lp with the
purely literary work.

Also to Oliver P. Medsger, the naturalist of Lincoln High School, Jersey
City, N. J., for reading with critical care those parts of the
manuscript that deal with flowers and insects, as well as for the ballad
of the Ox-eye, the story of its coming to America, and the photograph of
the Mecha-meck.

CONTENTS

Things to See in Springtime

_The Seeing Eye_

TALE NO. PAGE

1. Blue-eyes, the Snow-child, or the Story of Hepatica 3

2. The Story of the Dawnsinger, or How the Bloodroot Came 5

3. The Prairie-girl with Yellow Hair 6

4. The Cat's-eye Toad, a child of Maka Ina 11

5. How the Bluebird Came 14

6. Robin, the Bird that Loves to Make Clay Pots 17

7. Brook Brownie, or How the Song Sparrow Got his Streaks 20

8. Diablo and the Dogwood 20

9. The Woolly-bear 23

10. How the Violets Came 25

11. Cocoons 26

12. Butterflies and Moths 28

13. The Mourning-cloak Butterfly or the Camberwell Beauty 30

14. The Wandering Monarch 32

15. The Bells of the Solomon Seal 35

16. The Silver Bells of the False Solomon Seal 37

Things to See in Summertime

17. How the Mouse-bird made Fun of the Brownie 43

18. The Pot-herb that Sailed with the Pilgrims 44

19. How the Red Clover Got the White Mark on Its Leaves 47

20. The Shamrock and Her Three Sisters 51

21. The Indian Basket-Maker 53

22. Crinkleroot; or Who Hid the Salad? 56

23. The Mecha-meck 61

24. Dutchman's Breeches 63

25. The Seven Sour Sisters 65

26. Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass 65

27. The Four Butter