Page[A Boy's Heroism][179][A Coat of Paint][319][Advice that Saved a King's Life][279][A Fair-sized Field][358][Affectionate Eagles][71][Afloat on the Dogger Bank][188], [198], [202], [214], [218], [226], [238], [242], [253], [258], [266], [277], [285], [291], [300], [308], [317], [324], [334], [342], [346], [354], [366], [374], [378], [386], [398], [402], [410][A Hundred Years Ago][15], [34], [142], [163], [210], [322], [382][A Kindly Visit][3][A Lesson in Steering][127][All Prime Ministers][243][A Monkey's Memory][11][A Mother Rabbit's Courage][122][A Motor-car of the Past][331][Anecdotes][98], [130], [167], [195], [230], [262], [290], [339], [371], [394][Animal Makeshifts][220], [251], [275], [340], [371], [397][An Impression of Zanzibar][391][An Indian Custom][22][An Ocean Policeman][19][An Old-fashioned Grace][109][A Novel Rain Protector][58][A Queer Address on a Post-card][390][A Peep at Northern Italy][247][A Sparrow's Coolness][183][A Story of Stanley][87][A Stroll amongst Ferns][358][A Strong Motive][299][A Timely Rescue][259][Chased by Seagulls][63][Clever Billy][323][Cruisers in the Clouds][2], [62], [98], [154], [190], [223], [250], [266], [298], [346], [370], [395][Cuban Lizards][119][Curious Names in London City][110][Diamonds][299][Doctor Abernethy's Advice][263][Earning an Honest Penny][110][Eastern Jugglers][197][Encounters with Lions][311][Encouragement][133][Ethel's Orange-plant][339][Faith and Sight][211][Freed in Vain][3][Frost-bitten in the Red Sea][187][Generosity][251][Gemmal Rings][315][George II. at Dettingen][38]['Ginger for Pluck'][114][Heroes and Heroines of Famous Books][38], [42], [166], [171], [274], [351], [354][He set the Example][246][His First Wolf Hunt][390], [406][How Hetais Wore his Medal][359][Indian Wireless Telegraphy][395][Insect Ways and Means][29], [43], [77], [109], [149], [179], [211], [237], [261], [283], [307], [357], [364], [387][In the Snow][373][Japanese Plums][146][Jim's Shower-bath][227][Life in Bohemia][282][Magic Rods][122][May Day][143][McLeod of Clere][66], [78], [82], [90][Mice on a Submarine][279][Nature's Noblemen][158][Never Caught It][270][Never draw a Sword except in a Cause that is Just and Right][170][Nicolo in Vienna][411][No Hurry][155][Nothing is Perfect][18][Not the same Thing][146][Old Conduits][323][One Good Turn deserves Another][306][One More Chance][295][One was Missing][287][Outwitting Himself][255][Philip Wood and Sir Christopher Wren][314][Pussy's Playmate][287][Puzzlers for Wise Heads][30], [58], [98], [130], [167], [195], [230], [263], [290], [339], [371], [395][Rat-skins][270][Ready!][283][Regiments in the City][350][Rice-paper][203][Rudel and Lisbeth][150][Saved by the Enemy][51][Saved by Twenty Guineas][47][Served her Right][207][Smithfield Tournaments][170][Spy or Guide?][394][Steeple-climbers][74][Strange Children][290][The Admiral and the Fisherman][50][The Best Beginning][98][The Best Lesson][11][The Black Leopard][234][The Black Swan][364][The Boy Tramp][6], [12], [22], [26], [34], [44], [54], [58], [69], [74], [85], [94], [102], [106], [117], [125], [134], [138], [146], [158], [162], [173], [181], [187], [194][The Captain and the Invalid][66][The Captain's Cigar][90][The Captain's Turn First][47][The Cashmere Stag][231][The Castle Light][10][The Chinese Laundryman][382][The Cow-tree][307][The Cypher Telegram][123], [130][The Duke and the Traveller][167][The Duke of Wellington's Head Gardener][219][The Eagle's Nest][349][The Elephant and the Crocodile][78][The Feast of Cherries][175][The Flower-girl][207][The Frog and the Geese][22][The Gate-keeper of Rambouillet][231][The Generous Bakers][71][The Girl who Did Not Run Away][130][The Great Northern Diver][133][The Hidden Room][327], [330], [338][The Indian Chief and the Bishop][11][The Intruding Squirrel][186][The Jumping Mouse][299][The Legend of Helfenstein][63][The Lime or Linden][98][The Little Bush-boy][155][The Man with the Glasses][213][The Mysterious Chest][30][The Old Clock][271][The Parks of London][205], [245], [270][The Pitcher-plant][221][The Poet Crabbe's First School][234][The Potato][263][The Puff-adder][90][The Reason Why][107][The