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ALCOTT, Miss. (Illustrated from photograph) _F. B. S._ 129
ALPHABET FRANÇAIS, Un. (Illustrated) _Laura Caxton_ 816
ALWAYS BEHINDHAND. Talk with Girls _M. D. K._ 434
ANNIE AND THE BALLS. (Illustrated by the Author) _H. E. H._ 205
APRIL'S SUNBEAM. Verses _Joy Allison_ 398
ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN, The. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes)
_Susan Archer Weiss_ 190
ATLANTIC CABLE, Secrets of the. (Illustrated by A.C. Warren)
_William H. Rideing_ 327
AX OF RANIER, The. (Illustrated by E.B. Bensell)
_Thomas Dunn English_ 709
"BABY'S OPERA" AND WALTER CRANE, The. 69
BARBECUE, The. (Illustrated by Walter Shirlaw)
_Sarah Winter Kellogg_ 602
BELINDA BLONDE. Verses. _Laura E. Richards_ 272
BELL-RINGERS, The Stickleback. (Illustrated by James C. Beard)
_C.F. Holder_ 31
BIRDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. (Illustrated) _Professor W. K. Brooks_
606
BIRDS FLY, How. (Illustrated) _Professor W. K. Brooks_ 734
BOGGS'S PHOTOGRAPH. Picture. 21
BORN IN PRISON. (Illustrated by Edwin L. Sheppard)
_Julia P. Ballard_ 730
BOY IN THE Box, The. (Illustrated by C. S. Reinhart)
_Helen C. Barnard_ 356
BOY'S EXPERIENCE WITH TAR MARBLES, A. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)
_C.S.N._ 617
BOY WHO JUMPED ON TRAINS, The. Poem. (Illustrated by L. Hopkins)
_Mary Hartwell_ 132
BRUNO'S REVENGE (Illustrated) _{Author of "Alice in Wonderland"_
18?
BUTTERFLY-CHASE, The. Poem. _Ellis Gray_ 548
BUTTS, A Chapter of Five Pictures. 77
BY THE SAD SEA WAVES. Picture drawn by "_Sphinx_" 716
CAN A LITTLE CHILD LIKE ME? (Thanksgiving Hymn) _Mary Mapes Dodge_
68
CANARY THAT TALKED TOO MUCH, The. _Margaret Eytinge_ 331
CARLYLE, Thomas. (Crumbs from Older Reading, III.) _Julia E. Sargent_
565
CAROL, The Minstrel's. A Christmas Colloquy. _I. V. Blake_ 153
CHARADES, Four. Verses. _C.P. Cranch_ 406
CHARCOAL-BURNERS' FIRE, The. (Illustrated by J. L. Dickinson)
_David Ker_ 490
CHASED BY WOLVES. _George Dudley Lawson_ 3
CHILD-QUEEN, A. (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks)
_Cecilia Cleveland_ 1
CHRISTMAS CARD. 91
CHRISTMAS-GIFTS, A Budget of Home-Made. (Illustrated) 42
CHURNING. Poem. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly) _Sara Keables Hunt_
676
COCK AND THE SUN, The. Jingle. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)
_J. P. B_ 359
COMMON-SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Verses. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)
_Margaret Vandegrift_ 326
COOLEST MAN IN RUSSIA, The. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly) _David Ker_
229
CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, The. Poem. (Illustrated) _Clara Doty Bates_
33
CRIP'S GARRET-DAY. _Sarah J. Prichard_ 339
CROW THAT THE CROW CROWED, The. _S. Conant Foster_ 694
CRUMBS FROM OLDER READING _Julia E. Sargent_
I. EMERSON 262
II. IRVING 354
III. CARLYLE 565
DAB KINZER: A Story of a Growing Boy. (Illustrated by H. F. Farney,
Geo. Inness, Jr., Sol. Eytinge and H. P. Smith)
_William O. Stoddard_ 553, 620, 679, 744, 798
DEBBY'S CHRISTMAS. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis) _Ella A. Drinkwater_
223
DICK HARDIN AWAY AT SCHOOL. _Lucy J. Rider_ 386
DIGGER-WASPS AT HOME, The. (Illustrated by R. Riordan) _E. A. E._
667
DOG-SHOW, A Visit to a London. (Illustrated by J. F. Runge)
_Laura Sked Pomeroy_ 420
*DOMESTIC TRAGEDY, A. In Two Parts. Illustration. 31
DRIFTED INTO PORT. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge and Thomas Moran).
_Edwin Hodder_ 342, 425, 494
EASTER EGGS. Poem. _Clara W. Raymond_ 419
EASTER IN GERMANY. (Illustrated) _F.E. Corne_ 381
EASTER LILIES. Picture 399
EMERGENCY MISTRESS, The. (Illustrated) _Frank R. Stockton_ 669
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. (Crumbs from Older Reading, I.)
