Acknowledgments are due to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company for selections from Holmes, Whittier, and Longfellow; to Messrs. D. Appleton & Company for selections from Bryant; to Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Company for the poem, “Rainbow Fairies,” from Tomlin’s “Child’s Garden of Song”; and to Mr. John Burroughs for permission to use his poem, “Waiting.”

CONTENTS.

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’Round the YearGary Cooper[15]
The Seasons [22]
Worship of NatureJohn Greenleaf Whittier[27]
How the Myths arose [28]
The Months—Winter [30]
The Voice of SpringFelicia Dorothea Hemans[31]
The Months—Spring [33]
On May MorningJohn Milton[34]
The Child’s Wish in JuneCaroline Gilman[36]
The Months—Summer [37]
AutumnAnonymous[38]
The Months—Autumn [39]
The Old YearAlfred Tennyson[41]
The Holidays of the Year [43]
The Days of the Week [47]
OdeJoseph Addison[50]
Ceres [52]
To the Fringed GentianWilliam Cullen Bryant[54]
Ceres and Persephone [55]
Arbutus AsleepWilliam Whitman Bailey[57]
The Search of Ceres [59]
WaitingJohn Burroughs[61]
Apollo [62]
Hark! hark! the LarkWilliam Shakespeare[63]
Diana [65]
Lady MoonAnonymous[66]
The Pleiades [68]
The StarsAmelia[70]
Aurora [73]
DaybreakHenry Wadsworth Longfellow[75]
Aurora and Tithonus [77]
On the Grasshopper and CricketJohn Keats[77]
Aurora and Memnon [79]
A Walk at SunsetWilliam Cullen Bryant[79]
The Nymphs and Other Goddesses [82]
GiveAdelaide Anne Procter[87]
Apollo and the Muses [88]
The Descent of the MusesHenry Wadsworth Longfellow[90]
Apollo and Daphne [92]
Forget-me-notAnonymous[94]
Clytie [96]
The DaisyJames Montgomery[99]
Niobe [102]
ApolloGeorge Gordon Byron[104]
Jupiter [106]
Abou Ben AdhemLeigh Hunt[108]
Neptune [109]
NeptuneJohn Keats[111]
Vulcan [112]
WorkMary N. Prescott[114]
Venus [115]
Her FaceRobert Browning[119]
Cupid and Psyche [121]
LoveFrancis Bourdillon[122]
Psyche and Venus [123]
LongingJames Russell Lowell[125]
St. Valentine’s Day [127]
What March doesMay Riley Smith[128]
Phaëthon [129]
WingsMary F. Butts[131]
Mercury [134]
The Finding of the LyreJames Russell Lowell[135]
Æolus [137]
Æolus and Ulysses [140]
The Chambered NautilusOliver Wendell Holmes[141]
The Wind Tower [143]
Mudjekeewis [145]
Wabun [146]
Shawondasee [149]
Little DandelionHelen B. Bostwick[150]
Kabibonokka [151]
What the Winds bringEdmund Clarence Stedman[153]
Iris [155]
The RainbowWilliam Wordsworth[155]
Rainbow Stories [156]
The Rainbow FairiesLizzie M. Hadley[157]
Narcissus [158]
The BrookAlfred Tennyson[159]
Echo and Narcissus [161]
BlueJohn Keats[163]
Minerva [164]
Minerva and Arachne [166]
Minerva’s WeavingEdmund Spenser[169]
Prometheus [171]
Home Thoughts from AbroadRobert Browning[173]
Adonis [174]
Origin of the OpalAnonymous[176]
The Apples of the Hesperides [177]
Cleon and ICharles Mackay[179]
Pandora [180]
The Gladness of NatureWilliam Cullen Bryant[183]
Hebe and Ganymede [185]
MayMacdonald[186]
Vesta [186]
Sweet and LowAlfred Tennyson[188]
The Origin of the Moss Rose [190]
The Moss RoseKrummacher[192]
Orpheus and Eurydice [193]
The Child’s WorldLilliput Lectures[197]
Arion [198]
JuneJames Russell Lowell[200]

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