Chapter V: Velvet animals, 289

Verse and poetry books, 371

W

Walking dolls, 259
games to play when out, 163-170

Walking Spanish, 39

Wall-pockets, 318

Walnut fights, 299
shell boats, 298

Wand, blind man's, 4

Wardrobe, matchbox, 233
(model), 253

Washing dogs, 340
sheep, 206

Washstand, 232
(model), 255

Watch, games to be played with a, 175

Water-cutters, 300

Watering flowers, 318
perennials, 324
seedlings, 320
window boxes, 334
window plants, 330

Wax-bills, 358

Weeds, 321

Welsh terrier, the, 343

Wet clothes, 197

Wheat, 332

When my ship comes in, 87

Whist, railway, 174

Whist, roadside, 163

Whistle, the, 8

Whistles, 301

Wiggles, 49

Wild birds, feeding the, 361
rabbits, 348

Window boxes, 329, 354
plants, 329

Windows, shop, 164

Witches, 131

Wool balls, 282
demons, 282

Word-making, 178

Writing games, 59-72

Y

Yellow bunting, 360

Yes and no games, 94-96

A List of Standard Books for Children

Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company

_Books For Older Children_

Bindloss, Harold
THE YOUNG TRADERS. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth $1.50
A capital story of two boys in West Africa.

Crockett, S. R.
THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION. Illustrated,
12mo, cloth. 1.00
SIR TOADY CRUSOE. Illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth 1.25
The adventures of two boys and a girl on the Scottish coast.
SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth 1.00

Fine Art Juveniles
Children's classics in artistic form. Beautifully illustrated.
Each 8vo, cloth 1.50
1. OLD FASHIONED TALES. E. V. Lucas.
2. THE "ORIGINAL POEMS" AND OTHERS. Ann and Jane Taylor.
3. TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH.
4. TALES OF THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS. F. J. H. Darton.
5. FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM.
6. FAIRY TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN.
7. STORIES FROM THE FAERIE QUEEN. Mary Macleod.
8. THE BOOK OF KING ARTHUR, Mary Macleod.
9. THE FAIRCHILD FAMILY. Mrs. Sherwood.
10. NATIONAL RHYMES OF THE NURSERY.
11. FORGOTTEN STORIES OF LONG AGO. E. Y. Lucas.
12. BALLADS IN PROSE. Mary Macleod.
13. ANOTHER BOOK OF VERSES FOR CHILDREN. E. V. Lucas.
14. THE WONDER BOOK OF OLD ROMANCE. F. J. H. Darton.

Grinell, George Bird
The "Jack" Books. Illustrated. Each 12mo, cloth 1.25
Good books for boys, full of hunting, adventure and natural
history.
JACK THE YOUNG RANCHMAN.
JACK AMONG THE INDIANS.
JACK IN THE ROCKIES.
JACK THE YOUNG CANOEMAN.
JACK THE YOUNG TRAPPER.

Grinnell Morton
NEIGHBORS OF FIELD, WOOD, AND STREAM. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth 1.25
An account of wild creatures not far from civilization.

Houston, Edwin J.
THE WONDER BOOKS OF SCIENCE. Illustrated. Each 12mo, cloth 1.50
The wonders of nature described and simply explained by a
scientist.
THE WONDER BOOK OF VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES.
THE WONDER BOOK OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

Jenks, Tudor
ELECTRICITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth _net_, 1.50
The story of the progress of electricity from the earliest
times.

Lounsberry, Alice
THE WILD FLOWER BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Illustrated, 12mo,
cloth _net_, 1.50
A story of the lives of wild flowers.

Marshall, H. E.
AN ISLAND STORY. Illustrated in color. Large 8vo, cloth _net_, 2.50
A child's history of England.
SCOTLAND'S STORY. Illustrated in color. Large 8vo, cloth _net_, 2.50
Stirring events in Scottish history.

Moore, N. Hudson
DEEDS OF DARING DONE BY GIRLS. Illustrated in color, 12mo,
cloth 1.50
Examples of heroism of girls under twenty.

Nesbit, E.
THE TREASURE SEEKERS. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth 1.50
By the author of THE WOULDBEGOODS.
THE NEW TREASURE SEEKERS. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth 1.50
Further adventures of the fascinating Bastable children.

Perkins, Lucy F.
THE DANDELION CLASSICS FOR CHILDREN. Illustrated in color.
Each 4to, cloth 1.50
A uniform edition of children's classics, splendidly illustrated.
ROBIN HOOD.
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM FOR YOUNG-PEOPLE.
THE TWENTY BEST FAIRY TALES.

Sage, Agnes C.
A LITTLE COLONIAL DAME. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
Same, boards 1.00
The story of a girl in old New York.
A LITTLE DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
Same, boards 1.00
Child-life during the exciting period of the War for
Independence.

