Produced by Bethanne M. Simms, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. Frontispiece. [Illustration: Mrs. Dudley stood by her little boy, looking from the window.] THE Nest in the Honeysuckles, AND OTHER STORIES. [Illustration] WRITTEN FOR THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. Philadelphia: AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, No. 316 CHESTNUT STREET. _NEW YORK:_ No. 147 NASSAU ST. _BOSTON:_ No. 9 CORNHILL...._CINCINNATI:_ 41 WEST FOURTH ST. _LOUISVILLE_: No. 103 FOURTH ST. _Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by the AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania._ * * * * * _No books are published by the_ AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION _without the sanction of the Committee of Publication, consisting of fourteen members, from the following denominations of Christians, viz. Baptist, Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed Dutch. Not more than three of the members can be of the same denomination, and no book can be published to which any member of the Committee shall object._ CONTENTS. PAGE THE NEST IN THE HONEYSUCKLES. 7 "MAY I POP SOME CORN?" 33 "WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER I SHOULD DO?" 36 THE BIRDS AND THE SNOW-STORM. 40 THE FIRST STRAWBERRY. 43 "I PRAYED ALL DAY FOR HELP." 44 "EVER SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS." 47 LILY AND HER DUCKLINGS. 51 PRAYING FOR RAIN. 56 THE GRAPE CLUSTERS. 62 "IT ALMOST MAKES ME CRY." 65 THE BOY WHO STEALS. 68 LOOK AT THE BIRDS. 73 THE LOST CHILD. 78 THE UNPLEASANT NEIGHBOUR. 83 THE BOY WHO KEPT HIS PURPOSE. 87 MARY'S STORY. 91 THE SUNNY FACE AND THE SHADY FACE; OR, JUNE AND NOVEMBER. 93 "IT ISN'T FAIR--I PEEPED." 96 THE CHRYSALIS. 99 CHRISTMAS AT THE COTTAGE. 102 I WILL CONQUER MYSELF. 106 SELFISH ELLA. 110 "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN." 114 HATTIE AND HERBERT. 117