BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



TOMMY-ANNE 



AND 



THE THREE HEARTS. 



BY 



MRS. MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT, 



Author of " Birdcra/t," " The Friendship of Nature" etc. 



WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS BY 



ALBERT D. BLASHFIELD. 



i2mo- Clot3i. Colored Edges. $1.50. 



This book was planned as a partial answer to the torrent of questions asked 

 by a group of children living a wholesome out-door life — children who feel a 

 kinship with living things, and have an inborn belief that there is something 

 more in a flower, bird, or little wood beast than its market value ; children who 

 are not satisfied with answers that give them the bare facts of nature with all the 

 humanity squeezed out, but who on the other hand cannot be silenced with the 

 pretty but impossible fables with which it was once considered proper to degrade 

 the intelligence of youth. 



"The ways of all wild living creatures have a fascinating interest for most 

 children, but unfortunately their parents and friends are usually too ignorant to 

 answer their reasonable questions. To such inquiring minds this book should 

 be a boon. They will hear the unappreciated garden Snake's plea for toleration, 

 and Mole's account of his own good deeds. They will have a peep into Bob-o- 

 link's wardrobe and a glimpse of Madam Duck's nursery, and will learn many 

 surprising things about our small familiar beasts, and the common plants which 

 we all think we know, A pleasant thread of story binds together the bits of 

 information, making them easier to hold, and the child who reads will be 

 charmed while he is instructed, and led on to make new discoveries himself." 



— The Nation. 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 



66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. 



