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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Diving Bell, by Francis C. Woodworth This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for Author: Francis C. Woodworth Release Date: August 20, 2005 [EBook #16560] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DIVING BELL *** Produced by Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. Produced from page scans provided by the Internet Archive and University of Florida. [Illustration] [Illustration: THE FOX AND THE CRAB.] UNCLE FRANK'S BOYS' & GIRLS' LIBRARY, BY FRANCIS C. WOODWORTH, EDITOR OF WOODWORTH'S YOUTH'S CABINET. [Illustration] THE DIVING BELL; OR, PEARLS TO BE SOUGHT FOR. With Tinted Illustrations. BY UNCLE FRANK, AUTHOR OF "A PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS," "WILLOW LANE STORIES," "THE DIVING BELL," ETC. ETC. BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO. PUBLISHERS. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS. THE NAME OF MY BOOK 7 THINKING AND LAUGHING 16 THE SCHEMING SPIDER 31 GENIUS IN THE BUD 46 PUTTING ON AIRS 64 "TRY THE OTHER END" 80 THE FOX AND THE CRAB 97 THE GREEDY FLY 101 CAROLINE AND HER KITTEN 104 "I DON'T KNOW" 119 THE LEARNED GEESE 125 THE WRONG WAY 131 THE RIGHT WAY 135 THE OLD GOAT AND HIS PUPIL 140 ON BARKING DOGS 147 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FOX AND THE CRAB (Frontispiece) VIGNETTE TITLE-PAGE 1 THE SPIDER'S INVITATION 30 THE SPIDER'S TRIUMPH 41 KATE AND HER TUTOR 72 MY PRETTY KITTEN 109 THE LEARNED GEESE 124 THE OLD GOAT AND HIS PUPIL 141 I. THE NAME OF MY BOOK. [Illustration] The reader, perhaps, as he turns over the first pages of this volume, is puzzled, right at the outset, with the meaning of my title, _The Diving Bell_. It is plain enough to Uncle Frank, and possibly it is to you; but it may not be; so I will tell you what a diving bell is, a
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