FRIENDS AND HELPERS

PREFACE.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PART I

ROVER AND HIS FRIENDS.

FAMOUS DOGS.

STORIES OF DOGS.

CATS AND DOGS.

FAMOUS CATS.

KITTY'S CHRISTMAS.

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF CATS.

CAT QUESTIONS.

THE CAT FAMILY.

THINGS TO REMEMBER.

STORIES OF CATS.

EXHIBITIONS OF TRAINED ANIMALS SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED.

A HEAVY LOAD.

FAMOUS HORSES.

HOW TO TREAT HORSES.

CATCHING THE COLT.

A REMARKABLE HORSE-TRAINER.

THE ARAB TO HIS HORSE.

PART II

ROBERT'S DREAM.

ROBERT FEEDS THE POULTRY

ROBERT VISITS THE PIGS.

A MORNING'S DRIVE.

THE AIR-GUN

APRIL SONG.

EARTHWORMS AND SNAKES.

HUMANITY.

ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS.

A LITTLE BLACK SLAVE.

A BUTTERFLY'S WING.

TO A BUTTERFLY.

CUNNING BEE.

GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET.

PATIENT WEAVERS.

THE WOODMOUSE.

A MOUSE'S STORY.

WISE RATS.

THE SQUIRREL'S STORY.

THE STEEL TRAP.

THE RABBIT.

DAVID'S STORY.

SOME READY HELPERS.

A TRIUMPH.

PART III

HOW TO CARE FOR A CANARY.

AN INDIAN STORY.

TO THE CUCKOO.

OUR FRIENDS THE BIRDS.

FEATHERED TRAVELERS.

WHEN THE BIRDS RETURN.

BIRDS' HOMES.

THE ROBIN.

TO A SKYLARK. (EXTRACT.)

FRIGHTENED BIRDS.

DON'T ROB THE BIRDS, BOYS.

THE GOLDFINCH

BIRDS' TRADES.

THE SPARROW.

SPARROWS

CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY.

THE CROW.

THE BLUEBIRD.

THE FARMER'S FRIEND.

THE WOUNDED CURLEW.

THE SANDPIPER.

WINGED FISHERS.

WHAT THE LITTLE SEAL THINKS.

WHAT THE YOUNG SEABIRD THINKS.

WHAT THE BIRDS DO FOR US.

"THE BRAVEST ARE THE TENDEREST."

LINES TO A SEABIRD.

THE TRUE HERO.

SELECTIONS.

TO THE TEACHER.

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