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CONTENTS General Introduction to Young Folks' Treasury Introduction vii xi NURSERY RHYMES Hush-a-bye, Baby, on the Tree-top; Rock-a-bye, Baby, thy Cradle is Green; Bye, Baby Bunting; Hush Thee, my Babby; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; This Little Pig Went to Market; etc., etc. 131 NURSERY TALES The Three Bears Cinderella 32 35 The Three Brothers 41 The Wren and the Bear 42 Chicken-Licken 45 The Fox and the Cat 47 The Rats and their Son-in-Law The Mouse and the Sausage 48 50 Johnny and the Golden Goose 51 Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse 56 Teeny Tiny 58 The Spider and the Flea 60 The Little Shepherd Boy 61 The Three Spinners 62 The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership 65 The Sweet Soup 68 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 68 Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail 70 The Three Little Pigs 71 CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS The Three Children The Owl and the Pussy-Cat—Edward Lear 75 75 Kindness to Animals[page xiv] 77 How Doth the Little Busy Bee—Isaac Watts 77 Suppose—Phoebe Cary 78 Twinkle, Twinkle 79 Pretty Cow—Jane Taylor 80 The Three Little Kittens—Eliza Lee Follen 80 The Land of Counterpane—Robert Louis Stevenson 82 There was a Little Girl—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 82 The Boy who never Told a Lie 83 Foreign Children—Robert Louis Stevenson 84 The Unseen Playmate—Robert Louis Stevenson 84 I saw Three Ships 85 A Was an Ant—Edward Lear 86 The Table and the Chair—Edward Lear 91 Precocious Piggy—Thomas Hood 93 A Boy's Song—James Hogg 94 Buttercups and Daisies—Mary Howitt 95 The Violet—Jane Taylor 96 If ever I See—Lydia Maria Child 97 The Little Land—Robert Louis Stevenson 97 A Lobster Quadrille—Lewis Carroll 99 Where Go the Boats—Robert Louis Stevenson 100 The Wind and the Moon—George Macdonald 101 Where are you Going my Pretty Maid 103 The Lost Doll—Charles Kingsley Foreign Lands—Robert Louis Stevenson 104 104 Bed in Summer—Robert Louis Stevenson 105 Try Again 106 A Good Play—Robert Louis Stevenson 106 Good Night and Good Morning—Richard Monckton Milnes 107 The Wind—Robert Louis Stevenson 108 The Spider and the Fly—Mary Howitt 109 Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite—Isaac Watts 110 Child's Evening Hymn—Sabine Baring-Gould 111 CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES Hansel and Gretel The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie 113 120 The Wolf and the Fox[page xv] 122 Descreet Hans 123 Puss in Boots 126 The Elves and the Shoemaker 131 Hans in Luck 133 Master of All Masters 138 Belling the Cat 139 Little Red Riding-Hood 140 The Nail 144 Jack and the Beanstalk 145 How to Tell a True Princess 149 The Sleeping Beauty 150 OLD FASHIONED POEMS The Man in the Moon—James Whitcombe Riley Sage Counsel—Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 158 160 Limericks—Edward Lear 161 More Limericks—Rudyard Kipling and Anonymous 162 The Dead Doll—Margaret Vandergrift 163 Little Things—Ascribed to Julia A. F. Carney 165 The Golden Rule—Unknown 165 Do the Best You Can—Unknown 165 The Voice of Spring 166 The Lark and the Rook—Unknown 166 Thanksgiving Day—Lydia Maria Child 168 The Magpie's Nest—Unknown 169 The Fairies of Caldon Low—Mary Howitt The Land of Story Books—Robert Louis Stevenson 169 172 A Visit From St. Nicholas—Clement Clarke Moore 173 Little Orphant Annie—James Whitcombe Riley 175 The Chatterbox—Ann Taylor 177 The Voice of Spring—Felicia Dorothea Hemans 178 The History Lesson—Anonymous 179 Song of Life—Charles Mackay 180 The Good Time Coming—Charles Mackay 181 Windy Nights—Robert Louis Stevenson 183 The Wonderful World—William Brighty Rands 184 Hark! Hark! The Lark—William Shakespeare 185 Jog On, Jog On—William Shakespeare[page xvi] 185 Sweet Story of Old—Jemima Luke 186 My Shadow—Robert Louis Stevenson 186 By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill—Reginald Heber 187 The Wind in a Frolic—William Howitt 188 The Graves of a Household—Felicia Dorothea Hemans 189 We Are Seven—William Wordsworth 190 The Better Land—Felicia Dorothea Hemans 193 The Juvenile Orator—David Everett 194 The Fox and the Crow—Little B. (Taylor?) 195 The Use of Flowers—Mary Howitt 196 Contented John—Jane Taylor 197 The Old Man's Comforts, and How He Gained Them—Robert Southey 198 The Frost—Hannah Flagg Gould 199 The Battle of Blenheim—Robert Southey 200 The Chameleon—James Merrick (from M. de Lamotte) 202 The Blackberry Girl—Unknown 205 Mabel on Midsummer Day—Mary Howitt 207 Llewellyn and his Dog—Willim Robert Spencer 214 The Snowbird's Song—Francis C. Woodworth 217 For A' That and A' That—Robert Burns 218 FABLES FABLES FROM ÆSOP The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs The Boys and the Frogs 220 220 The Lion and the Mouse 220 The Fox and the Grapes 221 The Frog and the Ox The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts 221 221 The Country Maid and Her Milkpail 222 The Ass in the Lion's Skin 222 The Tortoise and the Hare 223 The Vain Jackdaw 223 The Fox