_Julia E. Sargent_ 262
EXCITING RIDE An. Picture drawn by _Miss S. A. Rankin_ 652
FAIR EXCHANGE, A. Poem. _M. F. Butts_ 820
FATHER CHIRP. Verses. (Illustrated by L. Hopkins) _S. C. Stone_ 476
FERN-SEED. Poem. _Celia Thaxter_ 705
FISHING-BIRDS OF FLORIDA, Some. (Illustrated) _Mrs. Mary Treat_ 282
FORTY, Less One. Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_James Richardson_ 579
"FOUR LITTLE HOUSES BLUE AND ROUND." Jingle _M. F. B._ 465
FOX, THE MONKEY, AND THE PIG, The. (Illustrated by the Author)
_Howard Pyle_ 743
FOX AND THE TURKEYS, The. (Illustrated from Gustave Doré)
_Susan Coolidge_ 756
FULL STOP, A. Silhouette picture drawn by _L. Hopkins_ 387
GERTY. (Illustrated by Frederick Dielman) _Margaret W. Hamilton_
690
GET UP! GOT DOWN! Silhouettes drawn by _L. Hopkins_ 461
GIFTS FOR ST. NICHOLAS. Poem. _Emma E. Brewster_ 294
GIRL WHO SAVED THE GENERAL, The. (Illustrated by H. F. Farney)
_Charles H. Woodman_ 577
GUEST, An Agreeable _Susan A. Brown_ 180
HANSA, The Little Lapp Maiden. (Illustrated) _Kate B. Horton_ 305
HAPPY FIELDS OF SUMMER. Poem. (Illustrated) _Lucy Larcom_ 666
"HAPPY LITTLE FROGGY." Poem. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)
_E. Müller_ 789
HORSE AT SEA, A. (Illustrated by J.E. Kelly) _C. B._ 367
HORSES OF VENICE, The Famous. (Illustrated) _Mary Lloyd_ 89
HOW BIRDS FLY. (Illustrated) _Professor W.K. Brooks_ 734
HOW HE CAUGHT HIM. Six Pictures. 740
HOW I WEIGHED THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY. _G. M. Shaw_ 34
HOW KITTY GOT HER NEW HAT. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly) _E. P. W._ 182
HOW KITTY WAS LOST IN A TURKISH BAZAAR. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle)
_Sara Keables Hunt_ 377
HOW LILY-TOES WAS CAUGHT IN A SHOWER. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)
_Emily H. Leland_ 731
HOW MANDY WENT ROWING WITH THE CAP'N. (Illustrated by the Author)
_Mary Hallock Foote_ 449
HOW MATCHES ARE MADE. (Illustrated by A.C. Warren) _F. H. C_ 315
HOW SIR WILLIAM PHIPS FOUND THE TREASURE IN THE SEA. (Illustrated
by J. O. Davidson) _S. G. W. Benjamin_ 278
HOW TEDDY CUT THE PIE. Verses. (Illustrated) _Rossiter Johnson_ 821
HOW THE PONY WAS TAKEN. (Illustrated) _C. W._ 174
HOW THE STONE-AGE CHILDREN PLAYED. (Illustrated)
_Charles C. Abbott_ 413
HOW THE WEATHER IS FORETOLD. (Illustrated by W.H. Gibson)
_James H. Flint_ 581
HOW TO KEEP A JOURNAL _W. S. Jerome_ 789
HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE. (Illustrated) _M. F._ 549
HOW TO TRAVEL _Susan Anna Brown_ 650
HOW WILLY WOLLY WENT A-FISHING. Verses. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle)
_S.C. Stone_ 562
HUCKLEBERRY. (Illustrated) _Frank R. Stockton_ 274
ICE-BOAT, How to make an. (Diagrams by the Author)
_J. H. Hubbard_ 220
"I'M A LITTLE STORY." Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_Margaret Eytinge_ 380
IRVING, WASHINGTON. (Crumbs from Older Reading, III.)
_Julia E. Sargent_ 354
ITALIAN FLOWER-MERCHANT, The Little. Picture drawn by
_Miss E. M. S. Scannell_ 475
JACK'S CHRISTMAS. (Illustrated by Jennie Brownscombe)
_Emma K. Parrish_ 124
JAPANESE "HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT," The. Picture drawn by
_William McDougal_ 219
JINGLES. 6, 41, 359, 404, 412, 465
JOHN AND HIS VELOCIPEDE. Sketches drawn by _B. D._ 650
JOHNNY. (Illustrated by R. Sayre) _Sargent Flint_ 361
JOHNNY'S LOST BALL _Lloyd Wyman_ 500
JUNO'S WONDERFUL TROUBLES. (Illustrated by F. S. Church) _E. Müller_
312
KEPT IN. Picture drawn by _M. Woolf_ 424
KING AND THE HARD BREAD, The. (Illustrated) _J. L._ 503
KING AND THE THREE TRAVELERS, The. (Illustrated by John Lafarge)
_Arlo Bates_ 207
KING CHEESE. Poem. Versified from story by Maud Christiani.
