CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The New Scholar	[3]
II	King Milkmaid	[15]
III	Answering Back	[23]
IV	Little Christopher Columbus	[34]
V	Whiling Away Time	[43]
VI	A Battle	[48]
VII	Hat-Ball and Bull-Pen	[58]
VIII	The Defender	[70]
IX	Pigeon Pot-Pie	[80]
X	Jack and His Mother	[97]
XI	Columbus and His Friends	[102]
XII	Greenbank Wakes Up	[113]
XIII	Professor Susan	[119]
XIV	Crowing After Victory	[127]
XV	An Attempt to Collect	[137]
XVI	An Exploring Expedition	[148]
XVII	Housekeeping Experiences	[154]
XVIII	Ghosts	[166]
XIX	The Return Home	[177]
XX	A Foot-Race For Money	[189]
XXI	The New Teacher	[203]
XXII	Chasing the Fox	[210]
XXIII	Called to Account	[222]
XXIV	An Apology	[229]
XXV	King’s Base and a Spelling-Lesson	[238]
XXVI	Unclaimed Top-Strings	[243]
XXVII	The Last Day of School, and the Last Chapter of the Story	[252]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“Not There, Not There, My Child!”	[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Jack Amusing the Small Boys with Stories of Hunting, Fishing, and Frontier Adventure.	[44]
“Cousin Sukey,” Said Little Columbus, “I Want to Ask a Favor of You.”	[120]
Bob Holliday Carries Home His Friend.	[258]

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