108

BETSEY'S DREAM 114

SCOTT FARM 119

A TRUE STORY 126

THE LITTLE EMIGRANTS 131

ALL ABOUT THE DOLANS 136

FRONTIER LIFE; OR, MITTY MOORE 141

UNCLE JOLLY 151

A PEEP UNDER GROUND--THE RAFFERTYS AND THE ROURKES 157

"BALD EAGLE;" OR, THE LITTLE CAPTIVES 162

A STREET SCENE 171

LETTER FROM TOM GRIMALKIN TO HIS MOTHER 177

WHAT CAME OF AN OMNIBUS RIDE, AND "ONE PULL TO
THE RIGHT!" 180

LITTLE GERTRUDE'S PARTY 188

FERN MUSINGS 195

CRAZY TIM 200

CICELY HUNT; OR, THE LAME GIRL 206

THE LITTLE TAMBOURINE PLAYER 214

THE BROKER'S WINDOW BY GASLIGHT 223

BLACK CHLOE 229

A PEEP FROM MY WINDOW 235

THE BOY PEDLAR 239

THE NEW COOK 242

LETTY 250

FRONTIER STORIES 260

A PEEP THROUGH MY QUIZZING GLASS 268

THE ENGLISH EMIGRANTS 276

NEW-YORK SUNDAY 282

THE BOY WHO LIKED NATURAL HISTORY 288

KNUD IVERSON 292

CHILDREN IN 1853 296

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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LITTLE NELLY FRONTISPIECE.

ONLY A PENNY 47

HATTY'S MISTAKE 100

UNCLE JOLLY