(Illustrated by L. Hopkins) _J. T. Trowbridge_ 641
LADY-BIRD, Fly away Home. Picture drawn by _M. Woolf_ 455
*LARGEST VOLCANO IN THE WORLD, The. (Illustrated.) _Sarah Coan_ 13
LEFT OUT. Verse. _A. G. W._ 128
LETTER TO AMERICAN BOYS, A. _George MacDonald_ 202
LINNET'S FEE, The. Poem. _Mrs. Annie A. Preston_ 798
LION-KILLER, The. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes). From the French.
_Mary Wager Fisher_ 78
LITTLE BEAR. Poem. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard)
_Samuel W. Duffield_ 726
"LITTLE BO-PEEP, SHE WENT TO SLEEP." Picture drawn by
_Miss Jessie McDermot_ 268
LITTLE RED CANAL-BOAT, The. (Illustrated) _M. A. Edwards_ 541
*LITTLE TWEET. Illustrated. 64
LIVING SILVER _Mary H. Seymour_ 350
LONDON CHAIR-MENDER. (Illustrated) _Alexander Wainwright_ 821
LONDON CHICK-WEED MAN, The. (Illustrated) _Alexander Wainwright_ 361
LONDON DUST-MAN, The. (Illustrated) _Alexander Wainwright_ 272
LONDON MILK-WOMAN, The. (Illustrated) _Alexander Wainwright_ 694
LONG JOURNEY, A. Verses. _Josephine Pollard_ 540
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S SHOW, The. (Illustrated) _Jennie A. Owen_ 22
MACKEREL-FISHING. (Illustrated by H. P. Smith) _Robert Arnold_ 706
MAGICIAN AND HIS BEE, The. (Illustrated) _P. F._ 143
MAKING IT SKIP. Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran) _M. M. D._ 15
MAKING READY FOR A CRUISE. Picture. 561
MAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP, The. Verse. _M. M. D._ 415
MARBLES, Some In-door Games of. (Illustrated) _L. D. Snook_ 295
MARS, THE PLANET OF WAR. (Illustrated by the Author)
_Richard A. Proctor_ 26
MARSHAL DE SAXE AND THE DUTCH BLACKSMITH. _David Ker_ 436
MASTER MONTEZUMA. (Illustrated) _C. C. Haskins_ 535
MATCHES ARE MADE, How. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren) _F. H. C._ 315
MAY-DAY, The Story of. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle) _Olive Thorne_
486
MEADOW TALK. Verse. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)
_Caroline Leslie_ 617
MERRY MIKE. Poem. (Illustrated by Albert Shults) _Fleta Forrester_
176
MERRY RAIN. Poem. _Fleta Forrester_ 425
MOCKING-BIRD AND THE DONKEY, The. Poem. _William Cullen Bryant_ 88
MODERN WILLIAM TELL, A. Picture drawn by _L. Hopkins_ 207
MOLLIE'S BOYHOOD. (Illustrated by George White) _Sarah E. Chester_ 7
MONEY is MADE, Where. (Illustrated by Fred. B. Schell) _M. W._ 477
MONUMENT WITH A STORY, A. _Fannie Roper Feudge_ 364
MOON, FROM A FROG'S POINT OF VIEW, The. (Illustrated by H.L. Stephens)
_Fleta Forrester_ 677
*MOONS OF MARS, The. 69
MOUSIE'S ADVENTURES FROM GARRET TO CELLAR. Picture drawn by
"_Sphinx_" 405
MUSIC ON ALL FOURS. Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_Josephine Pollard_ 200
MUSTANG, The Wild. (Illustrated) _Charles Barnard_ 396
MY GIRL. Poem. _John S. Adams_ 25
MY ST. GEORGE. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes) _Alice Maude Eddy_ 726
NANCY CHIME. Poem. (Illustrated) _S. Smith_ 739
NAN'S PEACE-OFFERING. (Illustrated by C. S. Reinhart)
_Kate W. Hamilton_ 284
NEWS-CARRIER, The. Poem. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)
_Catharine S. Boyd_ 349
NEW-YEAR CARD. 182
NIGHT WITH A BEAR, A. (Illustrated by W. L. Sheppard)
_Jane G. Austin_ 332
NIMBLE JIM AND THE MAGIC MELON. (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell)
_J.A. Judson_ 34
NO SCHOOL TO-DAY. Picture. Drawn by F. Opper 146
NOW, OR THEN? Talk with Girls. _Gail Hamilton_ 123