Sago-tree][210][The Story of Slate][186][The Teal][53][The Teeth of Hyenas][231][The Wreck of the Hope][391][Torn to Rags][178][Toys from the Streets][379], [389], [403][Twenty Pounds Reward][362][Two Medals][219][Two Ways of Reading a Sentence][150][Ulrich's Opportunity][234][Whalebone][50][What Katie Heard][303][White Negroes][178][Without a Hen to Buy Stamps][143][Wonderful Caverns][18], [51], [83], [115], [139], [195], [229], [294], [315], [332], [363]POETRY.Page[A Busy World][382][Against Odds][406][Bouquets][66][Discontent brings Dulness][157][Don't Begin][244][Fairy Song][350][Good-bye to the Last Fire][163][Good-night, Good-day!][50][Growing Up][115][How Tom Dresses][282][Invitations][148][Jack's Wish][259][My Friend][38][My Garden Concert][63][My Picture-book][234][One and One make Two][222][Our Puss][122][Sad Company in the Nursery][299][Take Care of the Days][47][The Bat and the Ball][142][The Contented Pansy][358][The Father of All][279][The Fox's Serenade][306][The Friendly Light][29][The Great Picture-book][186][The Jealous Kittens][101][The Lover-doll][390][The Naughty Kittens][11][The Pioneers][170][The Promise of the Storm][394][The Rabbit and the Hare][331][The Slate's Story][371][The Song of the Broom][294][The Startled Hares][92][The Trumpet and the Drum][227][The Two Dolls][315][The Way to Win][3][The Weather Sprites][195][Too Clever][178][Too Tempting to be Lost][204][Travellers' Tales][134][Waiting][22][Welcome to the First Fire][323][What am I?][214][What Insects Love][342][Why the Sea Sobs][363][Willie's Sum][251]ILLUSTRATIONS.COLOURED PLATES.["Why Should We Wait Till To-morrow?"][Frontispiece][Home for the Holidays,][facing p. 64][On a Voyage of Discovery,][facing p. 128][All Hands to the Pump,][facing p. 192][Crossing the Brook,][facing p. 256][Good News of the Boy,][facing p. 320]Page[A Cliff-dwelling of North America][229][A Corner of Hyde Park][205][A Countryman's Well-deserved Rebuke][17][Afloat on the Dogger Bank (Illustrations to),][189], [200], [201], [216], [217], [225], [240], [241], [253], [257], [268], [277], [285], [292], [301], [309], [317], [325], [336], [344], [348], [356], [368], [376], [377], [385], [400], [401], [409]['After all, I will wait'][93]['A great number of seagulls were chasing the fugitive'][64]['A horseman galloped to the spot in the hope of finding them still alive'][153][A Monkey's Memory][12][Andrée's Departure for the North Pole][297][An Eastern Snake Charmer][197][Animal Makeshifts (Illustrations to),][220], [221], [252], [276], [341], [372], [397][An Ocean Policeman][20][An Old-fashioned Motor-car][332][A Peep at Northern Italy][248][A Picture Puzzle][28][A Scene in Clissold Park][245][A Scene in Regent's Park][269]['As we cleared the water we could hear the wolves close behind'][403]['Billy allowed the letter to be taken'][324]['"Boh! Boh!" the clear voice shouted'][81][Chinese Laundrymen][381][Cliff-dwelling, New Mexico, and Cave-pottery][333][Cuban Lizards][120]['Daisy soon grew clever at keeping the head to the wind'][128][East Front of the Rock Temple of Elephanta][140][Entrance to the Grotto of La Balme][316]['Fight against my country! Not for the ransom of a king!'][49][Fingal's Cave, Staffa][52][Hans Christian Andersen][164]['He could hardly find words to welcome them'][5]['He deliberately lighted a cigar with a scrap of the burning rope'][89]['He hit out with all his force'][349]['He loaded the children with cherry branches'][176]['He looked wistfully at the pair of crutches'][124]['He ran towards the bull and opened his umbrella quickly'][260]['He saw an old man, who seemed to be very weary'][353]['He started, and let the lancet fall'][280]['He steered his balloon round the Eiffel Tower'][369]['He told his son he would disinherit him and turn him out of doors'][40]['His grandfather lay gagged and bound on the floor'][9]['How dare you strike me when you know God can see you?'][165]['How it tasted—well, I've never heard'][204]['How would you like to earn twenty pounds reward?'][361]['I am afraid I have no berth here for you, my lad'][305]['I am worth something when I can call that brave boy my son'][152]['I cannot bear