DEDICATED
TO MY DEAR SISTER
HORATIA KATHARINE FRANCES GATTY.
J.H.E.

CONTENTS

[PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.]
[PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.]
[BROTHERS OF PITY.]
[FATHER HEDGEHOG AND HIS NEIGHBOURS.]
[ CHAPTER I.]
[ CHAPTER II.]
[ CHAPTER III.]
[ CHAPTER IV.]
[ CHAPTER V.]
[ CHAPTER VI.]
[ CHAPTER VII.]
[ CHAPTER VIII.]
[TOOTS AND BOOTS.]
[ CHAPTER I.]
[ CHAPTER II.]
[ CHAPTER III.]
[THE HENS OF HENCASTLE.]
[FLAPS.]
[A WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND.]
[AMONG THE MERROWS.]
[TINY'S TRICKS AND TOBY'S TRICKS.]
[THE OWL IN THE IVY BUSH.]
[OWLHOOT I.]
[OWLHOOT II.]

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.