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HARPER'S

ROUND TABLE

1896

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NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

FRANKLIN SQUARE




Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._




INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS


A

Adventures with Friend Paul, 1113.

AFRICA:--An African Stratagem, 492; Stories of Congo Discovery, 584,
585; Exploring New-found Rivers, 608, 609: The Long-vexed Question of
the Mobangi-Makua River, 728, 729; A New Water Route to Central Africa,
800, 801; Adventures With Friend Paul, 1113.

Albany, Bicycle Map of, 464.

Always Spring-time, 644.

American Thormopylæ, An, 989.

AMERICAN-NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS:--Martha Washington's Valentine, 328,
329; The Kite Masquerade, 424, 425; Easier Frolic, 504, 505; The
M. S. D's., 696, 697; The Rose Festival, 768, 769; Lexington on Fourth
of July, 840, 841; The Picnic, 976, 977, The Amusement Club, 1120, 1121;
Halloween Fagots, 1184, 1185.

Amusement Club, The, 1120, 1121.

Andover's Sprinters, 757.

Andrée, Samuel A., the North-pole Balloonist, 256, 257; The Proposed
Trip to the North Pole, 312, 313.

Animal Amenities, 596.

Apprenticeship of Arthur, The, 621.

April Fool, 548.

April Fools and April Showers, 572.

Archæological Valentine, An, 349.

Arctic Animals, The Courage and Endurance of, 432, 433, 456, 457.

ASTRONOMY:--If We Could Move to Mars, 408, 409.

At the Turn of the Tide, 1037.

Attack of Torpedo-boat No. 5, 1157.


B

Balloonist, The North-pole, 256, 257.

Basket-ball, 793.

Battle of Brick Church, The, 597.

Battle of Easter Monday, The, 493.

Battle of Lake Champlain, The, 1193.

Bear, The Trick, and the Punching-bag, 444.

BEARS:--A Peltyville Fisherman Makes a Big Catch, 100; Polo on Skates,
348; The Trick Bear and the Punching-bag, 444.

Belgian Army Playing at War, The, 1168, 1169.

Berkeley Oval, The, 613.

Berkeley Oval Football Field, The, 1221.

Berkeley School Baseball Nine, The, 957.

Berkeley School Football Team, The, 41; Berkeley School _vs._ Scrub, 93;
Line Up of the Berkeley School Eleven, 141; Berkeley _vs._
Pratt-Berkeley _vs._ St. Paul's, 173.

Best Butter, The, 420.

Better Out Than In, 492.

Between Two Years, 849, 852, 853, 856.

Bicycle Route Maps. (See "Maps.")

BICYCLES:--Oddities in Bicycles, 352, 353; The Care of a Wheel, 496-498.

Bicycling, 792.

Bicycling for Girls--Position Just Before Starting to Mount--Position
Just After Starting to Mount, 4; Correct Position--Proper Arrangement of
the Dress--Correct Method of Dismounting, 5.

Bird Tamers and Taming, 1089.

Bird's-nesting Adventure, A, 300.

Blind-man's-buff at Sea, 824, 825.

Blow for Cuba, A, 260.

Bobbie's Declamation, 252.

Boulevard, Building a, 480, 481.

Box of Gold in Venezuela, A, 301.

Boy of 1775, A, 469.

Boy Soldiers in Camp, The--Guard Mount, 12; The Camp--The Mess Tent, 13.

Boy Troopers, 552, 553.

Bridge of an Ocean Liner, The--After a Winter Voyage, 28; Working Up
Into the Wind on a Rainy Night, 29; The Daily Observation, 30.

Brooklyn High-school Eleven, Line-up of the, 1221.

Buffalo Doll Show, The, 280, 281.

Bull-frog Dance, The, 372.

Butterflies, Catching and Mounting, 1010.


C

Camel, A Celebrated, 1060.

Camera Club, First prize Winner, The, 316.

Camping and Hunting, 1172.

Canal Locks for Ocean Steamers, 1136, 1137.

Candy-factory, Through a--Wrapping Caramels--Sugared Almonds, 112;
Packing Chocolate-cream Walnuts, 113.

Cannon Projectiles, The Making of, 968, 969.

Cantilever, The Original, 788.

Cape Cod Salt-works, The, 1233.

Capture of the Slaver, The, 132.

Care of a Dog, The--Dog-house and Yard, 944; Learning to Locate a Bird,
945.

Care of a Wheel, The, 496-498.

Carlisle Indian Football Eleven, 141.

Case of Pure Pluck, A, 108.

Catching Shad for Market, 721.

Chafing-dishes, Girls and, 89, 90.

Changed Valentine, The, 360, 361.

Chariot, The Theban, 1034.

Chase of the Bonnet-bird, The, 300.

Cheltenham Military Academy Football Team, 197.

Chicago, Bicycle Map of, 960.

Chimpanzees, Clever Feats of, 928, 929.

Chinaman's Sled, The, 224.

Christmas on Majuba Station, 149.

Christmas Pie, The, 169.

Christmas Stoc-King, 204.

Circumstances Alter Cases, 304, 305.

Clever Feats of Chimpanzees, 928, 929.

Clinton, Iowa, High-school, Track-Athletic Team, The, 1005.

Close Call, A, 740.

Coming, 770.

Congo Discovery, Stories of, 584, 585.

Connecticut Team at the N.I.S.A.A. Games, 909.

Coronation Chair, Tower of London, 657.

Coronation of a Czar, The, 704.

Courage and Endurance of Arctic Animals, The, 432, 433.

Cressy's New-year's Rent, 229.

Cristobal the Catalan, 741.

Crossing the Xuacaxélla, 893, 924, 949, 972, 997.

Cruise of a Commerce-destroyer, The, 717.

Cuba, The War in, 1000, 1001.

Curling-match, A, 293, 294


D

Day with Sand-piper Snipe, Esq., A, 1016, 1017.

De Lancey School, Philadelphia, Baseball Team, 909.

Deep Voice, A, 668.

Denver in Its Early Youth, 216; To-day, 217.

Dive, Learning to, 1053, 1054.

Dog, The Care of a, 944, 945.

Doll Show, The Buffalo, 280, 281.

Drilling a Great Army in Winter, 601.

Duck, The, and the Stork, 204.

Duke of Alva's Humiliation, The, 690.

Dull Days, 1012.


E

Easter Entertainment, An--As Viewed from the Gallery, 548.

East-side Girl, The, at Play and at Work, 1096, 1097.

