Editorials289-292Charles SumnerCarl Schurz293How the Elephant Got His TrunkRudyard Kipling295The OwlLord Tennyson299T'nowhead's BellJ. M. Barrie300John Storm's ResolutionHall Cain308The Flood of the FlossGeorge Eliot314The Real Muck Rake ManHenry van Dyke319The HuntMercy E. Baker322Francois Villon, About to DieJohn D. Swain323Lady MoonLord Haughton326A Good DinnerMary Stuart Cutting326My RivalRudyard Kipling328Imph-mJames Nicholson328Looking ForwardRobert Louis Stevenson329Mrs. Atwood's RaimentMary Stuart Cutting330Hymn of a ChildCharles Wesley341The Day of Precious PenaltiesMarion Hill342Cradle HymnMartin Luther349A Kentucky CinderellaF. Hopkinson Smith350At Lincoln's TombRobertus Love355Mammy's Pickanin'Lucy Dean Jenkins357The Old DollEdith M. Thomas359Santa ClausUnknown360Little ChristelWm. B. Rands361Seven Times OneJean Ingelow363Daffy-Down-DillyAnna B. Warner364The Ant and the CricketUnknown366Cradle HymnIsaac Watts367The Usual WayAnonymous368The Lark and the RookAnonymous369The Gondola RaceF. Hopkinson Smith371LincolnJonathan P. Dolliver374Spacially JimBessie Margon376An OperaGeorge Ade378A Little Knight-ErrantMargaret A. Richard382Jane JonesBen King383
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Editorials1-5On TimeJohn Milton5The Knight in the WoodE. Leicester Warren6A Little Feminine CasabiancaGeo. Madden Martin7What He Got Out of ItS. E. Kiser11The Play's the ThingGeo. Madden Martin12The Dancing School and DickyJosephine Dodge Daskam18A Model Story in the KindergartenJosephine Dodge Daskam24Fishin'?Anonymous26Ardelia in ArcadyJosephine Dodge Daskam27MerielMargaret Houston34The Old Man and "Shep"John G. Scorer35Who KnowsLouise Chandler Moulton36The NegroBooker T. Washington37The GuillotineVictor Hugo40Robespierre's Last SpeechMaximilian M. I. Robespierre42SecessionAlex. H. Stephens44BirdsRichard Henry Stoddard47The Death of HypatiaCharles Kingsley48Death Stands Above Me.Walter Savage Landor54The TournamentSir Walter Scott55A Plea for the Old YearLouise Chandler Moulton59Fagin's Last DayCharles Dickens60A Caution to Poets.Matthew Arnold64Apollo BelvedereRuth McEnery Stuart65An Invalid in LodgingsJ. M. Barrie71The Stirrup-CupSidney Lanier74Das Krist Kindel.James Whitcomb Riley75Hiram Foster's Thanksgiving TurkeyS. E. Kiser77The Winning of Lorna DooneR. D. Blackmore79The SkyRichard Henry Stoddard96
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Transcriber's NoteVariant forms of words in the original text, sometimes within the same selection, have been retained in this ebook. Ellipses have been standardized. Omissions in the Table of Contents match those of the original document.The following typographical corrections have been made in this ebook:Page 17:Changed , to . (kind of mourning.)Page 18:Changed You're to You've (You've got to go.)Page 23:Added missing quotes; changed single to double ('I don't know, I don't know!'")Page 27:Changed helpessly to helplessly (said the young lady, helplessly)Page 40:Changed constanly to constantly (constantly in mind)Page 40:Removed duplicate word 'these' (these twenty-five years)Page 41:Changed scafforld to scaffold (the scaffold against the scaffold)Page 47:Changed shown to shone (the sun of heaven ever shone)Page 53:Removed stray period (She had disappeared, and)Page 66:Changed constanly to constantly (met constantly)Page 71:Removed duplicate quotes (I feared," she said.)Page 72:Changed is to it (but it is satisfaction)Page 82:Changed single-quote to double (go to sleep.")Page 87:Changed by to my (hand upon my arm)Page 90:Changed Doone's to Doones (murdered by the Doones)Page 93:Changed though to thought (I thought he would)Table of Contents:Added missing parenthesis (from "The Heart of the Ancient Wood")Table of Contents:Added missing question mark to match title in text (Fishin'?)Table of Contents:Changed Kris to Krist to match title in text (Das Krist Kindel.)Table of Contents:Added missing word 'On' to match title in text (On Time)
Variant forms of words in the original text, sometimes within the same selection, have been retained in this ebook. Ellipses have been standardized. Omissions in the Table of Contents match those of the original document.
The following typographical corrections have been made in this ebook:
Page 17:Changed , to . (kind of mourning.)Page 18:Changed You're to You've (You've got to go.)Page 23:Added missing quotes; changed single to double ('I don't know, I don't know!'")Page 27:Changed helpessly to helplessly (said the young lady, helplessly)Page 40:Changed constanly to constantly (constantly in mind)Page 40:Removed duplicate word 'these' (these twenty-five years)Page 41:Changed scafforld to scaffold (the scaffold against the scaffold)Page 47:Changed shown to shone (the sun of heaven ever shone)Page 53:Removed stray period (She had disappeared, and)Page 66:Changed constanly to constantly (met constantly)Page 71:Removed duplicate quotes (I feared," she said.)Page 72:Changed is to it (but it is satisfaction)Page 82:Changed single-quote to double (go to sleep.")Page 87:Changed by to my (hand upon my arm)Page 90:Changed Doone's to Doones (murdered by the Doones)Page 93:Changed though to thought (I thought he would)Table of Contents:Added missing parenthesis (from "The Heart of the Ancient Wood")Table of Contents:Added missing question mark to match title in text (Fishin'?)Table of Contents:Changed Kris to Krist to match title in text (Das Krist Kindel.)Table of Contents:Added missing word 'On' to match title in text (On Time)