A collection of six bright little stories, which will appeal to all boys and most girls.
BIG BROTHER
A story of two boys. The devotion and care of Stephen, himself a small boy, for his baby brother, is the theme of the simple tale.
OLE MAMMY’S TORMENT
“Ole Mammy’s Torment” has been fitly called “a classic of Southern life.” It relates the haps and mishaps of a small negro lad, and tells how he was led by love and kindness to a knowledge of the right.
THE STORY OF DAGO
In this story Mrs. Johnston relates the story of Dago, a pet monkey, owned jointly by two brothers. Dago tells his own story, and the account of his haps and mishaps is both interesting and amusing.
THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT
A pleasant little story of a boy’s labor of love, and how it changed the course of his life many years after it was accomplished.
FLIP’S ISLANDS OF PROVIDENCE