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_The Mystery of Abel Forefinger_. By WILLIAM DRYSDALE.

_Raftmates.--Canoemates.--Campmates.--Dorymates._ By KIRK MUNROE.

_Young Lucretia, and Other Stories._ By MARY E. WILKINS.

_A Boy's Town._ By W. D. HOWELLS.

_Diego Pinzon._ By J. R. CORYELL.

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_Wakulla.--The Flamingo Feather.--Derrick Sterling.--Chrystal,
Jack & Co., and Delta Bixby._ By KIRK MUNROE.

_The Talking Leaves.--Two Arrows.--The Red Mustang._ By W. O.
STODDARD.

_Prince Lazybones, and Other Stories._ By Mrs. W. J. HAYS.

_The Ice Queen._ By ERNEST INGERSOLL.

_Uncle Peter's Trust._ By GEORGE B. PERRY.

_Toby Tyler.--Mr. Stubbs's Brother.--Tim and Tip.--Left
Behind.--Raising the "Pearl."--Silent Pete._ By JAMES OTIS.

_The Four Macnicols._ By WILLIAM BLACK.

_The Lost City.--Into Unknown Seas._ By DAVID KER.

_The Story of Music and Musicians.--Jo's Opportunity.--Rolf
House.--Mildred's Bargain, and Other Stories.--Nan.--The Colonel's
Money.--The Household of Glen Holly._ By LUCY C. LILLIE.

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[Illustration: WICKED WILLIE'S DREAM.

THE COMBINATION OF TOO MUCH HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING AND A GUILTY CONSCIENCE
AFTER ANNOYING HIS SISTER'S PET KITTEN.]

TEACHER. "Now, girls, you all know what liquid measure is. Little Alice
may tell me what measure treats of inches, feet, and yards."

LITTLE ALICE. "Tape measure, teacher."

Auntie was a Southern mammy who had come North with the family she was
born in, for the first time in her life. The sights and peculiarities of
the Northern people, so strange to her eyes, caused her a great deal of
trouble and confusion, and also provoked much mirth. Now Auntie had seen
but little ice in the South, and one very warm day she addressed her
young missus: "Lor', chile, I's dot a powerful headd