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| Lilliput Notice. By William Brighty Rands | [ix] |
A YEAR'S WINDFALLS | |
| Marjorie's Almanac. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich | [3] |
| In February. By John Addington Symonds | [5] |
| March. By William Wordsworth | [6] |
| Nearly Ready. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [7] |
| Spring Song. By George Eliot | [7] |
| In April. By Elizabeth Akers | [8] |
| Spring. By Celia Thaxter | [9] |
| The Voice of Spring. By Mary Howitt | [10] |
| The Coming of Spring. By Nora Perry | [11] |
| May. By Frank Dempster Sherman | [13] |
| Spring and Summer. By "A." | [14] |
| Summer Days. By Christina G. Rossetti | [15] |
| September. By H. H. | [16] |
| How the Leaves Came Down. By Susan Coolidge | [17] |
| Winter Night. By Mary F. Butts | [19] |
| A Year's Windfalls. By Christina G. Rossetti | [20] |
THE CHILD'S WORLD | |
| The Wonderful World. By William Brighty Rands | [27] |
| A Day. By Emily Dickinson | [28] |
| Good-Morning. By Robert Browning | [29] |
| What the Winds Bring. By Edmund Clarence Stedman | [29] |
| Lady Moon. By Lord Houghton | [30] |
| O Lady Moon. By Christina G. Rossetti | [31] |
| Windy Nights. By Robert Louis Stevenson | [31] |
| Wild Winds. By Mary F. Butts | [32] |
| Now the Noisy Winds are Still. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [33] |
| The Wind. Letitia E. Landon | [33] |
| The Fountain. By James Russell Lowell | [34] |
| The Waterfall. By Frank Dempster Sherman | [35] |
| The Voice of the Grass. By Sarah Roberts Boyle | [36] |
| The Wind in a Frolic. By William Howitt | [38] |
| Clouds. By Frank Dempster Sherman | [40] |
| Signs of Rain. By Edward Jenner | [41] |
| A Sudden Shower. By James Whitcomb Riley | [43] |
| Strange Lands. By Laurence Alma Tadema | [44] |
| Guessing Song. By Henry Johnstone | [45] |
| The Rivulet. By Lucy Larcom | [46] |
| Jack Frost. By Hannah F. Gould | [47] |
| Snowflakes. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [49] |
| The Water! The Water. By William Motherwell | [49] |
HIAWATHA'S CHICKENS | |
| The Swallows. By Edwin Arnold | [53] |
| The Swallow's Nest. By Edwin Arnold | [53] |
| The Birds in Spring. By Thomas Nashe | [54] |
| Robin Redbreast. By William Allingham | [54] |
| The Lark and the Rook. Unknown | [56] |
| The Snowbird. By Hezekiah Butterworth | [57] |
| Who Stole the Bird's Nest? By Lydia Maria Child | [59] |
| Answer to a Child's Question. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge | [62] |
| The Burial of the Linnet. By Juliana H. Ewing | [63] |
| The Titmouse. By Ralph Waldo Emerson | [64] |
| Birds in Summer. By Mary Howitt | [65] |
| An Epitaph on a Robin Redbreast. By Samuel Rogers | [67] |
| The Bluebird. By Emily Huntington Miller | [68] |
| Song. By John Keats | [69] |
| What Does Little Birdie Say? By Alfred, Lord Tennyson | [69] |
| The Owl. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson | [70] |
| Wild Geese. By Celia Thaxter | [71] |
| Chanticleer. By Celia Thaxter | [72] |
| The Singer. By Edmund Clarence Stedman | [73] |
| The Blue Jay. By Susan Hartley Swett | [74] |
| Robert of Lincoln. By William Cullen Bryant | [75] |
| White Butterflies. By Algernon C. Swinburne | [78] |
| The Ant and the Cricket. Unknown | [78] |
THE FLOWER FOLK | |
| Little White Lily. By George Macdonald | [83] |
| Violets. By Dinah Maria Mulock | [85] |
| Young Dandelion. By Dinah Maria Mulock | [86] |
| Baby Seed Song. By E. Nesbit | [88] |
| A Violet Bank. By William Shakespeare | [88] |