to sit out here'][21]['I don't know what to do'][157]['If you hang him, you shall hang me too'][169]['I got these easily from the cellar'][329][Insect Ways and Means (Illustrations to),][29], [44], [77], [109], [149], [180], [212], [237], [261], [284], [308], [357], [364], [388]['I saw it first—'tis mine—let go!'][244]['It hopped into the space between the rails'][184]['It is a terrible thing, is a wreck on this coast'][392]['It is good! very good'][313]['It rose at once to the ceiling'][1]['It was fortunate that we put them off the scent'][132]['"I will add this too, lady," said the pedlar'][337]['I will take care of Boh'][80]['Jack worked with a will'][320]['Jim got a terrible drenching'][228]['Just as Lord Massereene was leaving the prison, he was arrested'][209]['Katie stood on the doorstep'][304]['Live on sixpence a day—and earn it'][264]['Look out, father, they are going to shoot you'][118]['Maung and his young companion came to what they sought at last'][68]['May turned away, feeling ashamed and miserable'][340]['M. Charles stepped into the blue and golden car'][100]['My master wishes to speak with you'][352][Nicolo and the Krampus][412]['No, little lass, I do not want any flowers'][112][October 21st, 1805][321]['One bolder than the rest stabbed it with a pitchfork'][61]['One pig went squealing down the road'][177]['Paralysed with fear, he clung to the bough'][4]['Please do not shoot me'][393]['See what my speckled hen has hatched'][328]['Seven miles high!'][265]['Shame on you all, to hit a helpless man'][16]['She could hardly stand still while Alice tied the ribbon on'][114]['She managed to drag her on shore'][129]['She was just high enough, and could light the lamps'][41][The Best Beginning][97][The Black Leopard][233][The Black Swan of Australia][365]['The bottle stood in the air as though hanging there'][396][The Boy Tramp (Illustrations to),][8], [13], [24], [25], [36], [45], [56], [60], [69], [76], [85], [96], [104], [105], [117], [125], [136], [137], [148], [160], [161], [173], [181], [193]['The cat washed the jackdaw in its turn'][289]['The commanding officer advanced towards the bier'][360][The Death of a Deserter][33][The Deerslayer in the hands of the Indians][172]['The driver heard them, and reversed his engine'][224]['The dog hailed his master as he passed'][345]['The eagle seized its wounded mate with its beak and claws'][72]['The empty branch bore a label'][145][The First Post-office in the Sky][192][The Giant's Hall, Luray][293]['The grateful mother handed the doctor a handsome pocket-book'][256][The Grottoes of Han in the Ardennes][116][The Great-Northern Diver][133]['The horse nearly carried the King into the French lines'][37][The Jealous Kittens][101][The Jumping Mouse][300]['The little bush-boy appeared'][156][The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky][84][The Man with the Glasses][218]['The men set to work to load their muskets'][272]['The other passengers thought him mad'][57]['The peacock took all her play in good part'][288]['The rabbit bit the stoat in the most infuriated manner'][121][The Rock Temple of Kailus at Ellora][196]['The sailor-pupil climbed into the car'][249]['The second lion seized him'][312][The Simplon Pass][141]['The soldiers forgot the prisoner, and scrambled for the money'][48]['The stag stayed by his mate's body'][232][The Teal][53]['The two were soon locked in fight'][384]['The women of Bohemia act as bricklayers labourers'][281]['The woodpecker fled in fear'][185]['They burnt the Shakespeare, breaking the spell'][88]['They came hopping in, Paul an easy first'][92]['They stumbled along, supporting the stranger as best they could'][373][''Tis the very man!'][273][Toys from the Streets (Illustrations to),][380], [389], [404]['We charged at the midst of the foe'][405]['We will see where this rat came from'][32]['What is it?—a fire? Speak, boy!'][236]['Who'll buy?'][208]['Wootton stood quite upright on the pinnacle of the steeple'][73]['Would you take a message of importance for me?'][168]['Your Majesty is certainly wrong'][108]['"You shall go," said the captain, "if I lose every passenger"'][65]['You young rascal'][296]