_33_ THE BOY AND THE CRICKETS. _Pierre J. Hetzel_

_34_ OUR HEROES. _Phoebe Cary_

_35_ THE MINNOWS WITH SILVER TAILS. _Jean Ingelow_

_36_ THE BROOK. _Tennyson_

_37_ LEARNING TO THINK.

_38_ ONE BY ONE. _Adelaide A. Procter_

_39_ THE BIRCH CANOE. _Longfellow_

_40_ PETER OF CORTONA.

_41_ To MY DOG BLANCO. _J.G. Holland_

_42_ A STORY OF A MONK.

_43_ THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS. _Longfellow_

_44_ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. _Father Ryan_

_45_ THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE. _Eugene Field_

_46_ THE HOLY CITY.

_47_ THE FEAST OF TONGUES. _Aesop_