_A_." 186
The Child and the Fairies. By "_A_." 187
The Little Elf. By _John Kendrick Bangs_ 188
"One, Two, Three." By _Henry C. Bunner_ 188
What May Happen to a Thimble. By "_B_." 190
Discontent. By _Sarah Orne Jewett_ 193
The Nightingale and the Glowworm. By _William Cowper_ 195
Thanksgiving Day. By _Lydia Maria Child_ 196
A Thanksgiving Fable. By _Oliver Herford_ 197
The Magpie's Nest. By _Charles and Mary Lamb_ 198
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. By _Edward Lear_ 201
A Lobster Quadrille. By _Lewis Carroll_ 202
The Fairies' Shopping. By _Margaret Deland_ 204
Fable. By _Ralph Waldo Emerson_ 206
A Midsummer Song. By _Richard Watson Gilder_ 207
The Fairies of the Caldon-Low. By _Mary Howitt_ 209
The Elf and the Dormouse. By _Oliver Herford_ 213
Meg Merrilies. By _John Keats_ 214
Romance. By _Gabriel Setoun_ 215
The Cow-Boy's Song. By _Anna M. Wells_ 217

BED TIME

Auld Daddy Darkness. By _James Ferguson_ 221
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. By _Eugene Field_ 222
Rockaby, Lullaby. By _Josiah Gilbert Holland_ 224
Sleep, My Treasure. By _E. Nesbit_ 225
Lullaby of an Infant Chief. By _Sir Walter Scott_ 226
Sweet and Low. By _Alfred, Lord Tennyson_ 227
Old Gaelic Lullaby. _Unknown_ 228
The Sandman. By _Margaret Vandegrift_ 228
The Cottager to Her Infant. By _Dorothy Wordsworth_ 230
A Charm to Call Sleep. By _Henry Johnstone_ 231
Night. By _Mary F. Butts_ 232
Bed-Time. By _Lord Rosslyn_ 232
Nightfall in Dordrecht. By _Eugene Field_ 233

FOR SUNDAY'S CHILD

All Things Bright and Beautiful. By _Cecil F. Alexander_ 237
The Still Small Voice. By _Alexander Smart_ 238
The Camel's Nose. By _Lydia H. Sigourney_