morning
newspaper,--a fact that will account in some measure for their crude
setting.

J. C. H.
WEST END, ATLANTA, GA.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I. THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE DOLLS 5

II. MR. THIMBLEFINGER'S QUEER COUNTRY 17

III. MR. THIMBLEFINGER'S FRIENDS 33

IV. TWO QUEER STORIES 47

V. THE TALKING-SADDLE 61

VI. THE TALKING-SADDLE AND THE THIEF 73

VII. THE LADDER OF LIONS 86

VIII. BROTHER TERRAPIN'S FIDDLE-STRING 101

IX. THE LOOKING-GLASS CHILDREN 110

X. MR. RABBIT AS A RAIN-MAKER 121

XI. HOW BROTHER BEAR'S HAIR WAS COMBED 131

XII. A SINGING-MATCH 139

XIII. THE STRAWBERRY-GIRL 147

XIV. THE WITCH OF THE WELL 155

XV. THE BEWITCHED HUNTSMAN 165

XVI. THE THREE IVORY BOBBINS 175

XVII. "KEEN-POINT," "COB-HANDLE," AND "BUTCH" 185

XVIII. MRS. MEADOWS RESUMES HER STORY 195

XIX. A STORY OF THE RIVER 215

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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MR. RABBIT FELL KERTHUMP (Page 41) _Frontispiece_

RAG-TAG ROLLING OUT OF THE CORNER 10

THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE DOLLS AND THE BIG BLACK CAT 14

SWEETEST SUSAN WAKING UP 18

FOLLOWING LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER 24

MR. RABBIT AND MRS. MEADOWS 36

MR. BILLY-GOAT AND MR. WOLF 52

MY MOTHER WASHING THE OLD MAN'S COAT AND WAISTCOAT 56

DRUSILLA WAITING ON MR. RABBIT 62

TIP-TOP AND THE MAYOR 68

THE MAYOR PARDONING THE THIEF 82

CHICKAMY CRANY CROW AND TICKLE-MY-TOES