io THE CHILDREN OF 7 'HE COLD. 



boys and girls, and little bits of babies. 

 And, though to us their country seems 

 about the most dismal part of the world 

 it is possible to find, yet they really are 

 the most happy, cheerful, and merry 

 people on the globe, hardly thinking of 

 the morrow, and spending the present as 

 pleasantly as possible. 



These cheerful people, in their cheer- 

 less country of ice and snow, must, like 

 all of us, at an early time of their life have 

 been babies, and to describe these Arctic 

 babies is the main object of this book to 

 tell the boys and girls what kind of toys 

 and pleasures and picnics and all sorts of 

 fun may be had where you would hardly 

 think any could be had at all ; also, 

 some of the discomforts of living in 

 this most uncomfortable country. 



Right near the pole, where day and 



