’Tis thus in life—when shadows chase,

If we but meet them face to face,

What seemed a fiend in fear arrayed,

Sinks at our feet a harmless shade.

Peter Parley.

CONTENTS.

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[The Nest Builders][7]
[Kindness][9]
[Snow Flakes][11]
[Spring Flowers][12]
[Top Philosophy][13]
[By the Lake][15]
[Gentle Words][17]
[The Frost][18]
[Skating—Woman’s Rights][21]
[School Sonnet][25]
[The Language of Flowers][27]
[The Song of the Exile][29]
[The Harvest][31]
[The Snow House][35]
[Cold Water][36]
[The Good Old Plow][39]
[Winter][40]
[June][43]
[Work and Play][44]
[The Butterfly][46]
[Cold Water][48]
[The Telegraph—its Secret][49]
[The April Shower][53]
[The Ostrich][56]
[The Plowman][58]
[The House-Dog "Watch"][59]
[Gone—all Gone][61]
[The Christmas Tree][62]
[My Mother’s Birthplace][66]
[The Song of Bob Lincoln][67]
[A Will and a Way][69]
[Blowing Bubbles][71]
[After School][75]
[The Nightingale][76]
[Leap Frog][77]
[A World of Love at Home][78]
[I must Hasten Home][79]
[The Evening Prayer][81]
[Acrostic][82]
[Our Nebby][83]
[The New Song][84]
[The Chinaman][85]
[The Indian Dandy][86]
[The Shadow][88]