A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE.
"AND what happened next?"
Ah, that I cannot tell you, for the rest of the story is yet to be
lived. Only the swineherd's magic caldron can give you a glimpse into
the future.
Gather around it, all you curious little princes and princesses, and
thrust your fingers into the steam as the water bubbles and the bells
begin again. I cannot tell what it will show you. Glimpses of college
life, perhaps, and gay vacation times, as Rob and the captain and the
two little knights leave their boyhood days behind them and grow up into
manly young fellows, ready to take the places waiting for them in the
world.
Perhaps there will be college days and gay vacation times for the girls,
too, with white commencement gowns and diplomas and June roses. And away
off in the distance there may be the sound of wedding bells ringing for
them all, but if it is too far for the kettle to catch the echo of
their chiming, surely _I_ have no right to tell.
But no matter what the kettle may show, or what it fails to disclose,
you may be sure of this, that none who ever played under the Locusts
with the Little Colonel forgot the pleasure of those merry playtimes.
And all who shared her joy in finding little Dot were better and more
helpful ever after, because of what happened that Christmas-tide, the
happiest of all the Little Colonel's holidays.
THE END.
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
THE LITTLE COLONEL BOOKS (Trade Mark)
_By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON_
Each 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, per vol. $1.50
=The Little Colonel Stories.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated.
Being three "Little Colonel" stories in the Cosy Corner Series, "The
Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights of Kentucky," and "The Giant
Scissors," put into a single volume.
=The Little Colonel's House Party.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by Louis Meynell.
=The Little Colonel's Holidays.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
=The Little Colonel's Hero.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
=The Little Colonel at Boarding School.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
=The Little Colonel in Arizona.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
=The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
=The Little Colonel, Maid of Honour.= (Trade Mark)
Illustrated by E B. Barry.
=The Little Colonel.= (Trade Mark)
=Two Little Knights of Kentucky.=
=The Giant Scissors.=
=Big Brother.=
Special Holiday Editions
Each one volume, cloth decorative, small quarto, $1.25.
New plates, handsomely illustrated, with eight full-page drawings in
color.
"The books are as satisfactory to the small girls, who
find them adorable, as for the mothers and librarians,
who delight in their influence."--_Christian
Register._
These four volumes, boxed as a four volume set $5.00
=In the Desert of Waiting: THE LEGEND OF CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN.=
=The Three Weavers: A FAIRY TALE FOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS AS WELL AS FOR
THEIR DAUGHTERS.=
=Keeping Tryst.=
=The Legend of the Bleeding Heart.=
Each one volume, tall 16mo, cloth decorative $0.50
Paper boards .35
There has been a constant demand for publication in separate form of
these four stories, which were originally included in four of the
"Little Colonel" books.
=Joel: A Boy of Galilee.= By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON. Illustrated by L.
J. Bridgman.
New illustrated edition, uniform with the Little Colonel
Books, 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative. $1.50
A story of the time of Christ, which is one of the author's best-known
books.
=Asa Holmes=; OR, AT THE CROSS-ROADS. A sketch of Country Life and
Country Humor. By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON. With a frontispiece by Ernest
Fosbery.
Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top $1.00
"'Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads' is the most
delightful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that
has been published in a long while."--_Boston Times._
=The Rival Campers=; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY BURNS. By RUEL PERLEY
SMITH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy reader. It is the
story of a party of typical American lads, courageous, alert, and
athletic, who spend a summer camping on an island off the Maine coast.
"The best boys' book since 'Tom Sawyer.'"--_San
Francisco Examiner._
=The Rival Campers Afloat=; OR, THE PRIZE YACHT VIKING. By RUEL PERLEY
SMITH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
This book is a continuation of the adventures of "The Rival Campers" on
their prize yacht _Viking_. An accidental collision results in a series
of exciting adventures, culminating in a mysterious chase, the loss of
their prize yacht, and its recapture by means of their old yacht,
_Surprise_.
=The Rival Campers Ashore.= By RUEL PERLEY SMITH, author of "The Rival
Campers," "The Rival Campers Afloat," etc.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
"The Rival Campers Ashore" deals with the adventures of the campers and
their friends in and around the town of Benton. Mr. Smith introduces a
new character,--a girl,--who shows them the way to an old mill, around
which the mystery of the story revolves. The girl is an admirable
acquisition, proving as daring and resourceful as the campers
themselves.
=The Young Section-Hand=; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF ALLAN WEST. By BURTON E.
STEVENSON, author of "The Marathon Mystery," etc.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by L. J. Bridgman $1.50
Mr. Stevenson's hero is a manly lad of sixteen, who is given a chance as
a section-hand on a big Western railroad, and whose experiences are as
real as they are thrilling.
=The Young Train Dispatcher.= By BURTON E. STEVENSON, author of "The
Young Section-hand," etc.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated. $1.50
The young hero has many chances to prove his manliness and courage in
the exciting adventures which befall him in the discharge of his duty.
=Captain Jack Lorimer.= By WINN STANDISH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by A. B. Shute $1.50
Jack is a fine example of the all-around American high-school boy. He
has the sturdy qualities boys admire, and his fondness for clean, honest
sport of all kinds will strike a chord of sympathy among athletic
youths.
=Jack Lorimer's Champions=; OR, SPORTS ON LAND AND LAKE. By WINN
STANDISH, author of "Captain Jack Lorimer," etc.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
All boys and girls who take an interest in school athletics will wish to
read of the exploits of the Millvale High School students, under the
leadership of Captain Jack Lorimer.
Captain Jack's Champions play quite as good ball as do some of the teams
on the large leagues, and they put all opponents to good hard work in
other summer sports.
Jack Lorimer and his friends stand out as the finest examples of
all-round American high school boys and girls.
