CONTENTS OF PART I., ADVENTURE of a Mouse, ThE. (Illustrated by H. Pyle and A. Brennan)...Howard Pyle.. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers).. (Illustrated by Albert E. Sterner)... BENEVOLENT Boy! Jingle. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch).. BIG HANS AND LITTLE HANS. (Illustrated by W. A. Rogers) Maria L. Pool (Illustrated by A. Dunham Wheeler)...M. G. Van Rensselaer.. BRIGHT IDEA, A. Verses. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch)...... BROWNIES AND THE BICYCLES, THE. (Illustrated by the Author).. BROWNIES' CIRCUS, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by the Author).. BROWNIES TOBOGGANING, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by the Author). CANDY COUNTRY, THE. (Illustrated by E. W. Kemble). CAPTAIN BRIGHT EYES AND LADY QUICK EAR.... CASPERL. (Illustrated by Léon Moran and Oliver Herford) CATCHING A WILD CAT. (Illustrated by the Author).. 419 464 201 299 282 .Frank R. Stockton.. 124 EPHESUS, TWO MIDDIES AT. (Illustrated by W. H. Overend and E. J. H. H. Clark.. J. } FIRM OF BIG BRAIN, LITTLE BRAIN & Co., THE. (Illustrated by the Author). Frank Bellew. FISH-SPEARING THROUGH THE ICE. (Illustrated by H. I. Keller).. Uncle and Aunt. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis Shepherd). GEORGE WASHINGTON. (Illustrated by Henry Sandham, W. II. Drake, 304 J. O. Roorbach.. 247 GREAT ROME AGAIN. (Illustrated by Joseph R. Pennell). GREAT SNOWBALL FIGHT, THE. (Illustrated by George Inness, Jr.). HALLOWEEN. Picture, drawn by Albert E. Sterner HEADS WE WIN,-TAILS YOU LOSE. Picture, drawn by Culmer Barnes.. HISTORIC GIRLS: WOO OF IIWANG-HO. (Illustrated by A. Brennan). MINUTE SKETCHES. Pictures, drawn by Alfred Brennan MORNING AT RUGBY DURING VACATION-TIME, A. (Illustrated by Joseph MOUNTAIN-TOP AND HOW WE GET THERE, A. (Illustrated by Jas. Monks MY ECHO. Poem. (Illustrated and engrossed by Albert E. Sterner) by G. De F. Brush) .Sydney Dayre. Frank R. Stockton. .. Charles Barnard OUR JOE. Pocm A Mountain-top and How We Get There.. NEW MOON, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by Laura C. Iills). Margaret Eytinge. NOT HANDSOME, PERHAPS, BUT VERY STYLISH. Picture, drawn by F. Bellew, Jr. OUR HOLIDAY PARTY... (Illustrated by C. H. Stephens). PANE-PICTURES. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. (Illustrated by J. R. Pennell and others) Great Rome Again. Around the Bay of Naples. In Florence and Venice.. PET CAT OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, THE. Picture, drawn by L. Hopkins.. 365 282 Ernest Whitney 123 PLAYING SCHOOL. ......8, 37, 75, 80, 96, 107, 123, 140, 160, 235, 272, 291, 302, 303, 365, 388, 395, 434, 476 RIGHT ROYAL CHRISTMAS UNTO YOU, A. Picture, drawn by D. Clinton Peters.. "RING THE BELL AND BLOW THE HORN." Jingle. (Illustrated by G. R. Halm) E. E. Sterns... Santa Claus ON A LARK. (Illustrated by Sol Eytinge).... SANTA CLAUS ON SNOW SHOES. (Illustrated by D. Clinton Peters)... 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. ST. NICHOLAS DOG STORIES. (Illustrated) STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS: FRENCH PAINTERS. (Illustrated) STRANGER CAT, THE. Verses. (Illustrated by W. H. Drake)... TAKING BABY'S PICTURE. Verses. (Illustrated by R. B. Birch) THANKSGIVING GHOST, A. Picture, drawn by O. Herford .. "THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL ARE WE." Picture, drawn by Laura UNCLE AND AUNT. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis Shepherd) TURTLES, GIANT. (Illustrated by J. C. Beard). TWO MIDDIES AT EPHESUS. (Illustrated by W. H. Overend and E. J. Meeker). H. H. Clark 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," CHAPTER I. BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. 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?" 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 |