Steedman, C. M.
A CHILD'S LIFE OF JESUS. Illustrated in color, 8vo, cloth, 3.00

Thumb-o-Graph Series
THUMB-O-GRAPHS. 16mo, cloth, _net_, .50; Leather, boxed,
_net_, 1.00; Gilt, leather, boxed _net_, 1.50
GHOSTS OF MY FRIENDS. 16mo, cloth, _net_, .50; Leather,
boxed _net_, 1.00
THE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES. 12mo, cloth, boxed _net_, 1.00
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES. 16mo, cloth _net_, .50
HAND-O-GRAPHS. 4to, cloth _net_, 1.00

_Books For Children From Ten to Fifteen Years of Age_

Ault, Lena and Norman
THE PODGY BOOK OF TALES. Illustrated in color, 16mo, cloth 1.00
Full of jolly stories about happenings in the nursery
and garden.

Bedford, Francis D.
A NIGHT OF WONDERS. Illustrated in color. Oblong, 16mo, cloth 1.00
The story of a hunt for Father Christmas.

Carroll, Lewis
ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Illustrated in color, 8vo, cloth, 1.50
Contains the original Tenniel drawings, beside twelve new
ones in color by Maria L. Kirk.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Illustrated in color, 8vo, cloth 1.50
Also has illustrations by Miss Kirk as well as the Tenniel
drawings.

Children's Library, The
Illustrated. Each 16mo, cloth .50
Stories of all kinds interesting to children.
THE WOULD-BE WITCH. Miriam Byrne.
TWO ARE COMPANY. E. M. Field.
THE OLD OAK CHEST.
MARY JANE PAPERS. A. G. Plympton.
COURAGE. Ruth Ogden.
LITTLE HOMESPUN. Ruth Ogden.
TOMMY'S TINY TALES. Lady Leigh.
THE HOUSE OF THE RED FOX. Miriam Byrne.

Cooke, Grace MacGowan
SON RILEY RABBIT AND LITTLE GIRL. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
The adventures of a little girl and a rabbit, with excellent
photographs.

Dumas, Alexandre
FAIRY TALES. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.00

Dunham, Edith
JOGGING ROUND THE WORLD. 4to, cloth 1.50
With photographs of curious methods of transportation.

Glen, M. A.
TWELVE MAGIC CHANGELINGS. Cut-outs in color, 4to,
boards, .75; paper .50
MAGIC CHANGELINGS. Cut-outs in color, 4to, boards .50
MIRTHFUL MENAGERIE. Cut-outs in color, 4to, boards .50
AGILE ACROBATS. Cut-outs in color. 4to, boards .35

Harris, Joel Chandler
UNCLE REMUS AND BRE'R RABBIT. Illustrations in color.
Oblong, 4to, boards 1.00
Some of Bre'r Rabbit's most amusing adventures told in
stories, verses and pictures.

Jewett, J. H.
BUNNY STORIES. Illustrated, 4to, boards 1.00
Same, cloth 1.50
MORE BUNNY STORIES. Illustrated, 4to, boards 1.00
Same, cloth 1.50

Mendes, H. P.
IN OLD EGYPT. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.00

Moore, N. Hudson
CHILDREN OF OTHER DAYS. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
An art book for children, giving reproductions of famous
paintings of children.

Ogden, Ruth
A LITTLE QUEEN OF HEARTS. Illustrated, 4to, boards 1.00
Same, cloth 1.50
The account of the visit of a little American girl to England.
A LOYAL LITTLE RED COAT. Illustrated, 4to, boards 1.00
Same, cloth 1.50
A story of a child in New York one hundred years ago.
LOYAL HEARTS AND TRUE. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth 1.00
How "The Dry Dock Club" showed its patriotic spirit during the
war with Spain.

Outcault, R. F.
BUSTER BROWN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.50
With many new adventures.
BUSTER'S AND MARY JANE'S PAINTING BOOK. Oblong, 4to, boards .75
Pictures to be colored, some with colored models.
TIGE: HIS STORY. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.00
Tige's adventures, with some of Buster's.
BUSTER BROWN ABROAD. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.00
What Buster did in foreign lands.

Peary, Josephine D.
THE SNOW BABY. Illustrated, 4to, cloth _net_, 1.20
The birth and infancy of Marie Ahnighito Peary, illustrated
by photographs taken by her parents in the far North.

Peary, Marie Ahnighito and Josephine D.
CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC. Illustrated, 4to, cloth _net_, 1.20
The Snow Baby's second trip to the Arctic.

Peary, Robert E.
SNOWLAND FOLK. Illustrated, 4to, cloth _net_, 1.20
True stories about the fascinating land of eternal snow.

