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CHILDREN'S    BOOK     <J 
COLLECTION 


LIBRARY  OF  THE 
ONIVtllSITy  OF  CALIFORNIA    ^J 
LOS  ANCELU 


LILY'S     SCRAP-BOOK. 


LILY'S  SCRAP-BOOK. 


LILY'S  SCRAP-BOOK 


MRS.      SALE      BARKER 


AUTHOR  OF  "LITTLE  WIDEAWAKE." 


WITH   ONE   HUNDRED    AND    TWENTY    PICTURES 


LONDON  AND  NEW  YORK 
GEORGE    ROUTLEDGE    AND    SONS 

1877 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Lily's  Scrap-book        ........  9 

The  Gipsy 10 

Caught .         .         .  II 

The  Fireman 12 

A  Grebe 13 

A  Tourist 14 

A  Mischance        ..........  15 

The  Music  Lesson   ........  16 

Bedfellows. 17 

Breakfast •.         .  18 

Ostriches 19 

The  Village  Fiddler 20 

Kiss-in-the-Ring .  21 

Returning  Home .  22 

Boy  and  Raven  ..........  23 

Calves 24 

Oxen  ........        ..         .         .  25 

What  Can  it  Be? .         .  26 

A  Lion 27 

A  Tumble 28 

Oh,  My  Xo?e  \  .........  29 

The  Engine- Driver           ...'...  30 

A  Fairy 31 

Welcome  Home      ........  32 

On  Guard 33 

Dog  in  the  Manger           .......  34 

The  Hermit         ....         .....  35 

Mule  and  Muleteer           .......  36 

A  Fall 37 

A  Winter's  Day 38 

A  Laplander       .         .                  ...         .        .         ,  39 


Contents. 

PAGE 

Riding  a  Reindeer  .         . 

Out  with  the  Hounds 41 

"Good  Morning" 

Interested  Advice 43 

Baby's  Bath             44 

Dressing 45 

Sparrowhawk 46 

Return  of  Swallows 47 

The  Parting 48 

A  Handsome  Family 49 

Will  He  Escape  ? 5° 

The  Wild  Boar 51 

Peter  Perkins 

A  Puzzling  Question 53 

Man  in  Armour 54 

Soldier  of  the  Last  Century 55 

Kites 56 

Young  Lambs  to  Sell 57 

Tommy  Touchall '  5^ 

An  Explosion 59 

A  Baboon 60 

Another  Baboon          .         .                 ...         .         .         .  6l 

Meddling  Children 62 

Strange  Figures 63 

Paul  Pickle 64 

Paul  Pickle  Punished 65 

Mount  St.  Bernard            .                  66 

Lace  Maker 67 

The  Little  Musician 68 

The  Conversation .         .  69. 

Running  for  the  Doctor 70 

Old  Woman  who  Lived  in  a  Shoe 71 

Father  and  Children 72 

Happiness        ' »? 

The  Ass  in  the  Lion's  Skin 74 

Hospitality ^c 

Dear  Grandmamma 76 

Dressing  Up       ....  n 

Long- Legged  Plover yg 


Contents. 

PAGE 

Great  Bustard 79 

Brother  Tom 80 

Plenty  of  Imagination          .         .          '         .         .         .         .  8 1 

A  Village  School 82 

A  Genius  for  Art        .         .......  83 

Ride  a  Cock-Horse 84 

Saved  from  the  Snow           ...         ....  85 

Happy  Days 86 

Woodcutters       .........  87 

A  Nice  Little  Girl 88 

Playing  Cricket 89 

Telling  a  Falsehood 90 

Love  One  Another 91 

A  Racecourse           . '92 

Hunting -93 

Good  Night 94 

Over  the  Stepping-Stones 95 

A  Handsome  Young  Couple    ......  96 

Long  and  Lean            .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  97 

Patient  Elfie 98 

Musical  Shepherds      . 99 

A  Graceful  Croquet  Player       ......  loo 

She  Loses  Her  Temper        .......  101 

A  Contrast      .         .         . 102 

Getting  the  Hounds  Together 103 

Full  of  Mischief 104 

Saying  Good-by           ........  105 

Harkaway  and  Columbine 106 

Past  Work 107 

Little  Mary 108 

Washing  Up 109 

Three  Little  Sparrows      .......  no 

Pretty  Poll in 

After  a  Storm           ........  112 

At  the  Pump 113 

A  Sociable  Tea-party 114 

Mrs.  Tabbyskin 115 

Cruel  Cat 116 

Good-bye,  Mrs.  Tabbyskin ii7 


Contents. 

