For Fathers Sake 116 Backbone 130 A Dog Sheep-Stealer 132 The Best Answer to Calumny George Washington 133 If We Knew Ph[oe]be Cary 134 Holiday Song D. Bethune Duffield 137 A Queer Duckling Hans Christian Andersen 138 Truth James Russell Lowell 156 The Clearin' 157 Prince Willful's Three Lessons J. T. Choate 161 Miss Edith Helps Things Along F. Bret Harte 170 The Giant Who Had No Heart P. Chr. Asbjornsen 173 Beauty Everywhere W. L. Smith 185 Bread on the Waters George L. Catlin 186 The Use of Books 189 The Spring 190 Gem from "Lalla Rookh" Thomas Moore 190 How Bayard Shot the Bear J. T. Choate 191 How We Live Phillip James Bailey 195 New Year's Eve Alfred Tennyson 197 East of the Sun and West of the Moon P. Chr. Asbjornsen 199 Do; Not Dream Charles Kingsley 216 The Baby in the Home George MacDonald 217 Saturday Afternoon N. P. Willis 220 The King of the Night Barry Cornwall 222 A 'Rithmetic Lesson Phillip James Bailey 225 Press on 227 Fairies or Fireflies Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt 228 Speak No Ill 229 The Ambitious Twig Lucie Cobbe 230 Universal Law Samuel Rogers 233 The Turk and the Fiddler Friederich Grimm 234 Sober Second Thought Martin Van Buren 241 Little Lottie's Grievance Paul H. Hayne 242 There is no Death Lord Lytton 245 The Siege of Troy J. C. Chilton 248 Think for Thyself Wilson 251 George Nidiver F. Brete Hart 252 March and the Boys Mary D. Brine 255 The Crusades J. C. Chilton 259 Pride of Native Land Sir Walter Scott 262 The Children's Crusade J. C. Chilton 263 The Soldier's Reprieve Rose Hartwick Thorpe 265 The Maid of Orleans J. C. Chilton 269 'Tis Only Noble to be Good Alfred Tennyson 272 A Bird's Story M. E. B. 274 The Wolf and the Seven Kids Freiderich Grimm 276