[The Three Bears][32]
[Cinderella][35]
[The Three Brothers][41]
[The Wren and the Bear][42]
[Chicken-Licken][45]
[The Fox and the Cat][47]
[The Rats and their Son-in-Law][48]
[The Mouse and the Sausage][50]
[Johnny and the Golden Goose][51]
[Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse][56]
[Teeny Tiny][58]
[The Spider and the Flea][60]
[The Little Shepherd Boy][61]
[The Three Spinners][62]
[The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership][65]
[The Sweet Soup][68]
[The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean][68]
[Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail][70]
[The Three Little Pigs][71]

CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS

[The Three Children][75]
[The Owl and the Pussy-Cat]—Edward Lear[75]
[Kindness to Animals][page xiv][77]
[How Doth the Little Busy Bee]—Isaac Watts[77]
[Suppose]—Phoebe Cary[78]
[Twinkle, Twinkle][79]
[Pretty Cow]—Jane Taylor[80]
[The Three Little Kittens]—Eliza Lee Follen[80]
[The Land of Counterpane]—Robert Louis Stevenson[82]
[There was a Little Girl]—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[82]
[The Boy who never Told a Lie][83]
[Foreign Children]—Robert Louis Stevenson[84]
[The Unseen Playmate]—Robert Louis Stevenson[84]
[I saw Three Ships][85]
[A Was an Ant]—Edward Lear[86]
[The Table and the Chair]—Edward Lear[91]
[Precocious Piggy]—Thomas Hood[93]
[A Boy's Song]—James Hogg[94]
[Buttercups and Daisies]—Mary Howitt[95]
[The Violet]—Jane Taylor[96]
[If ever I See]—Lydia Maria Child[97]
[The Little Land]—Robert Louis Stevenson[97]
[A Lobster Quadrille]—Lewis Carroll[99]
[Where Go the Boats]—Robert Louis Stevenson[100]
[The Wind and the Moon]—George Macdonald[101]
[Where are you Going my Pretty Maid][103]
[The Lost Doll]—Charles Kingsley[104]
[Foreign Lands]—Robert Louis Stevenson[104]
[Bed in Summer]—Robert Louis Stevenson[105]
[Try Again][106]
[A Good Play]—Robert Louis Stevenson[106]
[Good Night and Good Morning]—Richard Monckton Milnes[107]
[The Wind]—Robert Louis Stevenson[108]
[The Spider and the Fly]—Mary Howitt[109]
[Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite]—Isaac Watts[110]
[Child's Evening Hymn]—Sabine Baring-Gould[111]

CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES

[Hansel and Gretel][113]
[The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie][120]
[The Wolf and the Fox][page xv][122]
[Descreet Hans][123]
[Puss in Boots][126]
[The Elves and the Shoemaker][131]
[Hans in Luck][133]
[Master of All Masters][138]
[Belling the Cat][139]
[Little Red Riding-Hood][140]
[The Nail][144]
[Jack and the Beanstalk][145]
[How to Tell a True Princess][149]
[The Sleeping Beauty][150]

OLD FASHIONED POEMS

[The Man in the Moon]—James Whitcombe Riley[158]
[Sage Counsel]—Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch[160]
[Limericks]—Edward Lear[161]
[More Limericks]—Rudyard Kipling and Anonymous[162]
[The Dead Doll]—Margaret Vandergrift[163]
[Little Things]—Ascribed to Julia A. F. Carney[165]
[The Golden Rule]—Unknown[165]
[Do the Best You Can]—Unknown[165]
[The Voice of Spring][166]
[The Lark and the Rook]—Unknown[166]
[Thanksgiving Day]—Lydia Maria Child[168]
[The Magpie's Nest]—Unknown[169]
[The Fairies of Caldon Low]—Mary Howitt[169]
[The Land of Story Books]—Robert Louis Stevenson[172]
[A Visit From St. Nicholas]—Clement Clarke Moore[173]
[Little Orphant Annie]—James Whitcombe Riley[175]
[The Chatterbox]—Ann Taylor[177]
[The Voice of Spring]—Felicia Dorothea Hemans[178]
[The History Lesson]—Anonymous[179]
[Song of Life]—Charles Mackay[180]
[The Good Time Coming]—Charles Mackay[181]
[Windy Nights]—Robert Louis Stevenson[183]
[The Wonderful World]—William Brighty Rands[184]
[Hark! Hark! The Lark]—William Shakespeare[185]
[Jog On, Jog On]—William Shakespeare[page xvi][185]
[Sweet Story of Old]—Jemima Luke[186]
[My Shadow]—Robert Louis Stevenson[186]
[By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill]—Reginald Heber[187]
[The Wind in a Frolic]—William Howitt[188]
[The Graves of a Household]—Felicia Dorothea Hemans[189]
[We Are Seven]—William Wordsworth[190]
[The Better Land]—Felicia Dorothea Hemans[193]
[The Juvenile Orator]—David Everett[194]
[The Fox and the Crow]—Little B. (Taylor?)[195]
[The Use of Flowers]—Mary Howitt[196]
[Contented John]—Jane Taylor[197]
[The Old Man's Comforts, and How He Gained Them]—Robert Southey[198]
[The Frost]—Hannah Flagg Gould[199]
[The Battle of Blenheim]—Robert Southey[200]
[The Chameleon]—James Merrick (from M. de Lamotte)[202]
[The Blackberry Girl]—Unknown[205]
[Mabel on Midsummer Day]—Mary Howitt[207]
[Llewellyn and his Dog]—Willim Robert Spencer[214]
[The Snowbird's Song]—Francis C. Woodworth[217]
[For A' That and A' That]—Robert Burns[218]

FABLES

FABLES FROM ÆSOP

[The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs][220]
[The Boys and the Frogs][220]
[The Lion and the Mouse][220]
[The Fox and the Grapes][221]
[The Frog and the Ox][221]
[The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts][221]
[The Country Maid and Her Milkpail][222]
[The Ass in the Lion's Skin][222]
[The Tortoise and the Hare][223]
[The Vain Jackdaw][223]
[The Fox Without a Tail][224]
[The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing][page xvii][224]
[The Crow and the Pitcher][225]
[The Man, his Son, and his Ass][225]