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158, 162, 173, 181, 187, 194 The Captain and the Invalid 66 The Captain's Cigar 90 The Captain's Turn First 47 The Cashmere Stag 231 The Castle Light 10 The Chinese Laundryman 382 The Cow-tree 307 The Cypher Telegram 123, 130 The Duke and the Traveller 167 The Duke of Wellington's Head Gardener 219 The Eagle's Nest 349 The Elephant and the Crocodile 78 The Feast of Cherries 175 The Flower-girl 207 The Frog and the Geese 22 The Gate-keeper of Rambouillet 231 The Generous Bakers 71 The Girl who Did Not Run Away 130 The Great Northern Diver 133 The Hidden Room 327, 330, 338 The Indian Chief and the Bishop 11 The Intruding Squirrel 186 The Jumping Mouse 299 The Legend of Helfenstein 63 The Lime or Linden 98 The Little Bush-boy 155 The Man with the Glasses 213 The Mysterious Chest 30 The Old Clock 271 The Parks of London 205, 245, 270 The Pitcher-plant 221 The Poet Crabbe's First School 234 The Potato 263 The Puff-adder 90 The Reason Why 107 The Sago-tree 210 The Story of Slate 186 The Teal 53 The Teeth of Hyenas 231 The Wreck of the Hope 391 Torn to Rags 178 Toys from the Streets 379, 389, 403 Twenty Pounds Reward 362 Two Medals 219 Two Ways of Reading a Sentence 150
Ulrich's Opportunity 234
Whalebone 50 What Katie Heard 303 White Negroes 178 Without a Hen to Buy Stamps 143 Wonderful Caverns 18, 51, 83, 115, 139, 195, 229, 294, 315, 332, 363

POETRY.
Page A Busy World 382 Against Odds 406 Bouquets 66 Discontent brings Dulness 157 Don't Begin 244 Fairy Song 350 Good-bye to the Last Fire 163 Good-night, Good-day! 50 Growing Up 115 How Tom Dresses 282 Invitations 148 Jack's Wish 259 My Friend 38 My Garden Concert 63 My Picture-book 234 One and One make Two 222 Our Puss 122 Sad Company in the Nursery 299 Take Care of the Days 47 The Bat and the Ball 142 The Contented Pansy 358 The Father of All 279 The Fox's Serenade 306 The Friendly Light 29 The Great Picture-book 186 The Jealous Kittens 101 The Lover-doll 390 The Naughty Kittens 11 The Pioneers 170 The Promise of the Storm 394 The Rabbit and the Hare 331 The Slate's Story 371 The Song of the Broom 294 The Startled Hares 92 The Trumpet and the Drum 227 The Two Dolls 315 The Way to Win 3 The Weather Sprites 195 Too Clever 178 Too Tempting to be Lost 204 Travellers' Tales 134 Waiting 22 Welcome to the First Fire 323 What am I? 214 What Insects Love 342 Why the Sea Sobs 363 Willie's Sum 251

ILLUSTRATIONS.
COLOURED PLATES.
"Why Should We Wait Till To-morrow?" Frontispiece Home for the Holidays, facing p. 64 On a Voyage of Discovery, facing p. 128 All Hands to the Pump, facing p. 192 Crossing the Brook, facing p. 256 Good News of the Boy, facing p. 320
Page A Cliff-dwelling of North America 229 A Corner of Hyde Park 205 A Countryman's Well-deserved Rebuke 17 Afloat on the Dogger Bank (Illustrations to), 189, 200, 201, 216, 217, 225, 240, 241, 253, 257, 268, 277, 285, 292, 301, 309, 317, 325, 336, 344, 348, 356, 368, 376, 377, 385, 400, 401, 409 'After all, I will wait' 93 'A great number of seagulls were chasing the fugitive' 64 'A horseman galloped to the spot in the hope of finding them still alive' 153 A Monkey's Memory 12 Andr��e's Departure for the North Pole 297 An Eastern Snake Charmer 197 Animal Makeshifts (Illustrations to), 220, 221, 252, 276, 341, 372, 397 An Ocean Policeman 20 An Old-fashioned Motor-car 332 A Peep at Northern Italy 248 A Picture Puzzle 28 A Scene in Clissold Park 245 A Scene in Regent's Park 269 'As we cleared the water we could hear the wolves close behind' 403
'Billy allowed the letter to be taken' 324 '"Boh! Boh!" the clear voice shouted' 81
Chinese Laundrymen 381 Cliff-dwelling, New Mexico, and Cave-pottery 333 Cuban Lizards 120
'Daisy soon grew clever at keeping the head to the wind' 128
East Front of the Rock Temple of Elephanta 140 Entrance to the Grotto of La Balme 316
'Fight against my country! Not for the ransom of a king!' 49 Fingal's Cave, Staffa 52
Hans Christian Andersen 164 'He could hardly find words to welcome them' 5 'He deliberately lighted a cigar with a scrap of the burning rope' 89 'He hit out with all his force' 349 'He loaded the children with cherry branches' 176 'He looked wistfully at the pair of crutches' 124 'He ran towards the bull and opened his umbrella quickly' 260 'He saw an old man, who seemed to be very weary' 353 'He started, and let the lancet fall' 280 'He steered his balloon round the Eiffel Tower' 369