CONTENTS XV 



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ALL THE BIRDS HAVE COME AGAIN. Music in Eleanor 



Smith's " Songs for Little Children " . . . .138 



SWALLOW. Bourdillon 139 



ROBIN REDBREAST. An Indian Legend .... 140 



BOBOLINK. Wilson Flagg 143 



WOOD PEWEE. 1 J. T. Trowbridge 145 



How THE BEE GOT HER STING. .ZEsop . . . . 146 



CATCH. Ben Jonson . 147 



PLANTS 



ARBUTUS. Whittier 148 



HEPATICA. Selected . 149 



LEGEND OF THE SPRING BEAUTY. Indian . . . 150 



CALLING THE VIOLET. Lucy Larcom .... 153 



BAUCIS AND PHILEMON 156 



THE OAK TREE. Mary Howitt 162 



STORY OF THE POPLAR 163 



APPLE BLOSSOMS. Herrick 166 



APOLLO AND DAPHNE 167 



DANDELION FASHIONS. Clara Doty Bates. Music in 



Eleanor Smith's "Songs for Little Children" . . 171- 



SUMMER STORIES AND SONGS 



How SUMMER CAME UPON EARTH. An Indian Legend . 177 



RED TOP AND TIMOTHY. Lucy Larcom .... 180 



1 With the kind permission of Mr. Trowbridge. 



