THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING By George Cooper
OUR CHRISTMAS PLAY
BABY'S PINK THUMBS By Olive A. Wadsworth
ABOUT FLAX, BARLEY, AND RYE
THE HARE WHO COULDN'T WAIT
THE DRAWING-LESSON
A SMART HORSE
ABOUT SOME INDIANS By Vaughn's Papa
THE FIRST-COMER By Marian Douglas
WIDE AWAKE By A.B.C.
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
THE CATARACT OF LODORE By Robert Southey
BOILING MAPLE-SUGAR By Uncle Charles
THE STOLEN BIRD'S-NEST By Emily Carter
THE FIRST BLUE-BIRD By Clara Doty Bates
THE LITTLE BIRD (Music by T. Grampian)






EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO.


The beautiful picture of The Cataract of Lodore, in our present number,
is well illustrated by Southey's famous lines which were written for his
little boys and girls, or, as he phrased it, "for the nursery."

We call special attention to the illustration of "The First Corner" on