A LETTER TO JASPER
JOLLY DAYS
GETTING A CHRISTMAS FOR THE LITTLE ONES
CHRISTMAS BELLS!
EDUCATION AHEAD
BRAVE WORK AND THE REWARD
POLLY IS COMFORTED
PHRONSIE
GETTING READY FOR MAMSIE AND THE BOYS
WHICH TREATS OF A GOOD MANY MATTERS
POLLY'S DISMAL MORNING
POLLY'S BIG BUNDLE




FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS



A HOME VIEW


The little old kitchen had quieted down from the bustle and
confusion of mid-day; and now, with its afternoon manners on,
presented a holiday aspect, that as the principal room in the brown
house, it was eminently proper it should have. It was just on the
edge of the twilight; and the little Peppers, all except Ben, the
oldest of the flock, were enjoying a "breathing spell," as their
mother called it, which meant some quiet work suitable for the