The illustrations have been prepared especially for this work and make the lessons of the story more impressive.

The Author desires to acknowledge her obligations to Mr. Charles Jerome for permission to use "The Sand Bed"; to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for "The White Ship," and "Clovis, The Boy King," by Miss Christine Tinling. To Misses Marion Chafee and Bessie McCann, students of the Hygiene Department of the Mississippi Normal College for the "Hygiene Song" and "Little Fairies": also to Miss M. Larsen for "One Little Girl" and the poem, "Jack Frost"; to Mr. O. S. Hoffman for the poem, "The Five Best Doctors," to Messrs. Flanagan and Company, for permission to use the anonymous poem, "Merry Sunshine," and to Miss Virginia R. Grundy for "A Child's Calendar."

M. F. J.

July, 1916.

CONTENTS

PAGE The Wonderful Engine[1] Two Little Plants[6] The Story of a Fly[11] Swat the Fly[18] The Story of the Rain Barrel[19] Malaria[24] Jack Frost[29] Jack Frost, a Poem[34] A Story of Tuberculosis[35] It Is Time That You Should Stop[41] A True Story[42] Two Little Windows[46] Merry Sunshine[50] A Wonderful Stream[52] Two Mills[57] A Child's Calendar[61] The Toothbrush Brigade[62] Mr. Fly and Mrs. Mosquito[64] A Hygiene Song[70] Our Little Enemies[71] One Little Girl[77] Clovis, the Boy King[78] What Temperance Brings[85] The White Ship[86] A Queer Case[94] Breathe More[97] The Little Girl and the Butterfly[97] Little Barefoot[103] The Little Fairies[107] The Red Cross Seal[111] The Sand Bed[119] The House That Jack Built[120] A New Story of the Lion and the Mouse[124] First Aid To the Injured and the Boy Scouts[127] An Invitation[131] A Great Fight[132] The Five Best Doctors[135] Glossary[136]
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The Wonderful Engine[1]
Two Little Plants[6]
The Story of a Fly[11]
Swat the Fly[18]
The Story of the Rain Barrel[19]
Malaria[24]
Jack Frost[29]
Jack Frost, a Poem[34]
A Story of Tuberculosis[35]
It Is Time That You Should Stop[41]
A True Story[42]
Two Little Windows[46]
Merry Sunshine[50]
A Wonderful Stream[52]
Two Mills[57]
A Child's Calendar[61]
The Toothbrush Brigade[62]
Mr. Fly and Mrs. Mosquito[64]
A Hygiene Song[70]
Our Little Enemies[71]
One Little Girl[77]
Clovis, the Boy King[78]
What Temperance Brings[85]
The White Ship[86]
A Queer Case[94]
Breathe More[97]
The Little Girl and the Butterfly[97]
Little Barefoot[103]
The Little Fairies[107]
The Red Cross Seal[111]
The Sand Bed[119]
The House That Jack Built[120]
A New Story of the Lion and the Mouse[124]
First Aid To the Injured and the Boy Scouts[127]
An Invitation[131]
A Great Fight[132]
The Five Best Doctors[135]
Glossary[136]