Children's poetry; Children's stories; Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature
WHO KILLED THE GOOSE?
A TEMPERANCE HORSE
HOW THE WIND BLOWS
DIME AND BETTY
SAVED FROM FREEZING TO DEATH
LILY'S GARDEN
WHERE?
A GOAT IN TROUBLE
A NEGRO MELODIST
TIME ENOUGH
THE MOUSE WEDDING
SHE HAD NEVER SEEN A TREE
A FUNNY HORSE
MRS. GIMSON'S SUMMER BOARDERS
AS NIGHT CAME DARKLY DOWN
GRANDMOTHER'S CLOCK
A STUFFED JUMBO
THE TREES IN SILVER LAND
SMALL BEGINNINGS
GARDEN OF THE GODS
YOUNG ARTIST
A CHANCE WORD
A LITTLE DANCE
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE
WOODCROFT
IN THE WOODS
AUTUMN LEAVES, AND WHAT KATIE DID
THE SPINNING LESSON
FOSTER PARENTS
HAYMAKING
WINDOW GARDENING
"CHEER UP."
WAIF'S ROMANCE
"MAY I GO WITH YOU?"
A SUMMER AT WILLOW-SPRING
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
"WHERE'S SOPHIE?"
"IF I CAN, I WILL."
WINDSOR CASTLE
THE LITTLE PRINCES
THE TOWER OF LONDON
MARY AND HER LAMB
JAMIE'S GARDEN
CAMP TRIO
THE SENTIMENTAL FOX
EARTHEN VESSELS
BIRDIE'S BREAKFAST
A BATTLE
GRACE DARLING, THE HEROINE
ADAM AND EVE
SWINGING SONG
HOW THE DAYS WENT AT SEA-GULL BEACH
MAX AND BEPPO
PANSIES
"COME, LITTLE BIRD!"
SIRENA'S TROUBLE
LADY VIOLET
ON TRIAL
TWO LITTLE GIRLS
HELPFUL WORDS
FALSE SHAME
CLARA AND THE ANIMAL BOOK
AN ANECDOTE
THE UNSOCIABLE DUCKS
PUTTING OUT THE CANDLE
SULKY ARCHIE
A WISH FOR WINGS
CONSEQUENCES: A PARABLE
COMFORTABLE MRS. CROOK
AN EVENING SONG
"BUT THEN."
AN ANECDOTE
WHAT THE SNAIL SAID
ONLY NOW AND THEN
A SERPENT AMONG THE BOOKS
"LITTLE MOTHER."
LITTLE SCATTER
WHAT CHICKY THINKS
STOP-A-WHILE
THE BIRDS' CONCERT
ONLY A BOY
BIRD NEEDLEWORK
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN
TIME FOR BED
THE VALUE OF A GOOD NAME
DINGFORD'S BABY
A BED-TIME STORY
THE LESSON AFTER RECESS
THE LION AT THE "ZOO"
DISOBEYING MOTHER
PLANTS THAT EAT
THE CUCKOO CLOCK
DAVY'S GIRL
EARLY TEA
BONEY
CATCHING SNOW FLAKES
A MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY
THE AFRICAN SLAVE BOY
CLIMBING
LITTLE ELSIE
KITTY STRIKER
MAYING
GRACIE'S TEMPER
AN ANECDOTE
THE SWEET-GRASS HOUSE
JOHNNY'S GARDEN
BOY BILLY AND THE RABBIT
A FISH STORY
Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad.
[Illustration: THREE ORPHANS, ONE MOURNER.]
THE KITTENS' STEPMOTHER.
There are two little girls living nearly a hundred rods apart, Mamie
and Fannie. Each had a nice pet cat.
Mamie's cat had three little kittens. When they were about three weeks
old their poor mother was killed by a useless dog. For two days Mamie
fed her kittens with a spoon, and did all she could to comfort them;
but they would cry for their mother.
Fannie's cat had only one kitten, and it died at once. Then Mamie took
her three motherless kittens down to Fannie's cat to see if she would
adopt them. She took them at once, and made a great fuss over them.
Then she was allowed to raise them.
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