PART II.
ROBERT'S DREAM .. Anna Harris Smith
ROBERT ON A FARM .. Anna Harris Smith
APRIL SONG .. Mary E. Wilkins
EARTHWORMS AND SNAKES.
HUMANITY .. T. Gisborne
ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS
A LITTLE BLACK SLAVE .. Adapted from an English story
A BUTTERFLY'S WING
TO A BUTTERFLY .. Jane Taylor
CUNNING BEE .. Anonymous
GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET .. John Keats
PATIENT WEAVERS
THE WOODMOUSE .. Mary Howitt
A MOUSE'S STORY
WISE RATS
THE SQUIRREL'S STORY .. Anna Harris Smith
FORBEARANCE .. Ralph Waldo Emerson
THE STEEL TRAP .. Adapted from story by Mrs. C. Fairchild Allen
THE RABBIT
DAVID'S STORY
LINES FROM COWPER
SOME READY HELPERS
A TRIUMPH .. Celia Thaxter
PART III.
THE CANARY'S STORY
THE CAGED THRUSH .. R. F. Murray
HOW TO CARE FOR A CANARY
AN INDIAN STORY
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS .. Henry W. Longfellow
TO THE CUCKOO .. John Logan
OUR FRIENDS THE BIRDS \
FEATHERED TRAVELERS |
WHEN THE BIRDS RETURN > .. Frank M. Chapman
BIRDS' HOMES |
THE ROBIN /
ROBIN REJOICE .. Garrett Newkirk
TO A SKYLARK .. Percy Bysshe Shelley
FRIGHTENED BIRDS
DON'T ROB THE BIRDS, BOYS .. Anonymous
A GOOD SHOT .. Adapted
THE GOLDFINCH
BIRDS' TRADES
THE SPARROW
SPARROWS
CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY .. Celia Thaxter
THE CROW
THE BLUEBIRD .. Emily Huntington Miller
THE FARMER'S FRIEND
THE WOUNDED CURLEW .. Celia Thaxter
THE SANDPIPER .. " "
THE COST OF A HAT
THE HALO .. Rev. W. C. Gannett
THE SNOWY HERON
WINGED FISHERS
WHAT THE LITTLE SEAL THINKS
WHAT THE YOUNG SEABIRD THINKS
WHAT THE BIRDS DO FOR US
THE BRAVEST ARE THE TENDEREREST
LINES TO A SEABIRD .. M. A. Stodart
THE TRUE HERO
LINES BY SUSAN COOLIDGE
SELECTIONS FROM EMILY DICKINSON AND S. T. COLERIDGE
WHAT THE CHILDREN CAN DO
TO THE TEACHER
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Frontispiece, "Loving Playmates." From photograph by Sarah J. Eddy.
"Can't You Talk?" By G. A. Holmes
"Speak for It." From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Group of Sheep under Tree. From photograph by T. E. M. and G. P. White
The Connoisseurs. From painting by Sir Edwin Landseer
Odin. From painting by Sir Edwin Landseer
Owney. From photograph by Elmer Chickering
Hearing. From painting by H. Sperling
"Saved." From painting by H. Sperling
Breakfast. From painting by H. W. Trood
Alexander. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Kitty's Christmas. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Gentle Kitty Gray. " " "
Cat's Paw
Cat's Eye
A Happy Pair. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
The Traveling Basket. " " "
"Please give me some more. " " "
Driven out. From painting by M. Stocks
Friends
The Lion at Home. From painting by Rosa Bonheur
Portrait of Rosa Bonheur. From painting by Rosa Bonheur
The King of Beasts. From painting by Rosa Bonheur
The Ship of the Desert
At the Watering Trough. By Dagnan-Bouveret
A Norman Sire. From painting by Rosa Bonheur
Three Members of a Temperance Society. By J. F. Herring
Natural and Comfortable
Strained and Miserable
Mare and Colt. From painting by C. Steffeck
Waiting for Master
A Farm Yard
A Group of Friends. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Hen and Chickens. " " "
Chickens Drinking
A Happy Family. From photograph by J. M. Eldredge
Just Arrived
Pig looking over a Fence
Feeding the Pigs
Old White Horse
A Little Songster
Pussy Willows
Paper-Makers
A Butterfly
Grasshopper and Cricket. Illustration by Alice Barber Stephens
Spider and Web
A Woodmouse
Little Freehold. By S. J. Carter
An Interesting Family. By S. J. Carter
Frog and Lily-pads
Four little Friends
A Bird's House
Feathered Travelers
Over the Nest
A Bird's Nest
Swallows
Bird and Nest. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Robin
Frightened Bird
Mother Bird feeding Little One
The Goldfinch
Sparrows
A Wintry Day
The Farmer's Friend
Head-piece to "The Cost of a Hat"
The Snowy Heron
Egret Plumes
Sea-gulls
Birds on Fence
A Band of Mercy. From photograph by S. J. Eddy
Making Friends. " " "