I leave the little collection, not without some misgivings, to the critical, but I hope not unkindly, regard of its young readers. They will, I am sure, believe me when I tell them that if my own paternal claims, like those of Elia, are limited to "dream children," I have catered for the real ones with cordial sympathy and tender solicitude for their well-being and happiness.

J. G. W.

Amesbury, 1873.

CONTENTS.

STORIES OF CHILD LIFE.
Page
Little Annie's RambleNathaniel Hawthorne[13]
Why the Cow Turned Her Head AwayAbby Morton Diaz[22]
The Baby of the RegimentT. W. Higginson[27]
Prudy Parlin"Sophie May"[38]
Mrs. Walker's BetseyHelen B. Bostwick[43]
The Rainbow-PilgrimageGrace Greenwood[54]
On White IslandCelia Thaxter[58]
The Cruise of the DolphinT. B. Aldrich[64]
A Young MahometanMary Lamb[76]
The Little PersianJuvenile Miscellany[81]
The Boys' HeavenL. Maria Child[83]
Bessie's GardenCaroline S. Whitmarsh[87]
How the Crickets Brought Good FortuneP. J. Stahl[97]
Paul and VirginiaBernardin de Saint Pierre[101]
Oeyvind and MaritBjörnsterne Björnsen[109]
Boots at the Holly-Tree InnCharles Dickens[119]
Amrie and the GeeseBerthold Auerbach[131]
The RobinsJohn Woolman[135]
The Fish I didn't CatchJohn G. Whittier[137]
Little Kate WordsworthThomas De Quincey[142]
How Margery WonderedLucy Larcom[145]
The Nettle-GathererFrom the Swedish[149]
Little Arthur's PrayerThomas Hughes[156]
Faith and her MotherElizabeth Stuart Phelps[161]
The Open DoorJohn de Liefde[165]
The Prince's VisitHorace Scudder[167]
FANCIES OF CHILD LIFE.
The Hen that hatched DucksHarriet Beecher Stowe[175]
BlunderLouise E. Chollet[185]
Star-DollarsGrimm's Household Tales[192]
The Immortal FountainL. Maria Child[193]
The Bird's-Nest in the MoonNew England Magazine[201]
Dream-Children: a ReveryCharles Lamb[204]
The Ugly DucklingHans Christian Andersen[209]
The Poet and his Little DaughterMary Howitt[220]
The Red FlowerMadame De Gasparin[226]
The Story without an EndGerman of Carove[229]
MEMORIES OF CHILD LIFE.
Hans Christian Andersen [253]
Madame Michelet [262]
Jean Paul Richter [271]
Charles Lamb [276]
Hugh Miller [281]
Walter Scott [286]
Frederick Douglass [290]
Charles Dickens [297]