Nelly's Kitten 105 A Morning Ride 108 Perils of the Sea 112 In Honor of Rosa's Birthday 114 Walter's Disappointment 116 The Tide coming in 119 Letter to George 122 Peepy's Pet 124 The Aunt and the Niece 129 Dreadfully cheated 132 A Bad Blow 135 Paul 137 Little Piggy 140 Camping Out 141 A Field-Day with the Geese 144 Learn to think 147 Grandpa and the Mouse 151 The Speckled Hen 154 Story of a Daisy 156 Clear the Coast 161 A Letter to Santa Claus 165 The Boy and the Nuts 166 Eddy's Thanksgiving 167 Benny's Arithmetic Lesson 170 Grandpa's Boots 171 What Jessie Cortrell did 173 The Balloon 178 The Starling and the Sparrows 181 The Sprained Ankle 187 IN VERSE. PAGE. My Clothes-Pins 6 Mamma's Boy 11 The Birds and the Pond-Lily 21 A Summer-Day (_with music_) 32 Charley's Opinion 35 Song of the Brook 41 Bobolink 50 Dear Little Mary 53 Little Jack Homer (_with music_) 64 Rose's Song 68 A Little Tease 75 Sleeping in the Sunshine 78 Young Lazy-Bones (_with music_) 96 The Singing Mouse 101 A Funny Little Grandma 107 Old Trim 110 Our One-Year-Old 115 The Boasting Boy 117 Cakes and Pies 118 Sunrise 121