just
so many of the Hollow Tree stories that ever happened, and when they
were all written there weren't enough to make another book. So we have
taken what were in the first two books, "The Hollow Tree" and "In the
Deep Woods," and we have put them together in one big book, and added
the three new ones, which were every one to be had, and now here they
are with a nice new cloth cover and very cheap when you consider how
many there are of them, and that there are no more to be had anywhere,
and that there never will be any more, as the Little Lady has said,
"even in a thousand days." You will know why, too, when you get to the
very last story in the book, and until then, and for a long time after,
I wish you, and Mr. Conde wishes you the happy quiet of the Deep Woods,
and the pleasant peace of the Hollow Tree.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

PAGE
The Little Lady and the Story Teller 9
The Hollow Tree People 11
A Joke All Around 20
Some New Acquaintances 28
Mr. Rabbit's Big Dinner 38
The Crow's Company 53
The First Moon Story 64
The Second Moon Story 72
On the Edge of the World 79
The First Pig Story 87
The Second Pig Story 93
Mr. Dog Takes Lessons in Dancing 100
Mr. Rabbit's Unwelcome Company 109
How Mr. Dog Got Even 116
How Mr. Dog Got Even--Continued 124
The Little Lady's Vacation and Her Return 137
The Story of the C. X. Pie 139
The Story of the C. X. Pie--Continued 149
The Story of the C. X. Pie--Continued 161
Mr. Rabbit Explains 169
Mr. Turtle's Thunder Story 176