Transcriber's Notes

1. Typographical errors and hyphenation inconsistencies were silently corrected.

2. Table of Contents and the List of Illustrations have been added by the transcriber.

3. Some illustrations appearing before chapter heading in the original, are placed next to the relevant chapter heading.

Table of Contents.

ChapterPage
[JACK AND JILL.]5
[THE THREE MOD-EL MICE.]6
[THE MICE AND THE EGG.]7
[IN THE SWING.]8
[BUT-TER-CUP, THE BOS-SY.]9
[MEAS-UR-ING TOM-MY.]10
[THE TWINS.]11
[A BRAVE GIRL.]12
[ OUT-LINE PICT-URE TO COL-OR.—SLATE PICT-URE.]13
[A LIT-TLE MAS-TER.]14
[TAKE ME MAMMA.]15
[A SPRING SHOW-ER.]16
[A FIN-GER SONG.]17
[LIT-TLE GOLD HEAD.]20
[TWO BA-BIES.]22
[A NEW KIND OF PUS-SY-CAT.]24
[CIN-DER-EL-LA.]26
[MISS ROSE-BUD]27
[A FISH-ING AD-VEN-TURE.]28
[AN OC-TO-BER PIC-NIC.]29
[MA-DAME MOB-CAP.]30
[PICT-URES TO COL-OR OR DRAW.]31
[WHAT BA-BY LIKED.]32
[A BAD NIGHT.]34
[THE LIT-TLE SWANS' LESSON.]35
[A SOLDIER.]36
[TALK TO ME, TOO, MAMMA.]37
[PRIDE.]38
[WHY TIP-TOE BARKED.]38
[SYBIL'S CARRIAGE.]39

List of Illustrations.

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[WILL YOU COME?]
[AT THE SPRING.]
5
[THEY ATE FROM THE SAME EGG.]6
[AN EMPTY LARDER AT HOME.]7
[BEHOLD THE DILEMMA!]
[ [NECESSITY BEING, AS EVER, THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.]
[ISN'T THIS FUN?]8
[AND ISN'T THIS FUN?]
["HERE WE'LL WAIT!">9
[Meas-ur-ing Tom-my.]10
[The Twins.]11
[SEE HOW BRAVE!]
[WHAT IF SHE BITES!]
12
[ [CHILD-LIFE ON THE FARM.—A NO-VEM-BER RAIN.]13
[Bringing Home The Thanks-giv-ing Dinner.]
[ SLATE PICT-URE—THE NIGHT BE-FORE THANKS GIV-ING.]
[FLOSS AND FLUFF.]14
["Take Me, Mamma!">15
[A Spring Show-er.]16
[A Fin-ger Song.]17
[KATE FEEDS THE FISH-ES.]18
[A MORN-ING RIDE.]19
[ [CHOOSE THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE BEST.
SLATE PICT-URE FOR BA-BY TO DRAW.]
["PUT OUT."—GLAD TO MEET.]20
[Two Ba-bies.]21
[UN-DER THE EAVES.]22
[The ba-by in the house and the ba-by in the barn.]23
[ [PRET-TY, PRET-TY KIT-TY!]
[NAUGH-TY, NAUGH-TY KIT-TY!]
24
[The Black Swan.]25
[Miss Rose-Bud.]27
[TED-DY'S LUCK.]28
[An October Pic-nic]29
[JOHN-NY'S LIT-TLE SIS-TER.]31
[NEL-LY AND BA-BY-BOY JOE.]32
[A DARLING LIT-TLE SIS-TER.]33
[Ba-by Rat sat up in bed.]34
[GOOD TIMES.]35
[A GAME OF NINEPINS.]
[A REGIMENT OF ROBBY'S SOLDIERS.]36
[ROBBY THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE THIS.]
[ROBBY AT NIGHT.]
["Talk to me, too, Mamma.">37
[THE PROUD LIT-TLE DOLL.]38
[AN INVITATION TO TAKE A WALK.]
[SYBIL GOES OUT TO MAKE CALLS.]39
[THREE MARINERS.]Back cover

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