Copyright, 1908, by
GEORGE W. JACOBS AND COMPANY
All rights reserved
Printed in U. S. A.

Dedicated to
My illustrator and friend
MR. CHARLES COPELAND
whose clever brush has caught so
perfectly each whim of nature in
field and forest, and called from
hiding the furtive furred and
feathered folk, who come and go
like shadows in the ancient woods.

THE GREAT BEAR OF THE MOUNTAINS

He had stolen the belt of Wampum
From the neck of Mishe-mokwa,
From the Great Bear of the mountains,
From the terror of the nations,
As he lay asleep and cumbrous,
On the summit of the mountains,
Like a rock with mosses on it,
Spotted brown and gray with mosses.
—LONGFELLOW.

CONTENTS

[URSUS, THE DROLL. INTRODUCTORY]
I. [A THIEF IN THE NIGHT]
II. [THE CHASE]
III. [A WILDERNESS BABY]
IV. [THE CUBHOOD OF BLACK BRUIN]
V. [A ROLLICKING ROGUE]
VI. [THE LIFE OF A DANCING-BEAR]
VII. [THE VAGABONDS]
VIII. [THE BEAST AND THE MAN]
IX. [LIFE IN THE WILD]
X. [THE GREAT BEAR-HUNT]
XI. [A PLEASANT COMPANION]
XII. [THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN]
XIII. [THE BEAR WITH A COLLAR]
XIV. [THE WRECK]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Black Bruin's first acquaintance with a panther . . . Frontispiece ]

[ The bear hurried in hot pursuit ]

[ Black Bruin dealt the porcupine a crushing blow ]