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Child-Queen, A. (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks) Cecilia Cleveland 1
Chased by Wolves. (Illustrated) George Dudley Lawson 3
Jingle: There was an Old Person of Crewd. (Illustrated by K. W. P.) 6
Mollie's Boyhood. (Illustrated by George White) Sarah E. Chester 7
*The Largest Volcano in the World. (Illustrated) Sarah Coan 13
Making it Skip. Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran) M. M. D. 15
*Willow Wand, The. Poem. (Illustrated) A. E. W. 16
*Story that Wouldn't be Told, The. (Illustrated) Louise Stockton 18
Polly: A Before-Christmas Story. (Illustrated) Hope Ledyard 19
Lord Mayor of London's Show, The. (Illustrated) Jennie A. Owen 22
Mars, the Planet of War. (Illustrated by the Author) Richard A. Proctor 26
*Domestic Tragedy, A. In Two Parts (Illustration) 31
Bell-Ringers, The Stickleback. (Illustrated by James C. Beard) C. F. Holder 31
Cricket on the Hearth, The. Poem. (Illustrated )Clara Doty Bates 33
How I Weighed the Thanksgiving Turkey. G. M. Shaw 34
Nimble Jim and the Magic Melon. (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell) J. A. Judson 34
"Oh, I'm My Mamma's Lady-Girl." Verse. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard) M. M. D. 41
Christmas-Gifts, A Budget of Home-Made. (Illustrated) 42
Can a Little Child Like Me? (Thanksgiving Hymn) Mary Mapes Dodge 68
[Transcriber's Notes: For ease of navigation, this Table of Contents has been taken from the full contents listing for the volume. Some entries were missing from the index. For completeness they have been added and marked with an asterisk.
The full list of contents for Volume V is to be found at the end of this text.
p. 27: changed 'rains' to 'trains': ...--; just like the lines by which trains are made to run easily off one track on to another.
p. 30: Missing opening quote replaced: "The snows that glittered on the disc of Mars..."
p. 31:' replaced with ": "Don't you think, papa, that that's enough about the sun? Come and play with us on the lawn."
p. 59: Missing ) replaced, ...(widening the strip, however, in proportion as the fabric is thinner).
Music Notation (Our Music Page) has been added.]
[Illustration: KING RICHARD II. AND HIS CHILD-QUEEN.]