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6. William Hamilton Gibson's Sharp Eyes. How 



Bunny writes his Autograph. 



7. John Burroughs's A Year in the Fields. Winter 



Neighbors. 



8. John Burroughs's Signs and Seasons. Winter 



Neighbors. 



9. John Burroughs's Riverby. A Life of Fear. 



10. St. Nicholas Magazine. Old volumes. 



Nos. 1 and 2 contain negro folk-lore, in which " Brer 

 Rabbit" plays a prominent part. They contain much 

 excellent supplementary reading, which can be read or 

 told to children of any age. 



In many editions of Cowper's poems is a note accom- 

 panying his poem, " Epitaph on a Hare," in which he 

 gives a most interesting account of pet hares which 

 he kept for several years. 



Bret Harte tells in " Battle Bunny " how at the battle 

 of Malvern Hill " a white rabbit, which had been hop- 

 ping hither and thither over the field swept by grape 

 and musketry, took refuge among the skirmishers, in 

 the breast of a corporal." 



Among La Fontaine's Fables are such as : " The Hare 

 and the Frogs," " The Ears of the Hare," " The Hare 

 and the Partridge," "The Hare and the Tortoise." 



In Sharp Eyes Gibson tells how Bunny makes his 

 tracks. In his book Highways and Byways, Gibson 

 has a beautiful picture of the rabbit at home, called 

 " A Winter Rendezvous." 



John Burroughs tells in Winter Neighbors, found in 

 both No. 7 and No. 8, a little about a rabbit which took 



