Vlll CONTENTS 



OCTOBER 



PAGE 



A Bit of Advice. Youth's Companion 1 .... 27 



An Oak Gall 27 



Shepherd Wind 28 



The Milkweed 30 



The Chestnut Burr . . 32 



The Wind and the Sun. Youth's Companion l . . .34 



The Sun 35 



The Sun Again 36 



Good Morning, Merry Sunshine. Emilie Poulsson 2 . . 37 

 Sunshine Stories. Adapted from Andersen . . .38 



The Falling Leaves 44 



Hallowe'en . . . . . . . . . .46 



October's Party. Song Stories for Little Folks ... 47 



NOVEMBER 



November. Sir Walter Scott 49 



The English Sparrow . 51 



The Sparrow Again 53 



The Sparrow's Nest. Mary Howitt 54 



Fly Away, Butterfly. Youth's Companion 1 ... 55 



Which Way does the Wind blow ? Mary Lamb . . 56 



The Eskimos 57 



Autumn . . . 59 



The Silk Worm. Mary Howitt 61 



The Hyacinth 62 



The Potato 64 



The Bear 65 



The Rising Moon. From Lilliput Levee 8 . . . ,06 



The Moon . 68 



Why we have Thanksgiving ..... 69 



The First Thanksgiving 71 



Another Thanksgiving 72 



Corn 74 



1 By permission of The Youth's Companion. 

 * By permission of Miss Emilie Poulsson. 

 8 By permission of Messrs. Eoutledge & Co. 



