Chapter I: Front Matter

Frontispiece.

THE

Nest in the Honeysuckles,

AND OTHER STORIES.

WRITTEN FOR THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION.

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CONTENTS.

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THE NEST IN THE HONEYSUCKLES. 7

"MAY I POP SOME CORN?" 33

"WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER I SHOULD DO?" 36

THE BIRDS AND THE SNOW-STORM. 40

THE FIRST STRAWBERRY. 43

"I PRAYED ALL DAY FOR HELP." 44

"EVER SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS." 47

LILY AND HER DUCKLINGS. 51

PRAYING FOR RAIN. 56

THE GRAPE CLUSTERS. 62

"IT ALMOST MAKES ME CRY." 65

THE BOY WHO STEALS. 68

LOOK AT THE BIRDS. 73

THE LOST CHILD. 78

THE UNPLEASANT NEIGHBOUR. 83

THE BOY WHO KEPT HIS PURPOSE. 87

MARY'S STORY. 91

THE SUNNY FACE AND THE SHADY FACE; OR, JUNE AND NOVEMBER. 93

"IT ISN'T FAIR--I PEEPED." 96

THE CHRYSALIS. 99

CHRISTMAS AT THE COTTAGE. 102

I WILL CONQUER MYSELF. 106

SELFISH ELLA. 110

"OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN." 114

HATTIE AND HERBERT. 117

THE TWO WILLS. 119

"BLESS GOD FOR THIS DOLL." 122

BESSIE HARTWELL. 126

"MARY'S GREAT TREASURE." 131

"SUSAN WILL BE HAPPIER IF I GO WITH HER." 133

THE NEWS-BOYS' BANK. 135

IDA'S DRESS. 144

WHAT MADE WILLIE HAPPY. 148

DO YOU INTEND TO BE A GENTLEMAN? (A QUESTION FOR BOYS.) 150

GENEROUS NELLY; OR, THE WILLING MIND. 153

LOVEST THOU ME? 155

MY LITTLE BAG. 158

DO YOU LIKE YOUR SEAT? 160

THE LITTLE BEGGAR. 164

LITTLE CHARLEY. 170

DARLING WILLIE. 173

WIDOW CAHOON AND HER GRANDSON. 178

THE

NEST IN THE HONEYSUCKLES.