=Beautiful Joe's Paradise=; OR, THE ISLAND OF BROTHERLY LOVE. A sequel
to "Beautiful Joe." By MARSHALL SAUNDERS, author of "Beautiful Joe."
One vol., library 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50
"This book revives the spirit of 'Beautiful Joe' capitally. It is fairly
riotous with fun, and as a whole is about as unusual as anything in the
animal book line that has seen the light. It is a book for
juveniles--old and young."--_Philadelphia Item._
='Tilda Jane.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
One vol., 12mo, fully illustrated, cloth decorative, $1.50
"It is one of those exquisitely simple and truthful
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it down until I had finished it--honest! I And I am
sure that every one, young or old, who reads will be
proud and happy to make the acquaintance of the
delicious waif.
"I cannot think of any better book for children than
this. I commend it unreservedly."--_Cyrus Townsend
Brady._
=The Story of the Graveleys.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS, author of "Beautiful
Joe's Paradise," "'Tilda Jane," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by E. B. Barry $1.50
Here we have the haps and mishaps, the trials and triumphs, of a
delightful New England family, of whose devotion and sturdiness it will
do the reader good to hear.
=Born to the Blue.= By FLORENCE KIMBALL RUSSEL.
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.25
The atmosphere of army life on the plains breathes on every page of this
delightful tale. The boy is the son of a captain of U. S. cavalry
stationed at a frontier post in the days when our regulars earned the
gratitude of a nation.
=In West Point Gray.= By FLORENCE KIMBALL RUSSEL.
12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.25
West Point forms the background for the second volume in this series,
and gives us the adventures of Jack as a cadet. Here the training of his
childhood days in the frontier army post stands him in good stead; and
he quickly becomes the central figure of the West Point life.
=The Sandman: His Farm Stories.= By WILLIAM J. HOPKINS. With fifty
illustrations by Ada Clendenin Williamson.
Large 12mo, decorative cover $1.50
"An amusing, original book, written for the benefit of
very small children. It should be one of the most
popular of the year's books for reading to small
children."--_Buffalo Express._
=The Sandman: More Farm Stories.= By WILLIAM J. HOPKINS.
Large 12mo, decorative cover, fully illustrated $1.50
Mr. Hopkins's first essay at bedtime stories met with such approval that
this second book of "Sandman" tales was issued for scores of eager
children. Life on the farm, and out-of-doors, is portrayed in his
inimitable manner.
=The Sandman: His Ship Stories.= By WILLIAM J. HOPKINS, author of "The
Sandman: His Farm Stories," etc.
Large 12mo, decorative cover, fully illustrated $1.50
"Mothers and fathers and kind elder sisters who put the little ones to
bed, and rack their brains for stories, will find this book a
treasure."--_Cleveland Leader._
"Children call for these stories over and over
again."--_Chicago Evening Post._
=Pussy-Cat Town.= By MARION AMES TAGGART.
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in colors $1.00
"Pussy-Cat Town" is a most unusual delightful cat story. Ban-Ban, a pure
Maltese who belonged to Rob, Kiku-san, Lois's beautiful snow-white pet,
and their neighbors Bedelia the tortoise-shell, Madame Laura the widow,
Wutz Butz the warrior, and wise old Tommy Traddles, were really and
truly cats.
=The Roses of Saint Elizabeth.= by JANE SCOTT WOODRUFF, author of "The
Little Christmas Shoe."
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in colors by Adelaide Everhart. $1.00
This is a charming little story of a child whose father was caretaker of
the great castle of the Wartburg, where Saint Elizabeth once had her
home.
=Gabriel and the Hour Book.= By EVALEEN STEIN.
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated in
colors by Adelaide Everhart. $1.00
Gabriel was a loving, patient, little French lad, who assisted the monks
in the long ago days, when all the books were written and illuminated by
hand, in the monasteries.
=The Enchanted Automobile.= Translated from the French by MARY J.
SAFFORD.
Small quarto, cloth decorative, illustrated and decorated
in colors by Edna M. Sawyer $1.00
The enchanted automobile was sent by the fairy godmother of a lazy,
discontented little prince and princess to take them to fairyland, where
they might visit their story-book favorites.
=The Red Feathers.= By THEODORE ROBERTS, author of "Brothers of Peril,"
etc.
Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
"The Red Feathers" tells of the remarkable adventures of an Indian boy
who lived in the Stone Age, many years ago, when the world was young,
and when fairies and magicians did wonderful things for their friends
and enemies.
=The Wreck of the Ocean Queen.= By JAMES OTIS, author of "Larry Hudson's
Ambition," etc.
Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
This story takes its readers on a sea voyage around the world; gives
them a trip on a treasure ship; an exciting experience in a terrific
gale; and finally a shipwreck, with a mutineering crew determined to
take the treasure to complicate matters.
But only the mutineers will come to serious harm, and after the reader
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by night and day, and of a hand-to-hand fight, he is rescued and brought
safely home again,--to realize that it's only a story, but a stirring
and realistic one.
=Little White Indians.= by FANNIE E. OSTRANDER.
Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.25
The "Little White Indians" were two families of children who "played
Indian" all one long summer vacation. They built wigwams and made camps;
they went hunting and fought fierce battles on the war-trail.
A bright, interesting story which will appeal strongly to the
"make-believe" instinct in children, and will give them a healthy,
active interest in "the simple life."
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 146, "knee-keep" changed to "knee-deep" (lay knee-deep in some)
Page 194, word "to" added to the text (call Milly to help her)
Final ad pages, sometimes the printer forgot to make an author or
sub-heading in a listing set in small-capitals, such as on The Wreck of
the Ocean Queen. In such instances as these, small-capitals were added
to make the title or author match the rest of the listings.