Transcriber's Note:Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.Chapters on The Eagle and The Story of Little Billee were interrupted by other chapters. Incomplete paragraphs were rejoined but the insertions were retained.The Gorilla illustration was moved from page 3 to page 2.The Contents table was added by the transcriber.