LOON 55

THE BROWNIES [Illustration] CANOEING 62

THE BROWNIES IN THE MENAGERIE [Illustration] 68

[Illustration] THE BROWNIES' CIRCUS 73

THE BROWNIES [Illustration] AT BASE-BALL 78

THE BROWNIES AND THE BEES [Illustration] 83

[Illustration] THE BROWNIES ON ROLLER SKATES 89

THE BROWNIES AT THE SEASIDE [Illustration] 94

[Illustration] THE BROWNIES AND THE SPINNING-WHEEL 101

THE BROWNIES' VOYAGE [Illustration] 108

THE [Illustration] BROWNIES' RETURN 114

THE BROWNIES' SINGING-SCHOOL [Illustration] 120

THE BROWNIES' [Illustration] FRIENDLY TURN 126

[Illustration] THE BROWNIES' FOURTH OF JULY 132

THE BROWNIES IN THE TOY-SHOP [Illustration] 138

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THE BROWNIES AT SCHOOL.

AS Brownies rambled 'round one night,
A country schoolhouse came in sight;
And there they paused awhile to speak
About the place, where through the week
The scholars came, with smile or whine,

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Each morning at the stroke of nine.
"This is," said one, "the place, indeed,
Where children come to write and read.
'T is here, through rules and rods to suit,
The young idea learns to shoot;
And here the idler with a grin
In nearest neighbor pokes the pin,

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Or sighs to break his scribbled slate
And spring at once to man's estate.
How oft from shades of yonder grove
I've viewed at eve the shouting drove
As from the door they crowding broke,
Like oxen from beneath the yoke."

Another said: "The teacher's chair,
The ruler, pen, and birch are there,
The blackboard hangs against the wall;
The slate's at hand, the books and all.
We might go in to read and write
And master sums like scholars bright."

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The more they talked, the stronger grew
The wish to prove how much they knew.
From page to page through books to pass
And spell the words that tried the class;
So through their skill they soon obtained
Access to all the room contained.

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