Educated Pig, The, and the Plum-tree, 1204.

Electric-light Outfit, A Small, 1076.

Elizabeth, Queen, Autograph of, 881.

Elk and Bluebird, 1093.

Englewood High-school Football Team, 1269.

Essex, The Earl of, and his Ring, 880, 881.

Ethel Forrester's Dream--A Play, 62, 63.

Explained, 48.

Exploring New-found Rivers, 608, 609.


F

Fairy's Floral Zoo, The, 24.

Familiar Quotations--A Play, 400, 401.

Fate of La Salle, The, 205.

Feast of King Red Coat, The, 765.

Figwart, The--A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, 560-562.

"Filled the Bill," 988.

Flags of the Revolution, 1243, 1244.

Flash in the Dark, A, 452.

Flowers, Riddles in, 288, 289.

"Flying Dutchman" Up to Date, The, 1013.

Football, The Science of, 1100, 1101, 1125, 1126, 1149, 1150.

Football Teams, Four:--St. Mark's School--St. John's Military
Academy--Cheltenham Military Academy--Friend's School, 197.

For King or Country, 1, 25, 57, 81, 101, 104, 125, 157, 188, 213, 241,
253, 285, 309, 333, 357, 381, 405, 428, 445, 476.

Fourth of July Tragedy, A, 868.

Freys' Christmas Party, The, 152, 153, 156.

Friends' School Football Team, 197.

Froggy Lost the Race by a Fowl, How, 892.

Frogini's Restaurant, At, 836.

From Chum to Chum, 340, 364, 396, 412, 436, 468, 472, 516, 540, 564,
589, 612, 636, 647, 648, 684, 708, 732, 756, 780, 804.

Fruit growing, 904, 905.

Funny Spat, A, 620.


G

Germantown Academy Baseball Nine, The, 885.

Germantown Academy Football Team--Germantown _vs._ Penn Charter, 117.

Getting a Few Points in Natural History, 1132.

GIBSON, W. HAMILTON, Illustrations by:--The Story of the Floundering
Beetle, 36, 37; Riddles of the Flowers, 288, 289; A Homely Weed with
Interesting Flowers, 560, 561.

Gibson, W. Hamilton, at Work, 956.

Girl, The East-side, at Play and at Work, 1096, 1097.

Girl in Training, A, 792, 793.

Girls and Chafing-dishes, 89, 90.

Going Against the Grain, 1156.

Golf, 792.

Golf, Practical, 624, 625, 648, 649, 672, 673, 705, 720.

Good Sunday Morning's Work, A, 181.

Goosey Gander, 148.

Grind, The, 33.

Gunpowder, The Manufacture of, 776, 777.


H

Halcyon First Crew, The, St. Paul's School, 933, 957.

Halloween Fagots, 1184, 1185.

He Stirred Things Up, 1084.

Held Captive by Savages, 980.

Hibernating, 276.

Hidden Treasures of King Obani, The, 820.

Hill School Football Team, The, 70.

Homely Weed, A, with Interesting Flowers, 560-562.

Home-run in Indiana, A, 1181.

Horse Show, The Judging Ring at the, 105.

Hotchkiss School Baseball Nine, 781; Track Athletic Team, 829.

House Football Championship Cup, The, 43.

How Braddy's Brother Brought the News Home, 965.

How Hector Saved the Train, 666.

How Magic is Made, 208, 209, 411, 658, 659, 744, 745, 816, 817, 920,
921.

How the Gilt Ball Became a Weather-vane, 1252.

How to Enter the Navy, 840, 841.

HOW TO START IN LIFE:--Ranching, 549, 550; Fruit-growing, 904, 905.

Hunting, Camping and, 1172.

Hunting an Anarchist, 49.

Hurdle-racing, 460.

Hyde Park High-school Football Team, 1173, 1245.


I

Ice-boat, A Home-made, Plan for, 318.

"If Flowers Had a Language," 812.

If We Could Move to Mars, 408, 409.

Imp of the Telephone, The, 16, 40, 68, 88, 116, 140, 172.

Impertinent Sparrow, An, 276.

In Front of a Spanish Cruiser, 77.

In the Old Herrick House, 1061, 1092, 1117, 1140, 1164, 1188, 1212,
1237.

In the Tower of Berkeley Manor, 32.

Inquisitive Billy and His Cousin Gibb, 837.

Interscholastic Field Day in Australia, The, 916.

Introduction, The, 988.

Irving's Story of King Arthur and the Round Table, 92.

"It is the Unexpected that Happens," 1180.


J

Jack Howard's Surprise Party, 693.

Jim Langan, Hero, 1028.

Jolly Old Salt and Kangaroo, 124.

Jonathan's Escape, 325.

Jump, The Running Broad, 341.


K

Kangaroo, The Jolly Old Salt and the, 124.

Kid in Amateur Theatricals, A, 252.

Killjoy's Bargain, 420.

King Arthur and the Round Table, Irving's Story of, 92.

Kizner's Pet Sheep, 336, 337.


L

La Salle, The Fate of, 205.

Laurie Vane, Brakeman, 9.

Lawrenceville Baseball Team, 710.

Lawrenceville Football Team, The, 17.

Lexington on Fourth of July, 844, 845.

Lightning, Photographing a Flash of, 1148.

Line-up of the Brooklyn High-school Eleven, 1221.

Little Corporals, The, 373.

Little Giant, The, 161-168.

Little Rabbit's Mistake, The, 1228.

Locks, Canal, for Ocean Steamers, 1136, 1137.

London Athletic Club Grounds, 685.

Lost His Bearings, 1132.

Lost Homer, 1205.


M

Magic is Made, How, 208, 209, 411, 658, 659, 744, 745, 816, 817, 920,
921.

Making a Broncho of It, 596.

Making of Cannon Projectiles, The, 968, 969.

Maple-sugar Making, 533.