| There's Nothing Like the Rose. By Christina G. Rossetti | [89] |
| Snowdrops. By Laurence Alma Tadema | [89] |
| Fern Song. By John B. Tabb | [90] |
| The Violet. By Jane Taylor | [90] |
| Daffy-Down-Dilly. By Anna B. Warner | [91] |
| Baby Corn. Unknown | [93] |
| A Child's Fancy. By "A." | [95] |
| Little Dandelion. By Helen B. Bostwick | [97] |
| Dandelions. By Helen Gray Cone | [98] |
| The Flax Flower. By Mary Howitt | [99] |
| Dear Little Violets. By John Moultrie | [101] |
| Bird's Song in Spring. By E. Nesbit | [102] |
| The Tree. By Björnstjerne Björnson | [102] |
| The Daisy's Song. By John Keats | [103] |
| Song. By Thomas Love Peacock | [104] |
| For Good Luck. By Juliana Horatia Ewing | [105] |
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS | |
| My Pony. By "A." | [109] |
| On a Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing a Young Bird. By William Cowper | [111] |
| Beau's Reply. By William Cowper | [112] |
| Seal Lullaby. By Rudyard Kipling | [113] |
| Milking Time. By Christina G. Rossetti | [113] |
| Thank You, Pretty Cow. By Jane Taylor | [114] |
| The Boy and the Sheep. By Ann Taylor | [114] |
| Lambs in the Meadow. By Laurence Alma Tadema | [115] |
| The Pet Lamb. By William Wordsworth | [116] |
| The Kitten, and Falling Leaves. By William Wordsworth | [121] |
OTHER LITTLE CHILDREN | |
| Where Go the Boats? By Robert Louis Stevenson | [125] |
| Cleanliness. By Charles and Mary Lamb | [126] |
| Wishing. By William Allingham | [127] |
| The Boy. By William Allingham | [128] |
| Infant Joy. By William Blake | [129] |
| A Blessing for the Blessed. By Laurence Alma Tadema | [129] |
| Piping Down the Valleys Wild. By William Blake | [131] |
| A Sleeping Child. By Arthur Hugh Clough | [132] |
| Birdies with Broken Wings. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [133] |
| Seven Times One. By Jean Ingelow | [133] |
| I Remember, I Remember. By Thomas Hood | [135] |
| Good-Night and Good-Morning. By Lord Houghton | [136] |
| Little Children. By Mary Howitt | [137] |
| The Angel's Whisper. By Samuel Lover | [139] |
| Little Garaine. By Sir Gilbert Parker | [140] |
| A Letter. By Matthew Prior | [141] |
| Love and the Child. By William Brighty Rands | [142] |
| Polly. By William Brighty Rands | [143] |
| A Chill. By Christina G. Rossetti | [144] |
| A Child's Laughter. By Algernon C. Swinburne | [145] |
| The World's Music. By Gabriel Setoun | [146] |
| The Little Land. By Robert Louis Stevenson | [148] |
| In a Garden. By Algernon C. Swinburne | [151] |
| Little Gustava. By Celia Thaxter | [152] |
| A Bunch of Roses. By John B. Tabb | [155] |
| The Child at Bethlehem. By John B. Tabb | [155] |
| After the Storm. By W. M. Thackeray | [156] |
| Lucy Gray. By William Wordsworth | [156] |
| Deaf and Dumb. By "A." | [159] |
| The Blind Boy. By Colley Cibber | [160] |
PLAY-TIME | |
| A Boy's Song. By James Hogg | [165] |
| The Lost Doll. By Charles Kingsley | [166] |
| Dolladine. By William Brighty Rands | [167] |
| Dressing the Doll. By William Brighty Rands | [167] |
| The Pedlar's Caravan. By William Brighty Rands | [170] |
| A Sea-Song from the Shore. James Whitcomb Riley | [171] |
| The Land of Story-Books. By Robert Louis Stevenson | [172] |
| The City Child. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson | [173] |
| Going into Breeches. By Charles and Mary Lamb | [174] |
| Hunting Song. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge | [176] |
| Hie Away. By Sir Walter Scott | [176] |
STORY TIME | |
| The Fairy Folk. By Robert Bird | [181] |
| A Fairy in Armor. By Joseph Rodman Drake | [183] |
