use"; to the American Folklore Society for
"How Brother Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant," by Alcee
Fortier; to the _Outlook_ for "Making the Best of It," by Frances M.
Fox, and "Winter Nights," by Mary F. Butts; to Harper Brothers for "The
Animals and the Mirror," from _Told by the Sand Man_; to Rand McNally &
Company for "Little Hope's Doll," from _Stories of the Pilgrims_, by
Margaret Pumphrey; to Daughady & Company for "Squeaky and the Scare
Box," from _Christmas Stories_, by Georgene Faulkner; to D.C. Heath &
Company for "The Little Cook's Reward," from _Stories of the Old North
State_, by Mrs. L.A. McCorkle; to Charles Scribner's Sons for "A Good
Play" and "Block City," by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Glad New Year,"
from _Rhymes and Jingles_, by Mary Mapes Dodge, "A Christmas Wish" and
"Rock-a-by-Lady," by Eugene Field; to Houghton Mifflin Company for
permission to adapt selections from _Hiawatha_; to Doubleday, Page &
Company for "The Sand Man," by Margaret Vandergrift, from _The Posy
Ring_--Wiggin and Smith; to James A. Honey for "The Monkey's Fiddle,"
from _South African Tales_; to Maud Barnard for "Donal and Conal"; to
Maud Barnard and Emilie Yonker for their versions of Epaminondas.

Supplementary Historical Reading

Life of General Robert E. Lee
_For Third and Fourth Grades_

Life of General Thomas J. Jackson
_For Third and Fourth Grades_

Life of Washington
_For Fourth and Fifth Grades_

Life of General N.B. Forrest
_For Fifth Grade_

Life of General J.E.B. Stuart
_For Fifth and Sixth Grades_

Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia
_For Fifth Grade_

Tennessee History Stories
_For Third and Fourth Grades_

North Carolina History Stories
_For Fourth and Fifth Grades_

Texas History Stories
_For Fifth and Sixth Grades_

Half-Hours in Southern History
_For Sixth and Seventh Grades_

The Yemassee (_Complete Edition_)
_For Seventh and Eighth Grades_

(Ask for catalog containing list of other supplementary reading)

JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY
RICHMOND, VA.

CONTENTS

PHILEMON AND BAUCIS, _Flora J. Cooke_, 9

THE POPLAR TREE, _Flora J. Cooke_, 15

WHO LOVES THE TREES BEST?, _Alice May Douglas_, 18

LEAVES IN AUTUMN, 19

A STORY OF BIRD LIFE, _Henry Ward Beecher_, 20

BOB WHITE, _George Cooper_, 25

HOW MARY GOT A NEW DRESS, 26

THE PLAID DRESS, 30

THE GODDESS OF THE SILKWORM, 34

THE FLAX, _Hans Christian Andersen_, 37

THE WONDERFUL WORLD, _Wi