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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



[THE DRAWINGS BY F. O. C. DARLEY.] 



PAG* 



IF YOU KNOW YOUR TOAD, IT IS ALL RIGHT. Frontispiece 



THE POLES HAD COME UP BEAUTIFULLY ... 24 



LET US RESPECT THE CAT 60 



HE BURST INTO TEARS 74 



I TRIED THE SCARE-CROW PLAN 89 



THE TOADS CAME OUT OF THEIR HOLES . . . 115 

 I TOLD THE MAN THAT I COULD NOT HAVE THE COW 



IN THE GROUNDS 119 



LOOKING FOR A LOST HEN 123 



POLLY UNFOLDS A SMALL SCHEME OF BENEVOLENCE . 130 



WHAT NICE ONES! 154 



HE SAID HE WAS ONLY EATING SOME . . . .159 



POLLY SAYS IT is A PERFECT MATCH .... 175 



