GAUT & VOLKMAR,

H. COWPERTHWAIT & CO.

1858.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

L. K. LIPPINCOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
STEREOTYPED BY MEARS & DUSENBERY.

[CONTENTS.]

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[OLD WONDER-EYES][7]
[OLD HORACE, AND MY LITTLE PIG HUMPY][14]
[THE ROOSTER-MOTHER][42]
[MY AUNT'S PRESENT][46]
[A CURIOUS DOG STORY][64]
[WILLIE WATSON][71]
[THE TALE OF OUR KITE][78]
[PHILIP ANNESLEY'S RETURN][85]
[SNOWDROP][93]
[MY FIRST DAY IN TROWSERS][101]
[THE STOLEN BIRDS' NEST][114]
[THE STORY OF GRACE DARLING][127]
[HYMN][142]