MAPS AND PLANS:--Bicycle Route, Boston to Gloucester and Return, 20;
Boston to Newburyport, 44; Boston to New Bedford, 74; Boston to South
Framingham, 96; Boston to Lynn and Return, 122; Boston to Lowell and
Return, 144; Boston to Nantasket, 176; Boston Circuit Bicycle Course,
200; Philadelphia to Compassville, Pennsylvania, 224; Compassville to
York, Penn., 248; York to Westminster, Penn., 274; Diagram of a
Curling-rink, 294; Westminster, Penn., to Baltimore, Md., 296; Baltimore
to Cooksville, Md., 320; Cooksville, Md., to Washington. D. C., 344;
Washington, D. C., 368; Albany, N. Y., 464; Albany, N. Y., to Fonda,
N. Y., 488; Fonda, N. Y., to Utica, N. Y., 520; Utica, N. Y., to
Syracuse, N. Y., 544; Syracuse, N. Y., to Lyons, N. Y., 568; The Congo
Basin, 584; Lyons, N. Y., to Rochester, N. Y., 592; Rochester, N. Y., to
Batavia, N. Y., 616; Batavia, N. Y., to Buffalo, N. Y., 640;
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Newtown, Conn., 712; Newtown, Conn., to
Hartford, Conn., 736; New Haven, Conn., to Hartford, Conn., 760;
Hartford, Conn., to Holyoke, Mass., 785; Hartford, Conn., to Canaan,
Conn., 808; Canaan, Conn., to Pittsfield, Mass., 832; Hudson, N. Y., to
Pittsfield, Mass., 864; Chicago, 960; Waukesha to Oconomowoc, Wis., 984;
Chicago to Waukesha, Wis., First Stage, 1008; Second Stage, 1032; Third
Stage, 1056; Waukesha, Wis., to Milwaukee, Wis., 1080; Chicago, Ill., to
Joliet, Ill., 1128; Joliet, Ill., to Ottawa, Ill., 1152.

Mars, If We Could Move to, 408, 409.

"Martian, The," Illustration from, 1250.

Mary Kent on Deck, 796.

May-day Play, A, 632, 633.

Middle Daughter, The, 240, 261, 284, 308, 332, 356.

Milwaukee East Side High-school Athletic Team, 885.

Mobangi-Makua River, The Long-vexed Question of the, 728, 729.

Modern Labyrinth, A, 185.

Morro Castle, 1040, 1041.

Mother Goose and Some of Her Characters, 196.

Mother-in-law to the Crew, 573.

Mysteries of Stage Scenery, 384, 385.


N

N.I.S.A.A. Games, 861, 862.

N.Y.I.S.A.A. Team at the National Games, 1077.

NATURAL HISTORY:--The Story of the Floundering Beetle, 36, 37; Riddles
in Flowers, 288, 289.

Navy, How to Enter the, 840, 841.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention, 964.

New Life, A, 84, 85, 109, 111, 128, 129.

New Water Route to Central Africa, A, 800, 801.

New York Interscholastic Athletic Association Games, The, 733, 734.

New York's Defences on the Sound--A Mortar Battery--American Navy
Proceeding Up East River, 528; The Enemy's Fleet Approaching, 529.

New-found Rivers, Exploring, 608, 609.

North Pole, The Proposed Trip to the, 312, 313.

North-pole Balloonist, The, 256, 257.

Not Strange, 716.


O

Oakland High-school Athletic Team, 829.

Ocean Greyhound, What it Means to Run an, 264, 265.

Ocean Liner, The Bridge of an, 28-30.

Oddities in Bicycles, 352, 353.

Old Hammer-the-Rocks, 1068.

Old Offenders, 692.

"Old-field" School-girl, An, 536, 537, 556, 580, 604, 628, 652, 676,
700, 724, 748, 762.

Once in a Thousand Years, 525.

One-mile Walk, The, 637.

Original Cantilever, The, 788.

Our Submarine Torpedo-boat, 236, 237.

Out of Sight, but--, 524.

Outlaw, An, 869.


P

Patty's Station, 404.

Peltyville Fisherman Makes a Big Catch, A, 100.

Pets, Queer, of Sailor Jack, 872, 873, 896, 897.

Philadelphia Interscholastic Relay Races, The, 661.

Phillips Andover Baseball Team, 805.

Photographing a Flash of Lightning, 1148.

Photography, Amateur--The Camera Club First-prize Winners, 316.

Picnic, The, 976, 977.

Pig, The Educated, and the Plum-tree, 1204.

Plucky Young Tenderfoot, A, 600.

Pole Vault, The, 660.

Polo on Skates, 348.

Polo Pony, The, 1048, 1049.

Pouter, The, 1108.

Presence of Mind, Stories of, 32, 133.

Princess in Her Garden, The, 1229.

Princeton's Interscholastic Tennis Cup, 758.

Public-school Boy Afloat--Sail making, 952; A Lesson in Furling
Sail--Winter Work, 953.

Pure Folly, 1228.

Putting the 16-pound Shot, 388.


Q

Queer Pets of Sailor Jack, 872, 873, 896, 897.


R

Race with Dacoits on My Bicycle, A, 1261.

Radiographs, 576, 577.

Railroad Yard, A--A Modern Labyrinth, 185.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 192, 193.

Ranching, 549, 550.

Ravelled Mitten, The, 189, 220.

Rebels Did Not Run, The, 1208, 1209.

Rehearsing for the Christmas Pantomime, 180.

Relay Races, The Philadelphia Interscholastic, 661.

Relief of Riverdale, The, 1024, 1025.

Restoration of "Tip," The, 376, 377.

Rick Dale, 397, 429, 453, 477, 501, 532, 557, 581, 605, 629, 653, 677,
701, 725, 749, 773, 797, 821, 860, 877.

Riddles in Flowers, 288, 289.

Rigs and Makeshifts of the Small Boat, 752-754.

River, The, 828.

Roman Twins, The, 1032.

Röntgen Rays, 576, 577.

Run, The Mile, 485.

Run from an "Indian Devil," A, 932.

Running, Short-distance, 413.

Running the Middle Distances, 437.


S

Sailing and Racing of the Small Boat, The, 1064, 1065.

Sailing--Rigs and Makeshifts of the Small Boat, 752-754.

Salt-works, The Cape Cod, 1233.

Scorcher, A, 524.

Shad, Catching, for Market, 721.

Sheep, The, and Hot Weather, 916.

Shooting the Rapids, 940.

Skating Brigade, The, 380.

Slumber Ship, The, 324.

Small Boy in War, The, 1268.

Snipe, Sand-piper, A Day With, 1016, 1017.

Soldier, The Boy, in Camp, 12, 13.

Solving a Geographical Conundrum, 728, 729.

Speedway, The New York--Building a Boulevard, 480, 481.

Sport Among the Moonfays, 668.

St. John's Military Academy Football Team, 197.

St. Mark's School Football Team, 197.

"St. Mary's," The--Public-school Boy Afloat, 952, 953.

St. Paul's, Garden City, Football Team, 93.

St. Paul's Baseball Team, 710.

St. Paul's Crews, The, 933, 957.

St. Paul's School Golf Links, 981.

St. Paul's Track Athletic Team, 589.

Stage Scenery, Mysteries of, 384, 385.

Stamps, 146, 323, 395, 961, 983, 1107.

Steeplechase, A, 224.

Stolen Court-house, A, 421.

STORIES OF PRESENCE OF MIND:--In the Tower of Berkeley Manor, 32; In
Reporting The "Victoria" Disaster, 133.

Story of Strife, A, 642.

Story of the Floundering Beetle, The, 36, 37.

Sugar-camp, In a, 533.

Swim, Learning to, 1029, 1030, 1053, 1054.

Swimming Teacher, The Trolley, 900.

Sympathy, 1276.


T

Tableaux Vivants, 136, 137.

Tadpole's Wish, The, 1036.

Tail of Woe, A, 812.

Tennis Cup, Princeton's Interscholastic, 758.

Texas, 1253.

That Piece of Loose Flagging, 292.

Thresher Thrashed, A, 941.

Throwing the Hammer, 268.

Till the Game is Done, 1260.

Timid Cousin Vic, 917.

"Tip," the Restoration of, 376, 377.

Tom Chist and the Treasure Box, 506-513.

Tommy Dreams After Eating Thanksgiving Hasty Pudding, 48.

Tommy Ten Canoes, 645.

Tools, Old, and New Ones, 842, 843.

Torpedo-boat, Our Submarine, 236, 237.

TOWER OF MANY STORIES, IN THE:--The Little Princes, 52, 53; Sir Walter
Raleigh, 192, 193; St. Thomas's Tower--London Tower from the River, 449;
Henry the Eighth, 656, 657, 680, 681; The Earl of Essex and His Ring,
880, 881.

Tracks the Duck Leaves, The, 1156.

Training, A Girl in, 792, 793.

Trolley Swimming Teacher, The, 900.

Turkey, "The Sick Man"--"Irregulars," 1216--The Sultan's
Palace--Zouaves, 1217--Troop of the Sultan's Body-guard, 1218.

Twelfth-night Party, The, 232, 233.


U

University School (Cleveland. O.) Track Athletic Team, 829.

Unwisely Selfish, 1108.

Up in a Water-spout, 1116.


V

Very Fishy Farm, A, 908.

"Victoria" Disaster, Reporting the, 133.

Virginia Cavalier, A, 789, 813, 848, 876, 901, 925, 948, 973, 996, 1021,
1045, 1069, 1085, 1109, 1141, 1165, 1189, 1213, 1236, 1264, 1265.

Voyage of Hiram and Dave, The, 473.

Voyage of the "Rattletrap," The, 992, 993, 1019, 1020, 1042-1044, 1072,
1073, 1098, 1099, 1123, 1124, 1144, 1145, 1160, 1161, 1195, 1196, 1219,
1220, 1240, 1241, 1256, 1257.


W

Waiting for the Boat, 764.

Walk, The One-mile, 637.

War, The Belgian Army Playing at, 1168, 1169.

War in Cuba, The--General Weyler as He Landed, 1000; The insurgent
General and His Staff, 1001.

Washington, D. C., Bicycle Map of, 368.

Washington's, Martha, Valentine, 328, 329.

Washington's Birthday in the School-room, 372.

Weather Bureau, The--Course of Circular Storm, 483; "Farmer" Dunn's
Home, 484.

What it Means to Run an Ocean Greyhound, 264, 265.

What Kind of a Monkey is This? 76.

What Marjorie Could Do, 8.

What the Bee Told Me, 1002-1004.

Why the Alligator Light was Dark, 56.

Wild Olive Wreath, A, 669.

Willie's Little Celebration, 884.

Winning of the "Y," The, 211, 212.

Wreck of the "Maria Helena," The, 277.

Wymps, 1133.


Z

Zintka Lanuni, 39.




PORTRAITS


  Andrée, Samuel, 258.
  Bannerman, W. D., 245.
  Bayne, J., 245.
  Beardsell, Lee, 221.
  Beers, A. F., 565.
  Beggs, C. W., Jun., 757.
  Bien, F., Jun., 245.
  Boleyn, Ann, 681.
  Brissel, F. M., 245.
  Brown, H. J., 245.
  Buchholz, C. T., 660.
  Burke, T. E., 437.
  Cady, Ernest H., 460.
  Calahan, George, 221.
  Carey, H. D., Jun., 293.
  Coffin, Charles Carleton, 490.
  Conneff, T. P., 485.
  Cotting, C. Burton, 1197.
  Coy, Sherman L., 709.
  Dibble, C. W., 94.
  Du Maurier, George, 1250.
  Dunbar, H. N., 317.
  Eaton, W. D., 221.
  Edmands, F. A., 757.
  Edwards, Y. M., 709.
  Elizabeth, Queen, 881.
  Essex, The Earl of, 880.
  Fincke, Reginald, 769, 1077.
  Gibson, William Hamilton, 955.
  Hallowell, Jack, 221.
  Hawkins, Shady-side Academy, 1245.
  Henry VIII., 656.
  Hering, Edward, 346.
  Hickok, W. O., 268, 388.
  Higgins, J. R., 245.
  Hipple, W. S., 565.
  Humbird, Shady-side Academy, 1245.
  Ingalls, F. L., 805.
  Jackson, Hugh, 1197.
  Johnson, Bascom, 805.
  Knox, Thomas W., 272.     I
  Li Hung-Chang, 1106.
  Linden, Hyde Park High School, 1269.
  Lutkins, Theodore, 293.
  Lutyens, W. E., 485.
  Lyons, Robert F., 341.
  Maguire, T. H., 221.
  McDavitt, C. G., 317.
  Michaelis, O. E., 317.
  Mills, E. W., 589.
  Moore, R. W., 565.
  Morgan, Alfred, 613.
  Mueller, Henry, 913.
  O'Brien, M. C., 541.
  Page, M., 245.
  Paulding. R. G., 565.
  Pell, T. R., 781.
  Phillips, J. D., 637.
  Pratt, H. I., 317.
  Purtell, J. J., 221.
  Raleigh, Sir Walter, 193.
  Rice, A. N., 805.
  Robinson, W. M., 565.
  Robinson. W. M., 781.
  Saul, A. D., 221.
  Schildecker, Shady-side Academy, 1245.
  Seaver, R. C., 221, 541.
  Smith, George P., 1197.
  Starr, S. V. M., 245.
  Sturtevant, F. R., 805.
  Teetzel, Hyde Park High School, 1269.
  Tilford, J. Dean, 1197.
  Warren, L., 221.
  Watson, Carroll, 221.
  Wefers, B. J., 413.
  Whittemore, A. C., 221.
  Young, Charles W., 245.
  Zintka Lanuni, 39.




GENERAL INDEX


A

Absalom, 65.

Adventures with Friend Paul, 1112, 1146.

Advertisement, A Curious, 231.

AFRICA:--Stories of Congo Discovery, 584; Exploring New-found Rivers,
608; Solving a Geographical Conundrum, 728; South African Fruits and
Facts, 738; A New Water Route to Central Africa, 800; Adventures with
Friend Paul, 1112, 1146.

Alamo, The--An American Thermopylæ, 989.

All Was Not Well, 43.

Amateur Journalism, 22.

American Cage Birds, 1039.

AMERICAN-NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS:--Martha Washington's Valentine, 328;
The Kite Masquerade, 424; Easter Frolic, 504; The M. S. D.'s, 796; The
Rose Festival, 768; Lexington on Fourth of July, 844; The Picnic, 976;
The Amusement Club, 1120; Halloween Fagots, 1184.

American Thermopylæ, An, 989.

Amusement Club, The, 1120.

Andrée, Samuel A., the North-pole Balloonist, 256; The Proposed Trip to
the North Pole, 312.

Antiquary Puzzle, The, 466.

Apes, A New Use for, 11.

Apprenticeship of Arthur, The, 621.

Aquarium, How to Manage an, 1111.

Archæological Valentine, An, 349.

Arctic Animals, The Courage and Endurance of, 432, 456.

Armenia, A Touching Morsel of, 522.

Armenian Relief Committee of Washington Square, 730.

Army, How to Enter the, 134, 194.

ASTRONOMY:--If We Could Move to Mars, 408.

At the Turn of the Tide, 1037.

Attack of Torpedo-boat No. 5, The, 1157.

Autography, 1083.


B

Babyhood of Denver, The, 216.

Bagged in Midstream, 90.

Ball, A Floral, 30.

Batter that Works Three Ways, A, 258.

Battle of Brick Church, The, 597.

Battle of Easter Monday, The, 493.

Battle of Lake Champlain, The, 1192.

Bear, An Adventure with a, 420.

Belgian Army Playing at War, The, 1168.

Bell, A Great American, 250.

"Ben-Hur," The Early Work of the Author of, 266.

Between Two Years, 849.

Bicycle Beginners, A Few Don'ts for, 1200.

BICYCLES:--Oddities In Bicycles, 352; The Care of a Wheel, 496.

Bicycle-touring During Summer Vacation, 502.

BICYCLING:--20, 44, 74, 96, 122, 144, 176, 200, 224, 248, 274, 296, 320,
344, 368, 392, 416, 440, 464, 488, 520, 544, 568, 592, 616, 640, 664,
688, 712, 736, 760, 784, 808, 832, 864, 888, 912, 936, 960, 984, 1008,
1032, 1056, 1080, 1104, 1128, 1152, 1176, 1200, 1224, 1248, 1272.

Bicycling for Girls, 4.

Bill's Bear Fight, 1026.

Biography of a Starboard Anchor, 551.

Bird Tamers and Taming, 1088.

Birds, American Cage, 1039.

Biscayne Bay and its Marvels, 346.

Bishop's Dilemma, The, 1183.

Blind-man's-buff at Sea, 824.

Blow for Cuba, A, 259.

Boat, The Small, The Sailing and Racing of, 1064.

Boating--Rigs and Makeshifts of the Small Boat, 752.

Boiling, Degrees of, 21.

Box of Gold in Venezuela, A, 301.

Boy of 1775, A, 469.

Boy Soldier in Camp, The, 12.

Boy Troopers, 552.

Boy's Brave Act, A, 911.

Brave Young School-teacher, A, 563.

Bridge of an Ocean Liner, The, 28.

Buds, Something About, 707.

Buffalo Doll Show, The, 280.

Building a Boulevard, 480.

Butterflies, Catching and Mounting, 1010.

Butterfly Collectors, For, 1178.


C

CAMERA CLUB, THE:--19, 67, 98, 114, 144, 176, 201, 226, 249, 273, 298,
345, 369, 391, 417, 441, 463, 487, 521, 546, 570, 593, 618, 664, 688,
738, 762, 785, 810, 834, 866, 889, 913, 938, 962, 986, 1009, 1035, 1055,
1081, 1105, 1129, 1151, 1177, 1201, 1224, 1249.

Camera Club Prize Competition, 316.

Camping and Hunting, 1171.

Canal Locks for Ocean Steamers, 1136.

Canaries, Where the, Come From, 91.

Candy-factory, Through a, 112.

Cannon Projectiles, The Making of, 968.

Cape Cod Salt-works, The, 1232.

Captain Hank's Substitute, 1114.

Captain Jack and the Cannibals, 1009; Captain Jack and the Mutineers,
1158; Captain Jack and the Blue-fish, 1243.

Capture of the Slaver, The, 131.

Care of a Dog, The, 944.

Care of a Gun, The, 423.

Care of a Wheel, The, 496.

Case of Pure Pluck, 107.

Catching Shad for Market, 720.

Chafing-dishes, Girls and, 88.

Changed Valentine, The--A Play, 360.

Chimpanzees, Clever Feats of, 928.

Christmas in a Girls' School a Century Ago, 138.

Christmas on Majuba Station, 149.

Christmas Presents, Inexpensive, 106.

Christmas Smiles, A Wreath of, 180.

Circumstances Alter Cases, a Play, 304.

Circus in the Country, The, 930.

Clever Children, Some, 14.

Clever Feats of Chimpanzees, 928.

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 490.

Congo Discovery, Stories of, 584.

Cooking, Amateur, for Little Girls, 282.

Coronation of a Czar, The, 704.

CORRESPONDENCE:--(See also "Questions and Answers.")

Courage and Endurance of Arctic Animals, The, 432, 456.

Cressy's New-year's Rent, 229.

Cristobal the Catalan, 741.

Crossing the Xuacaxélla, 893, 922, 949, 970, 997.

Cruise of a Commerce-destroyer, The, 717.

Cryptography, 594; Cryptography Again, 738.

Cuba, The War in, 1000.

Czar, The Coronation of a, 704.


D

Daisies and Dandelions, 682.

Day with Sand-Piper Snipe, Esq., A, 1016.

Denver, The Babyhood of, 216.

Discovery of a Wizard, The, 1251.

Dog, The Care of a, 945.

Doll Show, The Buffalo, 280.

Dominoes, 378.

Don'ts, A Few, for Bicycle Beginners, 1200.

Drill, Daily, 458.

Drilling a Great Army in Winter, 601.

Du Maurier, George, 1250.

Duke of Alva's Humiliation, The, 690.


E

Earl of Essex, The, and His Ring, 880.

EARLY DAYS OF SUCCESSFUL MEN:--William Eustis Russell, 313.

Early Work of the Author of "Ben-Hur," The, 266.

Easter Frolic, 504.

East-side Girl, The, at Play and at Work, 1096.

Educated Goose, The, 707.

Educated Pig, The, and the Plum-Tree, 1204.

Electric-light Outfit, A Small, 1075.

Elephants--Gypsy's Fury, 755.

Elk and Bluebird, 1093.

End of Old Money, The, 987.

Ethel Forrester's Dream--A Play, 62.

Exercise, Regular, for Girls, 267.

Explanation, A Fair, 14.

Exploring New-found Rivers, 608.

Extra-illustrate a Book, How to, 1170.


F

FACETIÆ:--24, 48, 76, 100, 124, 148, 204, 228, 252, 276, 300, 324, 348,
372, 420, 444, 474, 492, 524, 548, 572, 596, 620, 644, 668, 692, 716,
740, 764, 788, 812, 836, 868, 892, 916, 940, 964, 988, 1012, 1036, 1060,
1084, 1108, 1132, 1156, 1180, 1204, 1228, 1252, 1276.

Falcony, or "Hawking," 387.

Familiar Quotations--A Play, 400.

Fate of La Salle, The, 205.

Feast of King Red Coat, The, 765.

Figwart--A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, 560.

Flags of the Revolution, 1242.

Flash in the Dark, A, 450.

Floral Ball, A, 30.

Flower, Parts of a, 722.

Flower Borders, 883.

Flower Clock, A, 148.

Flowers, Riddles in, 288.

"Flying Dutchman" up to Date, The, 1013.

Football, The Science of, 1101, 1125, 1149, 1173, 1197.

For King or Country, 1, 25, 57, 79, 102, 125, 157, 186, 213, 241, 253,
285, 309, 333, 357, 381, 405, 426, 445, 474.

Fourth or July Hints, A Few, 836.

Freys' Christmas Party, The, 152.

From Chum to Chum, 340, 364, 396, 412, 436, 468, 472, 516, 540, 564,
588, 612, 636, 647, 684, 708, 732, 756, 780, 804.

Fruit-growing, 904.


G

GAMES:--The Hunter, 912; "It," 936; (See also "American-Night's
Entertainments.")

Games in the Real Country, 802.

Germany, At School in, 570.

GIBSON, W. HAMILTON:--The Story of the Floundering Beetle, 36; Riddles
in Flowers, 288; A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, 560.

Gibson, W. Hamilton--A Naturalist's Boyhood, 955.

Girl, The East-side, at Play and at Work. 1096.

Girl in Training, A, 792.

Girl Who Comes to Earn a Living in New York, The, 60.

Girls and Chafing-dishes, 88.

Golf, Practical, 624, 648, 672, 705, 719.

Good Sunday Morning's Work, A, 181.

Goose, The Educated, 707.

GRANDFATHER'S ADVENTURES:--14, 562, 671.

Grant, General, and the Pie, 1105.

Great Seal of England, The, 1122.

Grind, The, 33.

Gun, The Care of a, 423.

Gunpowder, The Manufacture of, 776.

Gypsy's Fury, 755.


H

Halloween Fagots, 1184.

"Hawking," 387.

Held Captive by Savages, 978.

HELPING HAND, THE:--98, 121, 250, 322.

Henry the Eighth, 656, 680.

Hidden Treasure of King Obani, The, 818.

Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, A, 560.

Home-run in Indiana, A, 1181.

Horse Show, Good Times at the, 104.

Hospital, A Queer, 1142.

Hour in Bicycleland, An, 610, 623.

How a Debt Was Paid, 35.

How Braddy's Brother Brought the News Home, 965.

How Captain Jack Got His Title, 1074.

How Harry Sowerby Earned His Promotion, 207.

How Hector Saved the Train, 666.

How Magic is Made, 208, 410, 656, 744, 816, 920.

How Rufus Trapped the Burglars, 290.

How to Enter the Army, 134, 194.

How to Enter the Navy, 840.

How to Extra-illustrate a Book, 1170.

HOW TO START IN LIFE:--Ranching, 549; Fruit-growing, 904.

Hunter, The, 912.

Hunting, Camping and, 1171.

Hunting an Anarchist, 49.


I

If We Could Move to Mars, 408.

Imp of the Telephone, The, 15, 39, 67, 87, 115, 139, 171.

In Front of a Spanish Cruiser, 77.

In the Old Herrick House, 1061, 1090, 1117, 1138, 1162, 1186, 1210,
1237.

In the Tower of Berkeley Manor, 31.

Incantations of Ali Ben Mesrour, The, 459.

Indian Sports, Odd, 1041.

Inquisitive Billy and His Cousin Gibb, 837.

INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT:--17, 41, 69, 93, 117, 141, 173, 197, 221, 245,
269, 293, 317, 341, 365, 389, 413, 437, 461, 485, 517, 541, 565, 589,
613, 637, 661, 685, 709, 733, 757, 781, 805, 829, 861, 885, 909, 933,
957, 981, 1005, 1029, 1053, 1077, 1101, 1125, 1149, 1173, 1197, 1221,
1245, 1269.

Irishman's Patience, An, 363.

Irving's Story of King Arthur and the Round Table, 92.

"It," 936.


J

Jack Howard's Surprise Party, 693.

Japan, A Delightful Morsel About, 890.

Jensen Falls Overboard, 707.

Jim Dandy, 305.

Johnny's Ice-boat, 330.

Jonathan's Escape, 325.


K

King Arthur and the Round Table, Irving's Story of, 92.

KINKS:--(See "Puzzles.")

Kite Masquerade, The, 424.

Kizner's Pet Sheep, 336.

Knox, Thomas W., 272.


L

La Salle, The Fate of, 205.

Lake Champlain, The Battle of, 1192.

Laurie Vane, Brakeman, 9.

Leaf from an Old Diary, A, 706.

Lexington on Fourth of July, 844.

Li Hung-Chang, 1106.

Lightning, Photographing a Flash of, 1148.

Little Corporals, The, 373.

Little Giant, The, 161.

Little Goose's Dream, The, 160.

Little Hero, A, 635.

Little Scarecrow, 434.

Locks, Canal, for Ocean Steamers, 1136.

Lost Homer, The, 1205.


M

M. S. D.'s, The, 696.

Magic is Made, How, 208, 410, 658, 744, 810, 920.

Magic Squares, 986.

Magic Stocking, The, 170.

Making of Cannon Projectiles, The, 968.

Manufacture of Gunpowder, The, 776.

Maple-sugar Making, 533.

Mars, If We Could Move to, 408.

Martha Washington's Valentine, 328.

Mary Kent on Dock, 794.

May-day Play, A, 632.

Middle Daughter, The, 238, 261, 282, 306, 330, 355.

Million, What is a? 515.

Mobangi-Makua River, The Long-vexed Question of the, 728.

Modern Labyrinth, A, 184.

Molly Pitcher, 482.

Money, Old, The End of, 987.

Morro Castle, 1040.

Mother Goose Fair, A, 195.

Mother-in-law to the Crew, 573.

Music Compositions, Prize, 394, 418.

MUSIC RACK, THE:--594, 866.

Musicians, Studying to be, 386.

Mysteries of Stage Scenery, 384.


N

NATURAL HISTORY:--The Story of the Floundering Beetle, 36; Riddles in
flowers, 288; The Sea-urchin, 351; A Homely Weed with Interesting
Flowers, 560; Something About Buds, 707; Parts of a Flower, 722; A
Palm-leaf Fan, 778.

Naturalist's Boyhood, A, 955.

Navajo Indians, 442.

Naval Schools, About, 1202.

Navy, How to Enter the, 840.

Navy, the American, Origin of, 1026.

New Life, A, 83, 109, 128.

New Water Route to Central Africa, A, 800.

New York's Defences on the Sound, 528.

Newspaper Man's Protégé, A, 416.

North Pole, The Proposed Trip to the, 312.

North-pole Balloonist, The, 256.

Nut Social, Giving a, 1154.


O

Ocean Greyhound, What it Means to Run an, 263.

Ocean Liner, The Bridge of an, 28.

Old Hammer-the-Rocks, 1066.

"Old-field" School-girl, An, 534, 554, 578, 602, 626, 651, 674, 698,
722, 746, 770.

Once in a Thousand Years, 525.

Origin of the American Navy, 1026.

Ought a Boy to Go to Sea? 234.

Our Roman Twins, 1051.

Outlaw, An, 869.


P

Palm-leaf Fan, A, 778.

Patriotic Answer, A, 235.

Patty's Station, 402.

Pets, Queer, of Sailor Jack, 872, 896.

Photographing a Flash of Lightning, 1148.

Photography, Amateur:--See "Camera Club, The," 316.

Picnic, The, 976.

Pig, The Educated, and the Plum-tree, 1204.

Plaster-of-Paris Fish, 354.

PLAYS:--Ethel Forrester's Dream, 62; The Magic Stocking, 170;
Circumstances Alter Cases, 304; The Changed Valentine, 360; Familiar
Quotations, 400; A May-day Play, 632.

Plucky Young Tenderfoot, A, 599.

Polo Pony, The, 1048.

Practical Golf, 624, 648, 672, 705, 719.

President's Private Life, The, 991.

Princess in Her Garden, The, 1229.

PRIZE STORIES:--A Story of Strife, 642; How Hector Saved the Train, 666;
The Duke of Alva's Humiliation, 690.

Programmes for Chapter Evenings, 22.

Public-school Boy Afloat, 952.

PUDDING-STICK, THE:--23, 45, 73, 98, 114, 138, 178, 200, 225, 249, 273,
297, 331, 347, 370, 393, 415, 440, 465, 489, 519, 543, 569, 595, 617,
641, 667, 689, 714, 739, 761, 786, 809, 833, 867, 888, 914.

PUZZLES:--A $50 Prize Puzzle, 122, 594, 618, 666, 687, 890, 914, 938,
962, 986, 1034, 1058; The Antiquary Puzzle, 466, 522, 1082, 1154, 1178,
1226.


Q

Queer Hospital, A, 1142.

Queer Pets of Sailor Jack, 872, 896.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:--22, 75, 96, 146, 250, 298, 322, 418, 466, 490,
618, 687, 714, 810, 938, 1010, 1034, 1058, 1082, 1154, 1178, 1202, 1227.


R

Race with Dacoits on My Bicycle, A, 1261.

Railroad Yard, A--A Modern Labyrinth, 184.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 192.

Ranching, 549.

Ravelled Mitten, The, 189, 218.

Rebels Did Not Run, The, 1208.

Relief of Riverdale, The, 1024.

Reporting the "Victoria" Disaster, 133.

Republics, Some Little, 326.

Restoration of "Tip," The, 376.

Rick Dale, 397, 429, 453, 477, 499, 529, 557, 581, 605, 629, 653, 677,
701, 725, 749, 773, 797, 821, 857, 877.

Rigs and Makeshifts of the Small Boat, 752.

Röntgen Rays, 575.

Rose Festival, The, 768.

Rose Petals, 898.

Run from an "Indian Devil," A, 931.

Russell, William Eustis, 313.


S

Sailing and Racing of the Small Boat, The, 1064.

Salt-works, The Cape Cod, 1232.

Santa Claus, A Feminine, 191.

Savings, Young Folks', 38.

Seal, The Great, of England, 1122.

Sea-urchin, The, 351.

Seed-sowing, 954.

SERIALS:--"For King or Country," "The Imp of the Telephone," "A New
Life," "The Middle Daughter," "Rick Dale," "From Chum to Chum," "An
'Old-field' School-girl," "A Virginia Cavalier," "Crossing the
Xuacaxélla," "The Voyage of the Rattletrap," "In the Old Herrick House."

Shad, Catching, for Market, 720.

Skating Adventure, A, 754.

Skating Brigade, The, 378.

Slambangaree, The, 803, 827.

Small Boy in War, The, 1267.

Snipe, Sand-Piper, Esq., A Day with, 1016.

Soldier, The Boy, in Camp, 12.

Soldier of Napoleon, A, 913.

Solving a Geographical Conundrum, 728.

South-African Farm, Life on a, 97.

Speedway, The New York--Building a Boulevard, 480.

Squirrels, Pet, 1207.

"St. Mary's"--Public-school Boy Afloat, 952.

Stage Scenery, Mysteries of, 384.

STAMPS:--23, 47, 75, 99, 123, 146, 179, 203, 227, 251, 275, 299, 323,
343, 367, 395, 419, 443, 467, 491, 523, 545, 567, 591, 615, 639, 665,
690, 713, 737, 763, 787, 811, 835, 865, 891, 915, 937, 961, 983, 1007,
1033, 1057, 1079, 1107, 1131, 1153, 1179, 1199, 1225, 1247, 1270.

Stolen Court-house, A, 421.

STORIES OF CONGO DISCOVERY:--The Second Largest River in the World, 584.

STORIES OF PRESENCE OF MIND:--In The Tower of Berkeley Manor, 31; In
Reporting the "Victoria" Disaster, 133.

Story of Strife, 642.

Story of the Floundering Beetle, The, 36.

Straddled on a Mad Moose, 66.

Strange Discovery, A, 263.

"Straw-Fiddlers," 339.

Studying to be Musicians, 386.

Submarine Torpedo-boat, Our, 236.

Summer Angel, The, 943.

Swim for Life, A, 209.

Swimming Teacher, The Trolley, 899.

Swiss Funerals, 762.

Swiss Wedding, A, 594.

Switzerland, A Ride in, 202.


T

Tableaux Vivants, 136.

Tall Structures, 24.

Texas, 1253.

That Bit of Loose Flagging, 291.

Thresher Thrashed, A, 941.

Till the Game is Done, 1258.

Timid Cousin Vic, 917.

"Tip," The Restoration of, 376.

Toddletum's New-year's Dream, 238.

Tom Chist and the Treasure Box, 506.

Tommy Ten Canoes, 645.

Tools, Old, and New Ones, 842.

Torpedo-boat, Our Submarine, 236.

TOWER OF MANY STORIES, IN THE:--The Little Princes, 52; Sir Walter
Raleigh, 192; Lady Arabella Stuart, 448; Henry the Eighth, 656, 680; The
Earl of Essex and His Ring, 880.

Training, A Girl in, 792.

Trolley Swimming Teacher, The, 899.

Troopers, Boy, 552.

Turkey, "The Sick Man," 1216.

Twelfth-night Party, The, 332.

Two Against a Fleet, 889.


U

Under the Greenwood-Tree, 673.

Unexpected Result, An, 1010.

Up in a Water-spout, 1114.


V

Vanished Island, The, 586.

Very Fishy Farm, A, 906.

Vessels, Odd, Designed for Speed, 1051.

Violin, A Wonderful, 392.

Virginia Cavalier, A, 789, 813, 846, 874, 900, 925, 946, 973, 994, 1021,
1045, 1069, 1085, 1109, 1141, 1165, 1189, 1213, 1233, 1262.

Voyage of Hiram and Dave, The, 473.

Voyage of the "Rattletrap," The, 992, 1018, 1042, 1072, 1098, 1122,
1143, 1159, 1194, 1218, 1240, 1256.


W

War, The Belgian Army Playing at, 1168.

War Correspondent, A Brave, 683.

War in Cuba, The, 1000.

Weather Bureau, The, 482.

What is a Million? 515.

What it Means to Run an Ocean Greyhound, 263.

What Marjorie Could Do, 6.

What the Bee Told Me, 1002.

Why the Alligator Light was Dark, 54.

Wide-awake Collector, A, 587.

Wild-olive Wreath, A, 669.

Willie Tucker, 183.

Willie's Little Celebration, 883.

Winning of the "Y," The, 210.

Wreck of the "Maria Helena," The, 277.

Writing Letters, 522, 546, 570.

Wymps, 1133.


Y

Young Folks' Savings, 38.




POETRY


  All Seasons, 931.
  Attraction of Levitation, The, 31.
  Awakening, An, 258.

  Battle Royal, A, 951.
  Bobbie's Declamation, 252.
  Bobbie's Suggestion, 115.
  Bobby's Tool-Chest, 1023.
  Broken Charge, The, 586.

  Castle Near the Window-seat, The, 794.
  Christmas Pie, The, 169.
  Coming, 770.
  Country Boy's Soliloquy, A, 978.

  Daisies, The, 802.
  Dandelion Down, 755.
  Defeat of General Zinc, The, 1104.
  Dorothy's Problem, 698.

  Easter, 514.
  Explanation, An, 991.

  Fair Play, 1243.
  Fairy Jingle, A, 252.
  Fairy's Floral Zoo, The, 24.
  Fine Old Chap, A, 1186.
  For Katy's Birthday, 650.
  Fraidie-cat, 527.
  Freddy Soliloquizes, 857.
  Freddy's First of April Resolutions, 563.

  Good Little Boy, The, 59.

  Hibernating, 276.
  How the Gilt Ball Became a Weather-vane, 1252.

  Imaginary Boat, The, 1171.
  In the Barn, 218.
  Independence Day, 843.

  Jim Langan, Hero, 1028.
  Joys of Winter, The, 291.
  Jujube Man, The, 1071.

  Killjoy's Bargain, 420.

  Last Little Leaf, The, 134.
  Leaves at Play, 91.

  Milky Way, The, 611.
  My Realm, 235.
  Mystery, A, 695.

  New Mother Goose, The, 871.
  New Year, A, 244.
  NURSERY BALLADS:--A Ballad of the Ark, 327; The Wandering Cow, 683; A
      Perilous Spot, 898.

  On the Cellar-door, 602.

  Patient Tussle, A, 282.
  Piper, The, 1002.
  Prize Poems, 370.

  Real Doll, The, 66.
  Reason Why, The, 1210.
  River, The, 828.

  San Jacinto Corn, 279.
  Santa Claus in Morocco, 114.
  Slumber Ship, The, 324.
  Song, 767.
  Song of Christmas Eve, A, 191.
  Sportsman's Code, The, 354.
  Sure Cure, A, 262.

  Three of Us Know, 674.
  Tocsin, The, 1138.
  Tommy on Nature, 635.
  Transferred Flag, The, 954.
  Trout Plays Hookey, The, 1167.

  Up-to-date Santa Claus, An, 138.

  Very Best Zoo of All, The, 276.

  Washington's Birthday, 378.
  Who Can Answer? 1111.
  Willie I-Won't-Play, 492.

  Zintka Lanuni, 38.




[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE Portrait Gallery.

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.]

[Illustration: OAK KNOLL, DANVERS.]

[Illustration: Signature]