f   GB 

Baby  in  the  Basket 18 

Jolly  Tars             ..........  19 

A  Queer-looking  Thief    .......  20 

Grandmamma  Napping        .         .         .         «         .         .         .  21 

A  New  Ball-dress    ..../,..  22 

Visiting  the  Sick 23 

The  Hare  and  the  Hound 24 

Playing  in  the  Fields  ........  125 

A  Brave,  Good  Dog.         .......  126 

Busy  Little  People      ....         .         ...  127 

Our  Last  Picture      ,...,...  128 


LILY'S    SCRAP-BOOK. 


Now,  then,  Lily  darling,  let  us  begin  to  paste  the 
pictures  into  your  Scrap-Book;  we  have  plenty  left 
from  the  Nursery  Screen.  What  shall  we  begin 
with  ?  Look  here  !  let  us  take  this  pretty  picture 
of  a  dear  little  girl.  She  is  something  like  my 

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I0  77/6-  Gifsy. 

Lily,  I  declare.  She  has  been  gathering  wild 
flowers,  you  see,  and  is  carrying  them  home  in  her 
little  apron. 

Now,  dear  children,  you  must  all  help.  Make 
haste  and  find  more  pictures  ;  there  are  plenty  in 
the  drawer.  What  does  Lily  hand  me  next  ?  Oh  ! 


this  is  a  poor  gipsy  woman  carrying  her  tiny  baby 
on  her  back.  She  is  just  like  that  one  who  came 
to  the  garden  gate  the  other  day,  and  wanted  to 
tell  us  all  our  fortunes.  I  daresay  she  has  wandered 
many  a  weary  mile  with  her  precious  little  bundle 
on  her  back.  Her  husband  and  some  more  chil- 
dren are  there,  sitting  round  the  fire,  watching  the 
boiling  of  the  pot.  And,  I  declare,  I  see  a  nice 
old  donkey,  too,  in  the  distance. 


Caught.  1 1 

This  is  a  magpie,  who  has  been  hung  up  in  his 
cage,  outside  some  house  ;   and   you  see  a  hawk 


has  come  to  peck  at  the  poor  prisoner,  or  perhaps 
has  been  stealing  his  food.  The  magpie  has  caught 
him  by  the  claw,  and  seems  to  hold  him  tight  too. 
I  think  it  serves  him  right 


The  Fireman. 


Look  at  this  fireman  in  the  flame  and  smoke  ! 
That  is  his  son  holding  up  the  hose  for  him,  and 
learning  to  be  brave  like  his  father. 


A  Grebe.  13 

Yes,  Johnny  dear,  this  is,  as  you  say,  a  very 
curious  looking  bird.  It  is  called  a  Grebe.  What 
odd  little  black  tufts  it  has  sticking  up  on  its  head, 
and  how  strange  that  black  ring  looks  round  its 
neck  !  Its  breast  is  silvery  white,  with  a  little  tint 


of  cinnamon  coiour  here  and  there;  and  this  part  of 
the  bird  is  often  used  for  trimming  ladies'  mantles, 
in  the  place  of  fur.  You  see  by  its  feet  that  it  is 
a  species  of  duck  ;  and  it  builds  its  nest  among 
reeds  in  shallow  water,  twisting  the  reeds  into  the 
nest  to  support  it 


!4  A    Tourist. 

Now,  Johnny,  see  if  you  can  find  something 
funny  to  come  next  :  we've  not  had  anything  to 
make  us  laugh  yet.  Yes,  these  two  pictures  are 
funny,  certainly.  There  is  the  same  man  and  boy 
in  each.  Paste  them  next  to  each  other  in  the 
book.  And  I  suppose  I  must  try  to  make  up  a 
little  story  for  them.  I  think  that  gentleman 


dressed  in  a  plaid  suit  looks  like  an  English 
tourist ;  and,  judging  by  the  wooden  shoes  of  the 
boy,  I  should  say  the  scene  must  be  in  France. 
The  gentleman  has  had  that  suit  of  clothes  made 
on  purpose  to  wear  during  his  summer  holiday 
abroad  ;  and  the  hat  matches  the  clothes,  which  is 
a  very  neat  idea.  By  way  of  practising  his  French, 
he  is  talking  to  that  little  peasant  boy,  who  has 
the  care  of  the  ducks  and  geese  for  some  farmer. 
The  man  and  boy  are  sitting  side  by  side,  and 


A  Mischance.  15 

staring  as  if  each  thought  the  other  rather  a 
ridiculous  figure.  There  is  a  stream  close  by,  and 
the  boy  shows  the  English  gentleman  a  little 
wooden  bridge,  close  to  a  mill.  When  he  is  on 
the  bridge,  the  Englishman  stops,  and  teans  upon 
the  railing,  while  he  watches  some  ducks  in  the 
water.  The  railing  gives  way.  and  down  he  comes, 


souse,  into  the  water  himself,  frightening  the  ducks 
nearly  to  death,  besides  causing  great  alarm  to  a 
man  who  is  standing  by,  and  to  the  little  boy  who 
is  watching  him  from  the  bank  of  the  stream. 
Indeed,  the  boy  is  so  astonished  and  alarmed  that 
he  jumps  up,  as  you  see,  right  out  of  his  wooden 
shoes.  The  water  is  shallow,  and  the  Englishman 
is  not  drowned.  He  soon  scrambles  out,  and  the 
good  people  of  the  mill  let  him  warm  himself  at 
their  fire;  but  we  may  suppose  he  caught  a  bad  cold. 


i6 


The  Music  Lesson. 


How  attentive  these  two  little  girls  are  to  their 
music  lesson  !     And  I  can  see  that  they  play  well, 


too.  I  am  as  sure  of  it  as  if  I  could  hear  them 
That  must  be  either  their  mamma  or  the  gover' 
ness  who  stands  behind  them,  and  she  seems  well 
satisfied  with  her  pupils. 


Bed-fellows.  1 7 

.  Dear  little  boy!  how  nicely  he  has  gone  to  sleep 
with  his  new  toy-horse  cuddled  up  to  him  so  close. 
Now,  I  wonder  whom  that  little  boy  reminds  me 
of!  Can  you  guess,  Johnny?  I  think  I  know 
some  one  who  is  very  fond  of  taking  his  tcys  into 


bed  with  him,  even  when  they  are  hard,  and  have 
awkward  corners,  like  the  horse  in  the  picture  !  I 
fancy  such  toys  may  be  uncomfortable  bedfellows, 
if  you  happen  to  roll  over  them  in  the  night  ; 
but,  no  doubt,  it  is  a  pleasure,  on  opening  your 
eyes  the  first  thing  in  the  morning,  to  find  the 
pretty  new  toy  there,  close  to  you,  that  you  have 
just  been  dreaming  about. 


1 8  Breakfast. 

Dear  me  !    this   is  dreadful.     A   tiny  duckling 
gobbled  up  by  that  great  ostrich  !     And  see  !  the 


mother  duck,  in  her  despair,  attacks  the  monster. 
But  let  us  turn  to  something  more  cheerful. 


Ostriches.  19 

Look  !  this  is  another  picture  of  ostriches  ;  but 
here  they  are  in  their  natural  wi  d  state,  and  in 
their  native  country,  where  there  are  no  poor  little 
ducklings  for  them  to  gobble  up.  I  like  them 
better  here.  Those  pyramids  you  see  in  the  dis- 
cance  show  that  the  country  in  the  picture  is  in- 


tended  for  Egypt.  In  that  part  of  the  world  are 
great  plains  of  sand  where  the  ostriches  run  about; 
for  you  must  know  that  their  wings  are  too  small 
to  raise  them  from  the  ground ;  but,  to  make 
amends,  they  can  run  as  fast  as  a  horse  with  their 
long  legs.  You  may  see  some  ostriches  at  the 
Zoological  Gardens. 


2O  The  Village  Fiddler. 

Here  we  have  a  fiddler  playing  away  merrily. 
He  is  sitting  on  a  table  with  his  jug  and  glass 
beside  him,  and  enters  so  thoroughly  into  the 
spirit  of  his  music,  that  you  see  his  own  feet  are 
dancing  a  jig  while  his  hands  hold  the  fiddle  and 
bow.  These  fiddlers  used  to  be  thought  a  great 
deal  of  in  country  villages,  years  ago.  They  were 


welcome  everywhere  ;  and  were  present  at  all 
the  harvest-homes,  and  weddings,  and  out-of-door 
dances,  and  merry-makings,  that,  in  the  good  old 
times,  were  held  in  country  places.  Things  have 
much  changed  in  England  of  late  years,  but  in 
Ireland  the  strolling  fiddler  is  still  in  great  request. 
He  carries  about  the  latest  gossip  from  place  to 
place,  and  is  often  as  famous  for  his  fun  and  wit  as 
for  his  fiddling. 


Kiss  •  in  -  the- Ring. 


21 


The  summer  merry-makings  in  country  villages 
at  the  present  day,  do  not  often  amount  to  any- 
thing more  important  than  a  feast  given  to  the 
children  of  the  village  school ;  and  that  is  just 
what  is  represented  in  this  picture.  The  children 


have  had  a  treat  of  tea  and  plum-cake,  and  now 
are  having  games  upon  the  village  green.  The 
game  they  are  playing  is  called  "  Kiss-in-the- 
Ring."  They  form  a  ring  by  taking  hold  of  hands, 
while  two  of  them  run  in  and  out,  one  trying  to 
catch  the  other,  under  the  uplifted  arms,  the  pur- 
suer following  in  the  exact  footsteps  of  the  other. 


22 


Returning  Home, 


This  young  man   has  been    away   from   home, 
seeking  his   fortune  in  the  world.     He  is  now  re- 


turning to  his  native  village,  which  he  just  catches 
the  first  glimpse  of,  down  in  the  valley,  as  he  comes 
across  the  mountains.  How  his  face  lightens  up, 
while  he  waves  his  hat  with  joy  ! 


Boy  and  Raven.  23 

Here  is  a  picture  which  will  just  fit  in  to  fill  up 
this  page.  A  good  little  boy  has  come  to  feed  his 
pet  raven.  Mr.  Raven  has  been  let  out  of  his  cage, 
and  has  perched  himself  just  opposite  his  little 
master,  with  his  beak  wide  open,  ready  for  his 


breakfast.  Does  he  not  look  eager  and  greeoy 
for  his  food  ?  I  can  fancy  him  croaking  in  an 
angry  voice.  The  little  boy  holds  up  his  finger 
to  the  raven,  and  is  giving  him  a  lecture  upon 
good  manners  at  his  meals  ;  saying  :  "  Now 
just  have  a  little  patience,  and  don't  appear  so 
greedy." 


24  Calves. 

Yes,  Cissy,  my  darling,  I  tnink  this  pretty  picture 
of  two  dear  little  calves  will  do  nicely  here.  They 
are  very  like  our  own  two  pretty  little  Alderney 
calves  out  in  the  field  there,  Ruby  and  Diamond. 
Dear  little  gentle  things  !  You  would  hardly  sup- 
pose that  they  will  one  day  grow  into  such  sedate, 
serious-looking  creatures  as  their  mothers  are.  Do 


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you  know,  dears,  when  I  was  a  little  girl,  I  once 
had  a  pet  calf,  that  knew  me  quite  well,  and 
followed  me  about,  and  liked  being  stroked  and 
patted,  just  as  a  dog  or  a  horse  does.  Primrose 
was  the  name  I  gave  her,  I  remember,  because  the 
first  day  I  saw  the  little  creature  I  also  found  the 
first  primrose  of  the  year. 

Here  is  the  picture  which  must  come  next  :  you 
set-  it  is  a  picture  of  a  yoke  of  oxen.     Fancy  the 


Oxen*  25 

t\vo  happy,  careless  little  calves,  we  have  just  been 
looking  at,  ever  turning  into  these  hard-working, 
steady  oxen,  with  that  great  yoke  upon  their  necks, 
and  those  rings  in  their  noses.  In  England  we  do 
not  use  oxen  much  in  this  way  now,  though  they 
may  still  be  seen  in  some  parts  drawing  the 
plough  ;  but,  in  many  countries  on  the  Continent, 


they  are  not  only  used  in  farm  labour,  but  for 
drawing  carts  when  much  speed  is  not  required. 
In  India,  bullocks  are  used  very  generally,  and 
particularly  for  drawing  a  kind  of  carriage  in  which 
you  can  lie  down,  called  a  gharry  or  bandy.  But 
the  bullocks  of  India  are  rather  different  from 
those  of  Europe  :  they  have  a  hump  between  the 
shoulders,  and,  besides,  they  are  much  more 
active. 

