!'][273]
[Toys from the Streets (Illustrations to),][380], [389], [404]
['We charged at the midst of the foe'][405]
['We will see where this rat came from'][32]
['What is it?—a fire? Speak, boy!'][236]
['Who'll buy?'][208]
['Wootton stood quite upright on the pinnacle of the steeple'][73]
['Would you take a message of importance for me?'][168]
['Your Majesty is certainly wrong'][108]
['"You shall go," said the captain, "if I lose every passenger"'][65]
['You young rascal'][296]

"Why Should We Wait Till To-morrow?"