CONTENTS.

PROSE.

		PAGE
Accident, The	Louisa M. Alcott	[280]
Adventure in the Life of Salvator Rosa	L. D. L.	[84]
African Elephant, The	J. G. Wood	[319]
Animal in Armor, The		[75]
Aunt Thankful	M. H.	[253]
Barn Swallows	W. Wander	[194]
Birds	F. F. E.	[25]
“Bitters”		[203]
Books and Reading		[36]
Bruin at a Maple-Sugar Party	C. A. Stephens	[313]
Camels	J. G. Wood	[339]
Cave at Benton’s Ridge	F. E. S.	[350]
Charley		[368]
Charlie’s Escape		[109]
Charlie’s Christmas		[79]
Crippled Boy, The	S. W. Lander	[374]
Daisy’s Temptation		[111]
Daring Feat		[183]
Davy Boys’ Fishing-Pond	L. M. D.	[130]
Envy Punished		[271]
Every Cloud has a Silver Lining		[31]
Faithful Friends	X.	[237]
Fairy Bird, The	Louisa M. Alcott	[207]
Fred and Dog Stephen		[205]
Giraffe, The	J. G. Wood	[188]
Going for the Letters		[198]
Good Word not Lost		[308]
Gratitude of a Cow		[196]
Haunts of Wild Beasts	C. A. Stephens	[355]
Help Yourselves	Wm. M. Thayer	[46]
Holiday Luck	Sara Conant	[296]
How a Good Dinner was Lost	Fannie Benedict	[256]
How Maggie paid the Rent		[227]


How Sweetie’s “Ship came In”	Margaret Field	[96]
Hunting Adventure		[362]
If; or, Bessie Green’s Holiday		[176]
Iron Ring, The	A. L. O. E.	[76]
It takes Two to Make a Quarrel		[306]
John Stocks and the Bison	Author of “Drifting to Sea”	[138]
Kindness Rewarded		[28]
Kindness to Animals	Robert Handy	[284]
Lace-making		[44]
Lame Susie		[261]
Lion the Fire-dog	Benjamin Clarke	[38]
Lion on the Threshold		[190]
Marcellin		[82]
Merry Christmas	E. G. C.	[166]
Monkeys	L. B. U.	[301]
Motherless Boy, The		[49]
Mouse and Canary, The		[287]
Mrs. Pike’s Prisoners	M. R. W.	[123]
My Mother’s Stories	E. E.	[303]
My Story	S. P. Brigham	[332]
Nearly Lost		[365]
Neddy’s Half Holiday		[121]
Nicolo’s Little Friend	H. A. F.	[390]
Nino	Sara Conant	[244]
Orchard’s Grandmother	S. O. J.	[9]
Parsees, The		[371]
Polly Arrives	Louisa M. Alcott	[282]
Ponto		[310]
Puppet	Mary B. Harris	[162]
Puss	Robert Handy	[293]
Que	Mary B. Harris	[144]
Reason and Instinct	Flaneur	[60]
Reginald’s First School-Days		[384]
Rough	M. R. O.	[17]
Sally Sunbeam		[251]
Saved by a Fiddle	Sir Lascelles Wraxall	[211]
Song of the Bird		[323]
Squanko	F. Cheseboro	[274]
Squirrels		[160]
St. Bernard Dog		[53]
Stitching and Teaching	E. G. C.	[152]
Stories about Dogs		[137]
Strange Combat, A	C. A. Stephens	[116]
Sweet One for Polly	Louisa M. Alcott	[277]


Thorns		[347]
Tim the Match-Boy		[268]
Truant, The		[393]
Two Friends. A Story for Boys		[288]
Two Gentlemen in Fur Cloaks		[107]
Uncle John’s School-Days		[234]
What Nelly gave Away		[115]
White Butterfly		[63]
Wings		[273]
Working is Better than Wishing		[65]
Young Artist, The		[218]

POETRY.

All among the Hay		[286]
Annie		[175]
Answer to a Child’s Question		[113]
Bird’s Nest, The	Mary. N. Prescott	[216]
C—A—T		[186]
Cherry-Time		[128]
Child’s Petition		[392]
Child’s Prayer		[137]
Children		[62]
Children’s Song		[141]
Cleopatra	Edgar Fawcett	[388]
Common Things		[249]
Coral-Workers, The		[37]
Counting Baby’s Toes		[345]
Dinner and a Kiss		[381]
Dream of Summer, A	Mary N. Prescott	[29]
Erl King	Mary N. Prescott	[241]
Faithful unto Death; or, The Sentry of Herculaneum	W. B. B. Stevens	[230]
Flight of the Birds		[56]
For the Children		[58]
Forced Rabbit, The		[180]
From Bad to Worse	Alice Cary	[331]
Frost, The		[22]
Good-Humor		[35]
Good Shepherd, The		[52]
I am Coming		[110]
Kind to Everything		[68]
Let him Live	Mary R. Whittlesey	[300]
Little Helpers		[73]
Little Home-body	Geo. Cooper	[119]


Little Red Riding-Hood	L. E. Landon	[224]
My Little Hero		[92]
My Mother		[382]
Minutes		[196]
My Picture		[23]
Music Lesson, The		[22]
Nothing to Do		[105]
Now the Sun is Sinking		[206]
Our Daily Bread		[157]
Preparing for Christmas		[143]
Rich and Poor	Ellen M. H. Gates	[42]
Rigmarole about a Tea-Party		[206]
Robin Redbreast		[95]
Rustic Mirror, The	M. R. W.	[222]
Sailing the Boats	George Cooper	[305]
Secret	Mary R. Whittlesey	[264]
Shakspeare	Richard H. Stoddard	[389]
Sheep and the Goat		[328]
Silly Young Rabbit, The		[242]
Silver and Gold	Ellis Gray	[265]
Smiles and Tears		[390]
Snow-Fall		[151]
Snow-Man, The	Marian Douglas	[192]
Song of the Rose	T. E. D.	[41]
Sparrow, The		[122]
Spring has Come		[202]
Story of Johnny Dawdle		[47]
Summer		[78]
That Calf	Phœbe Cary	[70]
To the Cardinal Flower	M. R. W.	[40]
Touch Not		[61]
Two Mornings	Mary N. Prescott	[267]
Under the Pear Trees		[349]
Up and Doing		[182]
Vacation	Beverly Moore	[232]
War and Peace		[126]
Way to Walk	M. R. W.	[337]
We should hear the Angels singing	Kate Cameron	[91]
What so Sweet	Mary N. Prescott	[344]
What the Clock says		[149]
Why		[24]
Willie’s Prayer		[159]
World, The	Lilliput Lectures	[185]
Worship of Nature		[361]