"OH, I'M MY MAMMA'S LADY-GIRL." Verse. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard)
_M. M. D._ 41
OLD MAN AND THE NERVOUS COW, The. (Illustrated by E.B. Bensell)
_R. E._ 264
OLD NICOLAI. (Illustrated) _Paul Fort_ 399
OLD SOUP. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly) _Mrs. E. W. Latimer_ 463
"ONE DAY AN ANT WENT TO VISIT HIS NEIGHBOR." Jingle. _M. F. B._ 404
ONE SATURDAY. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge) _Sarah Winter Kellogg_
514
ONLY A DOLL. Poem. _Sarah O. Jewell_ 552
ON THE ICE. Picture drawn by _L. Hopkins_ 300
"OPEN THE SNOWY LITTLE BED." Jingle. _M. F. B._ 412
OUT FISHING. Picture drawn by _J. Hopkins_ 759
PAINTER'S SCARE-CROW, The. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_C.P. Cranch_ 714
PARISIAN CHILDREN. (Illustrated by K. Brown) _Henry Bacon_ 456
PARLOR BALL. (Illustrated by the author) _L. Hopkins_ 492
PARLOR MAGIC. (Illustrated) _Professor Leo H. Grindon_ 811
PERSEUS, The Story of. _Mary A. Robinson_ 630
PETERKINS ARE OBLIGED TO MOVE, The. _Lucretia P. Hale_ 458
PETERKINS' CHARADES, The. _Lucretia P. Hale_ 91
PETER PIPER'S PICKLES, Mrs. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)
_E. Müller_ 519
POEMS BY TWO LITTLE AMERICAN GIRLS. _Elaine and Dora Goodale_ 109
POLLY: A Before-Christmas Story. (Illustrated) _Hope Ledyard_ 19
PORPOISES, About the. (Illustrated by J. O. Davidson) _J. D._ 142
POTTERY, A Chat about. (Illustrated from photographs)
_Edwin C. Taylor_ 104
PRIMKINS' SURPRISE, Mrs. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_Olive Thorne_ 794
PRINCE CUCURBITA. (Illustrated by E. M. Richards)
_Edith A. Edwards_ 792
PROFESSOR, The. _Clarence Cook_ 402
PUCK PARKER. (Illustrated by J. Wells Champney)
_Lizzie W. Champney_ 416
QUICKSILVER. _Mary H. Seymour_ 359
RAID OF THE CAMANCHES, The. _The Author of "We Boys"_ 267
RAIN. Poem. _Edgar Fawcett_ 613
RAVENS AND THE ANGELS, The. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_Author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family"_ 169, 242
RIDDLE, A Double. Verses. _J.G. Holland_ 94
RODS FOR FIVE. (Illustrated) _Sarah Winter Kellogg_ 645
ROWING AGAINST TIDE. _Theodore Winthrop_ 75
SAM'S BIRTHDAY. (Ilustrated by Sol. Eytinge) _Irwin Russell_ 482
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Picture drawn by _Miss S. W. Smith_ 725
SCRUBBY'S BEAUTIFUL TREE. (Illustrated by F. A. Chapman and Sol.
Eytinge) _J. C. Purdy_ 147
SEEING HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM. Picture drawn by
_J. Wells Champney_ 431
SHEPHERD-BOY, The. Poem. _Emily S. Oakey_ 241
SILLY GOOSE, The. Poem. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)
_E.A. Smuller_ 453
SIMPLE SIMON. Picture, drawn by _E.B. Bensell_ 791
SING-A-SING. Poem. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes) _S. C. Stone_ 122
SING-AWAY BIRD, The. Poem. _Lucy Larcom_ 462
SINGING PINS. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren) _Harlan H. Ballard_ 14?
SKATING. Poem. _Theodore Winthrop_ 23?
SNEEZE DODSON'S FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)
_Mrs. M. H. W. Jaquith_ 61?
SOLIMIN: A Ship of the Desert. (Illustrated) _Susan Coolidge_ 26?
SONG OF SPRING, A. _Caroline A. Mason_ 48?
SOMETHING IN THE OLD CLOTHES LINE. (Illustrated) _Paul Fort_ 21?
*STORY THAT WOULDN'T BE TOLD, The. (Illustrated.) _Louise Stockton_ 18
*WILLOW WAND, The. Poem. Illustrated. _A. E. W._ 16