SOHRAB AND PERAN-WISA (Color Plate) _Louis Grell_ 174 PERAN-WISA GIVES SOHRAB'S CHALLENGE _R. F. Babcock_ 179 THE SPEAR RENT THE TOUGH PLATES _R. F. Babcock_ 191 RUSTUM SORROWS OVER SOHRAB _R. F. Babcock_ 203 MATTHEW ARNOLD (Halftone) 204 JOHN HOWARD PAYNE (Halftone) 222 THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME _Iris Weddell White_ 225 FOR AULD LANG SYNE _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 230 CHARLES DICKENS (Halftone) 232 THE CLERK SMILED FAINTLY _Iris Weddell White_ 255 "IN LIFE I WAS YOUR PARTNER, JACOB MARLEY" _Iris Weddell White_ 263 IN THE BEST PARLOR _Iris Weddell White_ 281 THE FIDDLER STRUCK UP "SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY" _Iris Weddell White_ 285 UPON THE COUCH THERE SAT A JOLLY GIANT _Iris Weddell White_ 297 BOB AND TINY TIM (Color Plate) _Hazel Frazee_ 304 THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A GOOSE _Iris Weddell White_ 307 "SO I AM TOLD," RETURNED THE SECOND _Iris Weddell White_ 329 HE READ HIS OWN NAME _Iris Weddell White_ 344 HE STOOD BY THE WINDOW--GLORIOUS! _Iris Weddell White_ 348 "A MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOB!" _Iris Weddell White_ 355 HOMEWARD PLODS HIS WEARY WAY _R. F. Babcock_ 361 THE COUNTRY CHURCHYARD _R. F. Babcock_ 369 I FOUND I WAS HOLDING TO A SPAR _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 372 WITH BEATING HEART I APPROACHED A VIEW _R. F. Babcock_ 397 A CEBUS MONKEY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 405 THE SLEEPING FOX CATCHES NO POULTRY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 411 CLARK TOOK THE LEAD _R. F. Babcock_ 433 WE MET AT THE CHURCH _R. F. Babcock_ 449 "WELL, THEN, BOBBY, MY BOY" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 455 IN KATE, HOWEVER, I HAD A FIRM FRIEND _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 458 "FAITH, I WISH YOU'D TAKE ME!" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 465 HE SOON SEES A FARMHOUSE AT A LITTLE DISTANCE _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 468 THE SQUIRE'S LIBRARY _Iris Weddell White_ 475 "THERE GOES MY INK!" _Lucille Enders_ 479 HORATIUS _By_ LORD MACAULAY NOTE.--This spirited poem by Lord Macaulay is founded on one of the most popular Roman legends. While the story is based on facts, we can by no means be certain that all of the details are historical.