THE MINISTER'S WOOING. _Harriet Beecher Stowe._ AUNT JANE IN KENTUCKY. _Hall._ COLONIAL DAYS AND WAYS. _Helen Evesten Smith._ THE STORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. _Charles Burr Todd, 1888._ THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF FLATBUSH. _Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt, 1882._ SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND. _P. W. Joyce._ CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK. _Mrs. Lowes._ THE CRUSADES. _Archer and Kingsford._ THE LURE OF THE ANTIQUE. _Walter A. Dyer._ ART IN NEEDLEWORK. _Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle._ HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS. _Alice Morse Earle._ CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS IN OLD NEW ENGLAND. _Alice Morse Earle._ PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH. _Mrs. P. E. Gibbon._ ON EDUCATION. _John Locke, 1632-1704._ OLD EMBROIDERIES. _Alan S. Cole in Home Needlework Magazine, 1900-1901._ THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE. _J. G. M. Ramsey, A. M., M. D., 1853._ WOMAN'S HANDIWORK IN MODERN HOMES. _Constance Cary Harrison, 1881._ PEASANT ART IN SWEDEN, IRELAND, AND LAPLAND. _Edited by Charles Holmes._ FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING. _Grace M. Vallois._ NEEDLEWORK. _Elizabeth Glaister._ EMBROIDERY AND TAPESTRY WEAVING. _Mrs. A. H. Christie._ THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK. _Edited by Countess Wilton._ ENGLISH SECULAR EMBROIDERY. _M. Jourdain._ THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. _Sir. J. Gardner Wilkinson, D. C. L., F. R. S._ DE BELLO JUDAICO. _Flavius Josephus._ TURKEY OF THE OTTOMAN. _L. M. Garnett._ HISTOIRE DE L'ART DANS L'ANTIQUITE. _Perrot and Chipiex._ ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. _Julia de Wolf Addison._ SACO VALLEY FAMILIES. _Ridlon._ * * * * * * Transcriber's Note Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note. This book contains some archaic spelling and dialect; all instances have been kept as printed. Hyphenation has been made consistent as follows: Page vii--Bed-time amended to Bedtime Page 125--Puss in the Corner amended to Puss-in-the-Corner Page 144--oldtime amended to old-time The following amendments have been made: Page 5--Gerdin amended to Gardner--"Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, in his history ..." Page 7--Judaics amended to Judaico--"In "De Bello Judaico," by Flavius Josephus, ..." Page 8--Historic amended to Histoire--"... in their "Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquite", publish ..." Page 18--Phoenecians amended to Phoenicians--"... in Biblical times by the Hebrews and Phoenicians." Page 95--Eor amended to For--"For those who enjoy making pieced quilts ..." Page 131--amarylis amended to amaryllis--"... and even scarlet amaryllis pale beside the glowing colours ..." Page 143--excell amended to excel--"... the desire to excel in the art of quilt making." Page 174--repeated instance of St. Louis Star deleted. Page 177--MOUNTAINA amended to MOUNTAINS--"THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS."