IN THE BEST PARLOR _Iris Weddell White_ 281
THE FIDDLER STRUCK UP "SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY" _Iris Weddell White_ 285
UPON THE COUCH THERE SAT A JOLLY GIANT _Iris Weddell White_ 297
BOB AND TINY TIM (Color Plate) _Hazel Frazee_ 304
THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A GOOSE _Iris Weddell White_ 307
"SO I AM TOLD," RETURNED THE SECOND _Iris Weddell White_ 329
HE READ HIS OWN NAME _Iris Weddell White_ 344
HE STOOD BY THE WINDOW--GLORIOUS! _Iris Weddell White_ 348
"A MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOB!" _Iris Weddell White_ 355
HOMEWARD PLODS HIS WEARY WAY _R. F. Babcock_ 361
THE COUNTRY CHURCHYARD _R. F. Babcock_ 369
I FOUND I WAS HOLDING TO A SPAR _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 372
WITH BEATING HEART I APPROACHED A VIEW _R. F. Babcock_ 397
A CEBUS MONKEY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 405
THE SLEEPING FOX CATCHES NO POULTRY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 411
CLARK TOOK THE LEAD _R. F. Babcock_ 433
WE MET AT THE CHURCH _R. F. Babcock_ 449
"WELL, THEN, BOBBY, MY BOY" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 455
IN KATE, HOWEVER, I HAD A FIRM FRIEND _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 458
"FAITH, I WISH YOU'D TAKE ME!" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 465
HE SOON SEES A FARMHOUSE AT A LITTLE DISTANCE _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 468
THE SQUIRE'S LIBRARY _Iris Weddell White_ 475
"THERE GOES MY INK!" _Lucille Enders_ 479

HORATIUS

_By_ LORD MACAULAY

NOTE.--This spirited poem by Lord Macaulay is founded on one of the
most popular Roman legends. While the story is based on facts, we
can by no means be certain that all of the details are historical.

According to Roman legendary history, the Tarquins, Lucius
Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, were among the
early kings of Rome. The reign of the former was glorious, but that
of the latter was most unjust and tyrannical. Finally the
unscrupulousness of the king and his son reached such a point that
it became unendurable to the people, who in 509 B. C. rose in
rebellion and drove the entire family from Rome. Tarquinius
Superbus appealed to Lars P