Without a Tail 224 The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing[page xvii] 224 The Crow and the Pitcher 225 The Man, his Son, and his Ass 225 FABLES OF INDIA Adapted by P. V. Ramaswami Raju The Camel and the Pig The Man and his Piece of Cloth 226 227 The Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf 227 The Birds and the Lime 228 The Raven and the Cattle 228 Tinsel and Lightning 229 The Ass and the Watchdog 229 The Lark and its Young Ones 230 The Two Gems 230 FAIRY TALES AND LAUGHTER STORIES SCANDINAVIAN STORIES The Hardy Tin Soldier—Hans Christian Andersen The Fir Tree—Hans Christian Andersen 232 236 The Darning-Needle—Hans Christian Andersen 245 Thumbelina—Hans Christian Andersen 248 The Tinder-Box—Hans Christian Andersen 258 Boots and his Brothers—George Webbe Dasent 268 The Husband who was to Mind the House—George Webbe Dasent 273 Buttercup—George Webbe Dasent 275 GERMAN STORIES Seven at One Blow—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 279 286 The Musicians of Bremen—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm The Fisherman and his Wife—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 293 296 Little Snow-White—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm[page xviii] 304 The Goose Girl—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 313 The Golden Bird—Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 318 FRENCH STORIES Beauty and the Beast—Adapted by E. Nesbit The White Cat—The Comtesse d'Aulnoy 326 335 The Story of Pretty Goldilocks 341 Toads and Diamonds 346 ENGLISH STORIES The History of Tom-Thumb—Adapted by Ernest Rhys Jack the Giant Killer—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs 349 356 The Three Sillies—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs 366 CELTIC STORIES King O'Toole and his Goose—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs The Haughty Princess—Adapted by Patrick Kennedy 370 373 Jack and his Master—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs 376 Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs 383 Connla of the Golden Hair and the Fairy Maiden—Adapted by Patrick Weston Joyce 389 ITALIAN STORIES Pinocchio's Adventures in Wonderland—Carlo Lorenzini 394 JAPANESE STORIES The Story of the Man who did not wish to Die—Adapted by Yei Theodora Ozaki The Accomplished and Lucky Teakettle—Adapted by A. B. Mitford 420 The Tongue-cut Sparrow 427 428 Battle of the Monkey and the Crab[page xix] 429 Momotaro, or Little Peachling 431 Uraschina Taro and the Turtle 432 EAST INDIAN STORIES The Son of Seven Queens—Adapted by Joseph Jacobs Who Killed the Otter's Babies—Adapted by Walter Skeat 436 444 The Alligator and the Jackal—Adapted by M. Frere 446 The Farmer and the Money Lender 450 Tit for Tat—Adapted by M. Frere 452 Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals—Adapted by M. Frere 454 AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES The White Stone Canoe—Adapted by H. R. Schoolcraft The Maiden who Loved a Fish 456 459 The Star Wife 462 ARABIAN STORIES The Story of Caliph Stork Persevere and Prosper—Adapted by A. R. Montalba 468 473 CHINESE STORIES The Most Frugal of Men The Moon-Cake 476 477 The Ladle that Fell from the Moon 478 The Young Head of the Family 480 A Dreadful Boar 484 RUSSIAN STORIES King Kojata The Story of King Frost 487 492 [page xx] TALES FOR TINY TOTS Tell Us a Tale—Edward Shirley Little Red Hen 496 497 In Search of a Baby—F. Tapsell 498 Jock and I and the Others 500 Dolly Dimple—F. Tapsell 502 The Tale of Peter Rabbit—Beatrix Potter 503 The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass The Visit to Santa Claus Land 506 507 The Greedy Brownie 511 The Fairies' Passage—James Clarence Mangan 513 The World 515 FANCIFUL STORIES White Magic The Brownies—Juliana Horatia Ewing 516 517 The Story of Peter Pan 522 Sir Lark and King Sun—George MacDonald 525 The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow—Kate E. Bunce 526 The Birthday Honors of the Fairy Queen—Hapgood Moore 531 [page xxi] ILLUSTRATIONS Thumbelina Came to Live with the Field-Mouse (color) Simple Simon Went a-Fishing There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Frontispiece facing page 6 9 Little Miss Muffet 9 Old Mother Hubbard 18 The Death of Cock-Robin 25 "Who Has Been Tasting My Soup?" 34 It Was Her Fairy Godmother! 37 I Was the Giant Great and Still, that Sits Upon the Pillow Hill 82 I Found My Poor Little Doll 104 A Fair Little Girl Sat Under a Tree 107 Hansel and Gretel 118 Do Not Grieve, Dear Master 126 Little Red Riding-Hood 140 Red Riding-Hood and the Wolf 142 Prince Florimond Finds the Sleeping Beauty 150 The Tortoise and the Hare 222 The Fox without a Tail 222 A Voice Said Aloud, "The Tin Soldier!" 234 Two-Eyes, the Goat, and the 'Magic Table 286 Little Snow-White and the Peddler-Woman 306 The Prince Starts Homeward with His Treasure The Castle of the White Cat 322 336 She Was Happy All Day Long in Fairyland 340 This is the Valiant Cornishman Who Slew the Giant Cormoran Connla and the Fairy Maiden A Pheasant Also Came Flying and Said: "Give Me a Dumpling" 358 390 434
