E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Anne Storer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 25359-h.htm or 25359-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/3/5/25359/25359-h/25359-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/3/5/25359/25359-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by equal signs is underlined (=underlined=). Text enclosed by pound (number) signs is in bold face (#bold#). This book is heavily illustrated, so illustrations are not denoted in the text file except where captioned, or alluded to in the text. Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained. BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES I Fun and Thought for Little Folk II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales III Famous Tales and Nature Stories IV Things to Make and Things to Do V True Stories from Every Land VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II IX Earth, Sea, and Sky X Games and Handicraft XI Wonders of Invention XII Marvels of Industry XIII Every Land and its Story XIV Famous Men and Women XV Bookland--Story and Verse, Part I XVI Bookland--Story and Verse, Part II XVII Graded and Classified Index THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ [Illustration: MAROONED FROM A DRAWING BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL] BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ Little Folks' Section Prepared Under the Supervision of THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY Volume I FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ Copyright, 1920, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. Copyright, 1912, 1915, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. _Manufactured in the U. S. A._ THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. _General Editor_: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D. Author of "The Boy Problem" _Technical Editor:_ HERBERT TREADWELL WADE Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia _Literature Editor:_ ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D. Editor of "Little Classics" _Music Editor:_ WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC. Secretary of The National Academy of Music _Associate Editor:_ DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER Editorial Director of the Edison Industries _Office Editor:_ JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK Editor of "The Children's Own Library"