Preface.
These stories, with the exception of the first one, are reprinted from two little books—"Children Busy," etc., and "Under Mother's Wing." They were then only signed with my initials. Some of the verses appear now for the first time.
L. C.
TO YOU—AND ETHEL AND ALICE
CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- MASTER WILLIE [9]
- SWINGING [17]
- THE WOODEN DOLL [18]
- WATCHING [20]
- THE LIGHT ON THE HILLS [22]
- WRITING A BOOK [25]
- THE RABBIT [27]
- THE SANDY CAT [28]
- ON THE WAY TO THE SUN [30]
- IN THE MOONLIGHT [33]
- THE POOR LITTLE DOLL [35]
- THE VIOLETS [37]
- THE FIDDLER [39]
- THE BROKEN HORSE [40]
- THE RAINBOW-MAKER [41]
- OVER THE PORRIDGE [43]
- A-COMING DOWN THE STREET [45]
- THE PROUD BOY [47]
- SEEKING THE VIOLETS [49]
- TOMMY'S STOCKINGS [51]
- MIDSUMMER-NIGHT [52]
- THE LITTLE MAID [54]
- WAR [55]
- PEACE [56]
- MY LITTLE BROTHER [58]
- THE KITE [59]
- THE TINKER'S MARRIAGE [61]
- THE CHILDREN AND THE GARLAND [62]
- ROUND THE TEA-TABLE [64]
- TOMMY [67]
- THE SWALLOWS [69]
- A FIRST LOVE-MAKING [71]
- SMUT [72]
- SEE-SAW [74]
- THE BAD GIRL [75]
- MORNING TIME [78]
- THE PINK PARASOL [80]
- THE SISTERS [82]
- THE WHITE RABBITS [83]
- THE WOODEN HORSE [84]
- THE DUCK POND [86]
- THE LITTLE MAID [88]
- THE DONKEY ON WHEELS [89]
- COCK-A-DOODLE [91]
- THE BOY AND LITTLE GREAT LADY [92]
- GOOD-DAY, GENTLE FOLK [94]