Randolph, H. S. F.
THE NEW MOTHER GOOSE. With cut-out illustrations in color,
4to, boards 1.00
An illustrated story remains after removal of the cut-outs.
THE FIRE FIGHTERS. With cut-out illustrations in color,
4to, boards 1.00
Story with models of fire engine, hook and ladder, etc.,
in drawings and cut-outs.

Selous, Edmund
TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth 1.00
TOMMY SMITH'S OTHER ANIMALS. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth 1.00
Conversations of a little boy with the common country animals.

Williams, Clara Andrew
THE HOUSE THAT GLUE BUILT. Cut-out pictures in color. Oblong,
4to, boards 1.00
Pictures of the rooms of a house with separate sheets
giving the furniture, to be pasted into place.
THE FUN THAT GLUE MADE. Cut-out pictures in color. Oblong,
4to, boards 1.00
Scenes in bright colors of children at play, to be pasted
together.
THE STORIES THAT GLUE TOLD. Cut-out pictures in color. Oblong,
4to, boards 1.00
Pictures of well-known stories to be cut out and pasted
together.

_Books For Very Young Children_

Betts, Ethel Franklin
FAVORITE NURSERY RHYMES. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.50
The most popular nursery rhymes beautifully illustrated.

Burgess, Gelett
GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
The primary rules of good manners in clever rhymes.
MORE GOOPS AND HOW NOT TO BE THEM. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
With many more of Mr. Burgess's whimsical pictures.
GOOP TALES, ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. Illustrated, 4to, cloth 1.50
Two alphabets--one of boys and one of girls.
THE LIVELY CITY O' LIGG. Illustrated in color, 4to, boards 1.00
Modern fables--a Hans Andersen up to date.
THE BURGESS NONSENSE BOOK. Illustrated. Small 4to, cloth 2.00
A collection of Mr. Burgess's nonsense verses and stories.

Deming, E. W.
RED FOLK AND WILD FOLK. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth _net_, 1.50
Little Indian people in the forest, with their animal
playfellows.
CHILDREN OF THE WILD. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth _net_, 1.00
LITTLE BROTHERS OF THE WEST. Illustrated in color, 4to,
cloth _net_, 1.00
Each of these books contains just half the pictures
and text of "Red Folk and Wild Folk."
INDIAN CHILD LIFE. Illustrated in color. Oblong, 4to, boards 2.00
Stories about Indian children.
LITTLE RED PEOPLE. Illustrated in color. Oblong, 4to, boards 1.25
LITTLE INDIAN FOLK. Illustrated in color. Oblong, 4to, boards 1.25
Each containing just half the illustrations and text in the
preceding volume.

Dumpy Books for Children
Illustrated in color. Each 32mo, boards .50
Simple stories for very young children.
THE STORY OF THE TEASING MONKEY. Helen Bannerman.
BILLY MOUSE. Arthur Layard.
PAT AND THE SPIDER. Helen Bannerman.
THE STORY OF LITTLE KETTLE HEAD. Helen Bannerman.
THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA. Helen Bannerman.
THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Helen Bannerman.
THE BAD MRS. GINGER. Honor C. Appleton.
THE ALPHABET BOOK. Henry Mayer.
A CAT BOOK. E. V. Lucas and H. C. Smith.

Haines, Alice Calhoun
LITTLE FOLK OF BRITTANY. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.50
Delightful stories and verses about this remarkable land.
INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.50
Indian children in characteristic occupations.
WHEN GRANDMA WAS LITTLE. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.00
WHAT GRANDMA SAYS. Illustrated in color, 4to, cloth 1.00
Stories and verses in which things happen as Grandma says
they used to.
BOYS. Illustrated in color. Large 4to, boards 1.00
GIRLS. Illustrated in color. Large 4to, boards 1.00
Distinctive and beautiful stories and verses of child life.
LITTLE JAPS AT PLAY. Illustrated in color. Large 4to, boards 1.00

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.

2. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the
closest paragraph break.

3. Some of the full-page illustrations listed in the Illustrations are
missing.

4. The use of periods is not consistent in the original text. Obvious
errors have been silently corrected.

5. The following misprints have been corrected:
Comma added at end of verse line "the powder" (page 31)
Period removed in sentence "three's, thus. one" (page 122)
"hocky" corrected to "hockey" (page 139)
"payments" corrected to "pavements" (page 145)
"hankerchief" corrected to "handkerchief" (Img 174)
"Train" corrected to "Twain" (Img 381)
"Eoy" corrected to "Roy" (Img 381)
"Thomson-Seton" corrected to "Thompson-Seton" (Img 382)
"Fin" corrected to "Finn" (Img 392)
Missing page no. 204 added for "Feeding chickens" entry (page 401)

6. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies
in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been
retained.