Children 75 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat--Edward Lear 75
Kindness to Animals 77 How Doth the Little Busy Bee--Isaac Watts 77
Suppose--Phoebe Cary 78 Twinkle, Twinkle 79 Pretty Cow--Jane
Taylor 80 The Three Little Kittens--Eliza Lee Follen 80 The Land of
Counterpane--Robert Louis Stevenson 82 There was a Little
Girl--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 82 The Boy who never Told a Lie
83 Foreign Children--Robert Louis Stevenson 84 The Unseen
Playmate--Robert Louis Stevenson 84 I saw Three Ships 85 A Was an
Ant--Edward Lear 86 The Table and the Chair--Edward Lear 91
Precocious Piggy--Thomas Hood 93 A Boy's Song--James Hogg 94
Buttercups and Daisies--Mary Howitt 95 The Violet--Jane Taylor 96 If
ever I See--Lydia Maria Child 97 The Little Land--Robert Louis
Stevenson 97 A Lobster Quadrille--Lewis Carroll 99 Where Go the
Boats--Robert Louis Stevenson 100 The Wind and the Moon--George
Macdonald 101 Where are you Going my Pretty Maid 103 The Lost
Doll--Charles Kingsley 104 Foreign Lands--Robert Louis Stevenson
104 Bed in Summer--Robert Louis Stevenson 105 Try Again 106 A
Good Play--Robert Louis Stevenson 106 Good Night and Good
Morning--Richard Monckton Milnes 107 The Wind--Robert Louis
Stevenson 108 The Spider and the Fly--Mary Howitt 109 Let Dogs
Delight to Bark and Bite--Isaac Watts 110 Child's Evening
Hymn--Sabine Baring-Gould 111
CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES
Hansel and Gretel 113 The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie 120 The
Wolf and the Fox 122 Descreet Hans 123 Puss in Boots 126 The Elves
and the Shoemaker 131 Hans in Luck 133 Master of All Masters 138
Belling the Cat 139 Little Red Riding-Hood 140 The Nail 144 Jack and
the Beanstalk 145 How to Tell a True Princess 149 The Sleeping
Beauty 150
OLD FASHIONED POEMS
The Man in the Moon--James Whitcombe Riley 158 Sage
Counsel--Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 160 Limericks--Edward Lear
161 More Limericks--Rudyard Kipling and Anonymous 162 The Dead
Doll--Margaret Vandergrift 163 Little Things--Ascribed to Julia A. F.
Carney 165 The Golden Rule--Unknown 165 Do the Best You
Can--Unknown 165 The Voice of Spring 166 The Lark and the
Rook--Unknown 166 Thanksgiving Day--Lydia Maria Child 168 The
Magpie's Nest--Unknown 169 The Fairies of Caldon Low--Mary
Howitt 169 The Land of Story Books--Robert Louis Stevenson 172 A
Visit From St. Nicholas--Clement Clarke Moore 173 Little Orphant
Annie--James Whitcombe Riley 175 The Chatterbox--Ann Taylor 177
The Voice of Spring--Felicia Dorothea Hemans 178 The History
Lesson--Anonymous 179 Song of Life--Charles Mackay 180 The Good
Time Coming--Charles Mackay 181 Windy Nights--Robert Louis
Stevenson 183 The Wonderful World--William Brighty Rands 184 Hark!
Hark! The Lark--William Shakespeare 185 Jog On, Jog On--William
Shakespeare 185 Sweet Story of Old--Jemima Luke 186 My
Shadow--Robert Louis Stevenson 186 By Cool Siloam's Shady
Rill--Reginald Heber 187 The Wind in a Frolic--William Howitt 188
The Graves of a Household--Felicia Dorothea Hemans 189 We Are
Seven--William Wordsworth 190 The Better Land--Felicia Dorothea
Hemans 193 The Juvenile Orator--David Everett 194 The Fox and the
Crow--Little B. (Taylor?)
195 The Use of Flowers--Mary Howitt 196
Contented John--Jane Taylor 197 The Old Man's Comforts, and How
He Gained Them--Robert Southey 198 The Frost--Hannah Flagg
Gould 199 The Battle of Blenheim--Robert Southey 200 The
Chameleon--James Merrick (from M. de Lamotte) 202 The Blackberry
Girl--Unknown 205 Mabel on Midsummer Day--Mary Howitt 207
Llewellyn and his Dog--Willim Robert Spencer 214 The Snowbird's
Song--Francis C. Woodworth 217 For A' That and A' That--Robert
Burns 218
FABLES
FABLES FROM ÆSOP
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs 220 The Boys and the Frogs 220 The
Lion and the Mouse 220 The Fox and the Grapes 221 The Frog and the
Ox 221 The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts 221 The Country Maid
and Her Milkpail 222 The Ass in the Lion's Skin 222 The Tortoise and
the Hare 223 The Vain Jackdaw 223 The Fox Without a Tail 224 The
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 224 The Crow and the Pitcher 225 The Man,
his Son, and his Ass 225
FABLES OF INDIA
Adapted by P. V. Ramaswami Raju
The Camel and the Pig 226 The Man and his Piece of Cloth 227 The
Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf 227 The Birds and the Lime 228 The Raven
and the Cattle 228 Tinsel and Lightning 229 The Ass and the Watchdog
229 The Lark and its Young Ones 230 The Two Gems 230
FAIRY TALES AND LAUGHTER STORIES
SCANDINAVIAN STORIES
The Hardy Tin Soldier--Hans Christian Andersen 232 The Fir
Tree--Hans Christian Andersen 236 The Darning-Needle--Hans
Christian Andersen 245 Thumbelina--Hans Christian Andersen 248
The Tinder-Box--Hans Christian Andersen 258 Boots and his
Brothers--George Webbe Dasent 268 The Husband who was to Mind
the House George Webbe Dasent 273 Buttercup--George Webbe
Dasent 275
GERMAN STORIES
Seven at One Blow--Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 279 One Eye, Two
Eyes, Three Eyes--Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 286 The Musicians of
Bremen--Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 293 The Fisherman and his
Wife--Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 296 Little
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