CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| A PICTURE | Jack Barlow | [259] |
| (Illustrated by R. W. Vonnoh.) | ||
| NAUGHTY NASNA | Laura E. Richards | [260] |
| (Illustrated by Culmer Barnes.) | ||
| "CHOW-CHOW" | Bessie Pedder | [263] |
| (Illustrated by Arthur Douglas.) | ||
| POLLY'S BABY | M. D. Brine | [266] |
| (Illustrated by Jessie C. Shepherd.) | ||
| HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK! | Penn Shirley | [268] |
| (Illustrated by Jessie C. Shepherd.) | ||
| A MEADOW SONG | Elizabeth A. Davis | [270] |
| (Illustrated by E. P. Hayden.) | ||
| OUR MOCKING BIRD | Van Buren | [273] |
| (Illustrated by A. S. Cox.) | ||
| TROTTIE'S DOINGS | Jennie Judson | [274] |
| (Illustrated by F. T. Merrill.) | ||
| "SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, Maids in Waiting" | Margaret Johnson | [276] |
| (Illustrated by Jessie McDermott.) | ||
| THE PIGS' CHOWDER PARTY | Frances P. Chaplin | [278] |
| (Illustrated by A. Buhler.) | ||
| PUSSY'S ADOPTED CHILDREN | S. D. L. H. | [280] |
| (Illustrated by Ellen Oakford.) | ||
| SEVEN TIMES ONE | Day Noble | [282] |
| (Illustrated by Miss C. A. Northam.) | ||
| WHAT KATY DID | Aunt Fanny | [284] |
| (Illustrated by Miss M. Humphrey.) | ||
| PULL THE WEEDS | M. E. McKee | [286] |
| (Illustrated by Miss E. S. Tucker.) | ||
| THISTLEDOWN | Jennie Joy | [288] |
| (Music by T. Crampton.) | ||
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