CONTENTS.

PART I.
MORE ABOUT THE SQUIRRELS[15]
PART II.
THE TRAGEDY[45]
PART III.
FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS[65]

LIST OF COLOURED PLATES.

The squirrel sprang here, there, and everywhere[Frontispiece]
The snow was falling so thickly I could scarcely see him[32]
I saw them huddled together on the floor of the cage[48]
Laurence hid himself in the twinkling of an eye[64]
She coquetted with the birds round the drinking pan[80]
Seven furry infants!... The heartlessness of it![96]