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MY MOTHER, 72 



MY GRANDFATHER, 82 



MALAY VILLAGE, 95 



MY FATHER, 141 



MISCHIEVOUS THEODORE, 218 



MY VISIT TO THE COUNTRY, 260 



MONEY AT INTEREST, 239 



NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, 133 



NEATNESS AND ORDER, 257 



NATIONAL MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON, 276 



OLD PONTO, 182 



OUR TOMMY, THE ERRAND BOY, 284 



QUICKSILVER, OR MERCURY, 93 



READING, ' 164 



SELF-LOVE, . . . ... 20 



SPRING, ..... 91 



STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT, 104 



SUMMER, . 127 



SAMMY AND WILLIE, 162 



STORIES FOR LITTLE FRED, 174 



SONG OF THE DISCONTENTED COOK, .... 224 



SILVER MINES, . 279 



THISTLE DOWN, 120 



TO DAFFODILS, 131 



TEARS, ... .... 154 



TIN MINES, 205 



THE CRYSTAL PALACE, . 7 



- THE AZTEC CHILDREN, 12 



THE SCHOOL MISTRESS, .... ... 15 



THE BIRTH-DAY GIFT, . 17 



THE FIRST SNOW STORM, . . . 24 



THE BROKEN WINDOW, . 34 



THE SINGULAR ECHO, . 36 



THE PEARL FISHERY, 37 



THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, .... 38 



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