TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE
1. Perseverance Charlotte Elizabeth 25
2. Try, Try Again T. H. Palmer 28
3. Why the Sea Is Salt Mary Howitt 29
4. Why the Sea Is Salt Mary Howitt 32
5. Popping Corn 34
6. Smiles 35
7. Lazy Ned 38
8. The Monkey 39
9. Meddlesome Matty 42
10. The Good Son 44
11. To-morrow Mrs. M. B. Johnson. 45
12. Where there is a Will there is a Way 47
13. Piccola Celia Thaxter 48
14. True Manliness Mrs. M. Q. Johnson 50
15. True Manliness Mrs. M. O. Johnson 52
16. The Brown Thrush Lucy Larcom 54
17. A Ship in a Storm 55
18. The Sailor's Consolation Charles Dibdin 58
19. Two Ways of Telling a Story Henry K. Oliver 60
20. Freaks of the Frost Hannah Flagg Gould 63
21. Waste not, Want not 64
22. Jeannette and Jo Mary Mapes Dodge 67
23. The Lion 69
24. Strawberries J. T. Trowbridge 71
25. Harry's Riches 74
26. In Time's Swing Lucy Larcom 77
27. Harry and his Dog Mary Russell Mitford 79
28. The Voice of the Grass Sarah Roberts 83
29. The Eagle 84
30. The Old Eagle Tree Dr. John Todd 86
31. Alpine Song W. W. Story 88
32. Circumstances alter Cases 89
33. The Noblest Revenge 94
34. Evening Hymn 97
35. How Margery Wondered Lucy Larcom 99
36. The Child's World 103
37. Susie's Composition 104
38. The Summer Shower T. B. Read 109
39. Consequences of Idleness Abbott 110
40. Advantages of Industry Abbott 113
41. The Fountain Lowell 116
42. Coffee 117
43. The Winter King Hannah Flagg Gould 120
44. The Nettle Dr. Walsh 121
45. The Tempest James T. Fields 125
46. The Creator John Keble 126
47. The Horse Bingley 128
48. Emulation 132
49. The Sandpiper Celia Thaxter 134
50. The Right Way F. R. Stockton 136
51. The Golden Rule Emma C. Embury 139
52. The Snow Man Marian Douglas 143
53. Robinson Crusoe's House Daniel DeFoe 144
54. Robinson Crusoe's Dress Daniel DeFoe 147
55. Somebody's Darling 150
56. Knowledge is Power 151
57. Good Will J. T. Trowbridge 153
58. A Chinese Story C. P. Cranch 156
59. The Way to be Happy 159
60. The Giraffe 162
61. The Lost Child Abbott 165
62. Which? Mrs. E. L. Beers 168
63. The Pet Fawn Miss S. F. Cooper 172
64. Annie's Dream 175
65. My Ghost Mrs. S. M. B. Platt 178
66. The Elephant 180
67. Dare to do Right Thomas Hughes 183
68. Dare to do Right Thomas Hughes 186
69. Wreck of the Hesperus Longfellow 190
70. Anecdotes of Birds Hall 191
71. The Rainbow Pilgrimage Grace Greenwood 197
72. The Old Oaken Bucket Samuel Woodworth 202
73. The Sermon on the Mount 204
74. The Young Witness S. H. Hammond 207
75. King Solomon and the Ants Whittier 211
76. Rivermouth Theater T. B. Aldrich 213
77. Alfred the Great 216
78. Living on a Farm 220
79. Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil Hawthorne 221
80. Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil Hawthorne 224
81. Burning of Fallow Mrs. Susanna Moodie 227
82. Dying Soldiers 230
83. The Attack on Nymwegen Motley 233
84. The Seasons
Spring H. G. Adams 237
Summer Lowell 237
Autumn Thomas Hood 238
Winter C. T. Brooks 238
85. Brandywine Ford Bayard Taylor 239
86. Brandywine Ford Bayard Taylor 242
87. The Best Capital Louisa M. Alcott 245
88. The Inchcape Rock Southey 249
89. My Mother's Grave 253
90. A Mother's Gift W. Fergusson 255