Margaret Coulson Walker.

Des Moines, Iowa.

Contents

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Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter[21]
The Cucumbers[24]
Radishes and Corn[27]
The Radish Baby’s Song[28]
Radish Babies[31]
The Corn Lullaby[32]
Pansies[35]
Pansy Ladies[36]
Poppy Maids[39]
Poppy Lullaby[40]
Acorn and Burdock Eskimos[43]
Pigs[46]
Burdock Leaves and Clothes-Pins[49]
The Clothes-Pin Tribe[50]
An Irish (Potato) Woman and Her Family[54]
Creatures of Clay[58]
A Man of Clay[60]
The Corn Husk Lady[61]
The Corn Cob Baby[64]
Apple Jack[66]
Apple Jack’s Story[66]
The Peanut Man[70]
The Peanut Chinese Woman[72]
The Acorn Family[74]
The Haws[81]
The Gourds[82]
Gourd Man[84]
What the Gourd Man Said[86]
The Mender[89]
Hickory-Nut People[90]
The Hickory-Nut Nurse[92]
The Kelp Maiden[94]
The Kelp Maid’s Song[98]
Morning-Glory Ladies[101]
Jack O’Lanterns[102]
Pumpkin Pies[104]
Jack O’Lantern Dreams[105]
Rastus Prune[106]
Dinah Prune[108]
Pipe Dolls[111]
Paper Dolls[119]
Handkerchief Dolls[122]
Pill-Box Dolls[124]
The Straw Indian[126]
The Dried Peach Indian[128]
The Softening of the Snows[130]
Pastry Creatures[134]
The Doughnut Man[136]
The Gingerbread Maid[138]
The Yarn Child[142]
Rag Dolls[144]
Rag Babies[146]
Tissue-Paper Ladies[148]
Humpty-Dumpty[151]
Cinderella’s Coach[153]

Illustrations

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1.—Hollyhock Place[4]
2.—Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter[20]
3.—Undressed Figures of Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter.—(Corner piece)[21]
4.—Lady Cucumber and Her Son.—(Corner piece)[24]
5.—Lord Cucumber[25]
6.—The Radish Baby.—(Corner piece)[27]
7.—The Radish Baby[29]
8.—The Corn Baby[33]
9.—A Pansy Blossom.—(Corner piece)[36]
10.—Pansy Ladies.—(Bottle bodies)[37]
11.—Pansy Ladies.—(Paper bodies)[38]
12.—Poppy Maids[41]
13.—Burdocks in Fence Corner[43]
14.—The Bur Eskimo[45]
15.—Acorn Pig.—(Corner piece)[46]
16.—Acorn Pigs in Pen[46]
17.—Lemon Pigs[47]
18.—A Clothes-Pin.—(Corner piece)[49]
19.—The Clothes-Pin Tribe[51]
20.—John and Priscilla Alden[53]
21.—An Irish (Potato) Woman[55]
22.—An Irish Pig[57]
23.—A Clay Savage[59]
24.—A Corn Husk[61]
25.—Cornelia Shucks[63]
26.—The Corn Cob Baby[65]
27.—Apple Jack[67]
28.—The Peanut Man[71]
29.—The Peanut Chinese Woman[73]
30.—Acorn Tops.—(Tailpiece)[77]
31.—An Acorn Man[75]
32.—An Acorn Woman[79]
33.—The Haws[81]
34.—A Long-Necked Gourd Man.—(Corner piece)[82]
35.—The Weeping Gourd Man[83]
36.—The Laughing Gourd Man[85]
37.—The Gourd Man[87]
38.—The Mender[89]
39.—A Hickory-Nut Nun[91]
40.—A Hickory-Nut Nurse[93]
41.—Pelicans Standing on Kelp Beds at Sea.—(Tailpiece)[96]
42.—The Kelp Maid[97]
43.—Morning-Glory Ladies[100]
44.—The Rainbow.—(Tailpiece)[101]
45.—A Jack O’Lantern[103]
46.—Rastus Prune[107]
47.—Dinah Prune[109]
48.—A Clay Pipe Baby[110]
49.—Clay Pipe.—(Corner piece)[111]
50.—A Clay Pipe Clown[113]
51.—A Clay Pipe Old Lady[115]
52.—A Clay Pipe Maiden[117]
53.—Pattern for Paper Doll’s Dress and Hat[120]
54.—A Paper Doll[121]
55.—A Handkerchief Doll[123]
56.—A Pill-Box Doll[125]
57.—The Straw Indian[127]
58.—The Dried Peach Indian[129]
59.—The Proud Snows[131]
60.—The Tender Snows[133]
61.—A Pie-Crust Mule[135]
62.—The Doughnut Man[137]
63.—The Gingerbread Maid[139]
64.—A Cooky Moon[141]
65.—The Yarn Child[143]
66.—A Rag Couple[145]
67.—A Rag.—(Corner piece)[146]
68.—A Rag Baby[147]
69.—A Tissue-Paper Lady[149]
70.—Humpty-Dumpty[152]
71.—Peanut Cinderella.—(Corner piece)[153]
72.—Cinderella in Her Coach[154]