=Farmer Brown and the Birds.= A little story which teaches children that the birds are man's best friends. =Betty of Old Mackinaw.= A charming story of child-life, appealing especially to the little readers who like stories of "real people." =Brother Billy.= The story of Betty's brother, and some further adventures of Betty herself. =Mother Nature's Little Ones.= Curious little sketches describing the early lifetime, or "childhood," of the little creatures out-of-doors. =How Christmas Came to the Mulvaneys.= A bright, lifelike little story of a family of poor children, with an unlimited capacity for fun and mischief. The wonderful never-to-be forgotten Christmas that came to them is the climax of a series of exciting incidents. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Page xi, "bodiess wayed" changed to "bodies swayed" (bodies swayed to and fro) Page 86, "mada" changed to "nada" (ha vista nada) End of Project Gutenberg's Our Little Spanish Cousin, by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet