CONTENTS OF PART I., VOLUME XIII. ADVENTURE OF A MOUSE, THE. (Illustrated by H. Pyle and A. Brennan)...Howard Pyle.. ARCHITECT, AN. (Illustrated by W. H. Drake) AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES. (Illustrated). 141, 219, 292, 386 ....... Sara M. Chatfield. . Clara Erskine Clement. BALLAD OF JOHNNY PICKLEFRITZ, THE. Jingle. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch) Q. W.. BARTY'S TURKEY. (Illustrated by Albert E. Sterner)... BIG HANS AND LITTLE HANS. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers) 124 464 BOLD HIGHWAYMAN, THE. Jingle. (Illustrated by A. Dunham Wheeler) DIFFICULT PROBLEM, A. Picture, drawn by O. Herford.. DOG STORIES, ST. NICHOLAS. (Illustrated) ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, AN. (Illustrated by W. H. Drake). ENOUGH FOR Two. Picture, drawn by J. C. Beard... EPHESUS, Two MIDDIES AT. (Illustrated by W. H. Overend and E. J. Meeker)... Uncle and Aunt. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis Shepherd). GEORGE WASHINGTON. (Illustrated by Henry Sandham, W. II. Drake, GIANT TURTLES. (Illustrated by J. C. Beard) GIRL WHO LOST HIER POCKET, THE. (Illustrated by A. E. Sterner) GRANDFATHER'S VALENTINE. Poem GREAT IMPROVEMENT, A. Verses.. GREAT ROME AGAIN. (Illustrated by Joseph R. Pennell). GREAT SNOWBALL FIGHT, THE. (Illustrated by George Inness, Jr.). HEADS WE WIN,-TAILS YOU LOSE. Picture, drawn by Culmer Barnes.. HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. (Illustrated by the Author) (Illustrated by J. M. Nugent). "KEEP OFF THE GRASS." Picture, drawn by Irene F. Jerome. "LITTLE DICK SILVERBACK." Jingle. (Illustrated by G. R. Halm) MAGIC CLOCKS, THE. (Illustrated by Albert E. Sterner) MINUTE SKETCHES. Pictures, drawn by Alfred Brennan . MORNING AT RUGBY DURING VACATION-TIME, A. (Illustrated by Joseph 304 NEW IIAT AND MUFF, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by Laura C. Hills). 447 MY ECHO. Poem. (Illustrated and engrossed by Albert E. Sterner) "MY PRETTY GLASS TOWER." Jingle. (Illustrated by G. R. Halm) A Mountain-top and How We Get There......... QUAKER ESTHER'S RIDE. (Illustrated by Henry Sandham) .8, 37, 75, 80, 95, 107, 123, 140, 160, 235, 272, 291, 302, 303, 365, 388, 395, 434, 476 PLAYING SCHOOL. Picture, drawn by E. W. McDowell.. NEW MOON, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by Laura C. Iills).. C. Lloyd... 407 NOT HANDSOME, PERHAPS, BUT VERY STYLISH. Picture, drawn by F. Bellew, Jr. . . . . . . ONE LITTLE RHYME IN A WORLD OF RHYME. Pocm.. OUR HOLIDAY PARTY. . . . . OUR JOE. (Illustrated by C. H. Stephens). PANE-PICTURES. Pocm... PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. (Illustrated by J. R. Pennell and others) Great Rome Again.... Around the Bay of Naples. In Florence and Venice.. 365 282 RAJAH'S PAPER-CUTTER, THE. (Illustrated by J. M. Nugent). (Illustrated by RIGHT ROYAL CHRISTMAS UNTO YOU, A. Picture, drawn by D. Clinton Peters... RIGI, THE. (A Mountain-top and How We Get There).... "RING THE BELL AND BLOW THE HORN." Jingle. (Illustrated by G. R. Halm) E. E. Sterns.. SHAKSPERE'S SCHOOL, A VISIT TO. (Illustrated by C. H. Stephens). SIMPLE SIMON. (Illustrated by A. Brennan). SIR ROJER DE ROMILY ROSE. Jingle. (Illustrated by Oliver Herford) SIXTEEN AND SIX. Verses. (Illustrated and engrossed by Albert E. Sterner) SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING, A. Verses SMALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD, THE. (Illustrated by J. M. Nugent). SOME FAMOUS FLORENTINE BABIES. (Illustrated by J. R. Pennell). SOPHIE CONNOR AND THE VACATION-SCHOOL. (Illustrated by H. Sandham).. Charles Barnard.. 146 92 243 454 -358 Two MIDDIES AT EPHESUS. (Illustrated by W. H. Overend and E. J. Meeker). H. H. Clark UNCLE AND AUNT. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis Shepherd) VALENTINES. Verses. (Illustrated by W. H. Drake) VISIT TO SHAKSPERE'S SCHOOL, A. (Illustrated by C. H. Stephens). 284 .Rev. Albert Danker 468 150; Introduction Life in a Snow-flake-A Deer as a Watch-dog; Baked Matches; and other Queer Things- Barometers Again-A Case of Real Distress-A Bottled Fish-A Horrified Little School-ma'am - Waiting to be Named (illustrated), 312; Introduction-Dandelions that Made a Mistake—Still Another Weather- prophet-"Beautiful Snow"- About some Colors-The Ink-plant- How Turtles Wink- The Candle-fish (illustrated), 392; Introduction - Cunning Bushmen — Economical Poisoning-Some Interesting Little Seals Robin's Umbrella (illustrated) - Verdict: Not Guilty, 472. "A November Evening" by Mary Hallock Foote, facing Title-page of Volume-" Portrait of a Little Girl," CEDRIC himself knew nothing whatever about it. It had never been even mentioned to him. He knew that his papa had been an Englishman, because his mamma had told him so; but then his papa had died when he was so little a boy that he could not remember very much about him, except that he was big, and had blue eyes and a long mustache, and that it was a splendid thing to be carried around the room on his shoulder. Since his papa's death, Cedric had found out that it was best not to talk to his mamma about him. When his father was ill, Cedric had been sent away, and when he had returned, everything was over; and his mother, who had been very ill, too, was only just beginning to sit in her chair by the window. She was pale and thin, and all the dimples had gone from her pretty face, and her eyes looked large and mournful, and she was dressed in black. Dearest," said Cedric (his papa had called her that always, and so the little boy had learned to say it),-"dearest, is my papa better?" 66 He felt her arms tremble, and so he turned his curly head and looked in her face. There was something in it that made him feel that he was going to cry. "Dearest," he said; "is he well?" Then suddenly his loving little heart told him that he'd better put both his arms around her neck and kiss her again and again, and keep his soft cheek close to hers; and he did so, and she laid her face on his shoulder and cried bitterly, holding him as if she could never let him go again. "Yes, he is well," she sobbed; "he is quite, quite well, but we we have no one left but each other. No one at all." Then, little as he was, he understood that his big, handsome young papa would not come back any more; that he was dead, as he had heard of other people being, although he could not comprehend exactly what strange thing had brought all this sadness about. It was because his mamma always cried when he spoke of his papa that he secretly made up his mind it was better not to speak of him very often to her, and he found out, too, that it was better not to let her sit still and look into the fire or out of the window without moving or talking. He and his mamma knew very few people, and lived what might have been thought very lonely lives, although Cedric did not know it was lonely until he grew older and heard why it was they had no visitors. Then he was told that his mamma was an orphan, and quite alone in the world when his papa had married her. She was very pretty, and had been living as companion to a rich old lady who was not kind to her, and one day Captain Cedric Errol, who was calling at the house, saw her run up the stairs with tears on her eyelashes; and she looked so sweet and innocent and sorrowful that the Captain could not forget her. And after many strange things had happened, they knew each other well and loved each other dearly, and were married, al |