| The Last Voyage of the Fairies. By W. H. Davenport Adams | [184] |
| A New Fern. By "A." | [186] |
| The Child and the Fairies. By "A." | [187] |
| The Little Elf. By John Kendrick Bangs | [188] |
| "One, Two, Three." By Henry C. Bunner | [188] |
| What May Happen to a Thimble. By "B." | [190] |
| Discontent. By Sarah Orne Jewett | [193] |
| The Nightingale and the Glowworm. By William Cowper | [195] |
| Thanksgiving Day. By Lydia Maria Child | [196] |
| A Thanksgiving Fable. By Oliver Herford | [197] |
| The Magpie's Nest. By Charles and Mary Lamb | [198] |
| The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. By Edward Lear | [201] |
| A Lobster Quadrille. By Lewis Carroll | [202] |
| The Fairies' Shopping. By Margaret Deland | [204] |
| Fable. By Ralph Waldo Emerson | [206] |
| A Midsummer Song. By Richard Watson Gilder | [207] |
| The Fairies of the Caldon-Low. By Mary Howitt | [209] |
| The Elf and the Dormouse. By Oliver Herford | [213] |
| Meg Merrilies. By John Keats | [214] |
| Romance. By Gabriel Setoun | [215] |
| The Cow-Boy's Song. By Anna M. Wells | [217] |
BED TIME | |
| Auld Daddy Darkness. By James Ferguson | [221] |
| Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. By Eugene Field | [222] |
| Rockaby, Lullaby. By Josiah Gilbert Holland | [224] |
| Sleep, My Treasure. By E. Nesbit | [225] |
| Lullaby of an Infant Chief. By Sir Walter Scott | [226] |
| Sweet and Low. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson | [227] |
| Old Gaelic Lullaby. Unknown | [228] |
| The Sandman. By Margaret Vandegrift | [228] |
| The Cottager to Her Infant. By Dorothy Wordsworth | [230] |
| A Charm to Call Sleep. By Henry Johnstone | [231] |
| Night. By Mary F. Butts | [232] |
| Bed-Time. By Lord Rosslyn | [232] |
| Nightfall in Dordrecht. By Eugene Field | [233] |
FOR SUNDAY'S CHILD | |
| All Things Bright and Beautiful. By Cecil F. Alexander | [237] |
| The Still Small Voice. By Alexander Smart | [238] |
| The Camel's Nose. By Lydia H. Sigourney | [240] |
| A Child's Grace. By Robert Burns | [241] |
| A Child's Thought of God. By Elizabeth B. Browning | [241] |
| The Lamb. By William Blake | [242] |
| Night and Day. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [243] |
| High and Low. By Dora Read Goodale | [244] |
| By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill. By Reginald Heber | [244] |
| Sheep and Lambs. By Katharine Tynan Hinkson | [245] |
| To His Saviour, a Child; A Present by a Child. By Robert Herrick | [246] |
| What Would You See? By George Macdonald | [247] |
| Corn-Fields. By Mary Howitt | [248] |
| Little Christel. By William Brighty Rands | [250] |
| A Child's Prayer. By M. Betham Edwards | [252] |
BELLS OF CHRISTMAS | |
| The Adoration of the Wise Men. By Cecil F. Alexander | [257] |
| Cradle Hymn. By Isaac Watts | [258] |
| The Christmas Silence. By Margaret Deland | [260] |
| An Offertory. By Mary Mapes Dodge | [261] |
| Christmas Song. By Lydia Avery Coonley Ward | [261] |
| A Visit from St. Nicholas. By Clement C. Moore | [262] |
| The Christmas Trees. By Mary F. Butts | [265] |
| A Birthday Gift. By Christina G. Rossetti | [267] |
| A Christmas Lullaby. By John Addington Symonds | [267] |
| I Saw Three Ships. Old Carol | [268] |
| Santa Claus. Unknown | [269] |
| Neighbors of the Christ Night. By Nora Archibald Smith | [271] |
| Cradle Hymn. By Martin Luther | [272] |
| The Christmas Holly. By Eliza Cook | [273] |
| Lilliput Notice. By William Brighty Rands | [274] |
THE POSY RING
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A YEAR'S WINDFALLS