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26  What  can  it  be? 

Ha '    ha  !    ha  !      This  hunter  has  hit  upon  an 
original  plan  for  attracting  those  antelopes.  A  man 


the  wrong  end  upwards,  no  longer  looks  like  one  ; 
and  those  silly  creatures  are  evidently  curious  to 
know  what  it  is  they  see.  Once  within  gunshot, 
they  will  find  out  the  truth  to  their  cost. 


A  Lion.  27 

Johnny  brings  me  a  picture  of  a  great  lion.  I 
sincerely  hope  he  is  not  roaming  about  anywhere 
near  our  friend  in  the  last  picture,  who  has  turned 
himself  upside  down  in  order  to  have  a  shot  at  the 
poor  antelopes.  If  the  lion  once  caught  sight  of  the 
gentleman,  no  matter  which  end  might  be  upper- 
most, it  would  be  the  worse  for  him.  The  hunter 
would  be  hunted  pretty  soon.  You  remember  the 


lions,  my  children,  in  the  Zoological  Gardens,  do 
you  not  ?  Well,  you  saw  what  strong,  grand,  noble 
creatures  they  are  ;  but  also  how  terrible !  I 
should  not  like  to  live  in  a  country  where  you 
could  ever  meet  a  lion  face  to  face  ;  yet  this  may 
happen  in  many  parts  of  Africa.  Fancy  a  poor 
settler  in  some  of  our  African  colonies  hearing  a 
lion  roaring  outside  at  night,  and  knowing  that  the 
creature  is  prowling  about,  seeking  what  he  may 
devour. 


2  g  A  Tumtfe. 

Now,  this  is  a  sad  picture.  It  shows  us  a  little 
boy  having  a  bad  tumble.  You  see  he  has  been 
running  much  too  fast  down  that  steep  hill.  Hi; 
name  is  Johnny  Fleetfoot,  but  his  feet  did  not  get 
on  as  fast  as  his  body  this  time,  for  it  has  left  them 


quite  behind.  Indeed,  his  nose  seems  to  have  been 
anxious  to  get  on  before  anything  else,  and  has 
suffered  in  consequence :  he  has  come  down  right 
upon  it,  I  fear.  Luckily  he  has  a  kind  brother  and 
sister,  who  were  out  with  him,  and  they  are  help- 
ing him  up.  Boys  soon  get  over  such  accidents, 
and  so,  I  hope,  will  Johnny  Fleetfoot. 


,  My  Nose! 


29 


Well,  here's  something  very  curious.  Can  this 
be  the  old  woman  in  the  nursery  song  who  sang, 
"  Dilly,  dilly,  duckling,  come  and  be  killed  ?"  She 


looks  as  if  she  had  come  down  to  the  pond  to 
catch  a  duck  for  her  dinner,  and  the  duck,  instead, 
is  thinking  about  having  some  dinner  himself. 
The  duck  certainly  seems  tq  be  having  the  best  of 
it  as  yet 


3o  The  Engine-Driver. 

The  engine-drivers  on  our  railways  are  rough 
and  weather-beaten  figures,  like  that  in  the  picture. 
The  life  is  a  hard  one :  on,  on  they  go  at  the  rate 
of  forty  or  fifty  miles  an  hour  in  all  weather, 
through  cutting  wind,  or  rain,  or  driving  snow. 
But  whatever  his  appearance,  the  engine-driver  is 
a  fine  fellow.  He  has — that  is,  at  least,  if  he  is  fit 


for  his  post — some  great  qualities.  His  own  safety, 
and  that  of  all  who  travel  in  the  train,  depend 
upon  his  care,  his  watchfulness,  and  presence  of 
mind  It  is  for  him  to  slacken  speed,  or  hasten 
on,  as  he  thinks  best :  it  is  for  him  to  watch  the 
signals  as  the  train  advances,  to  read  the  signs  of 
safety  or  of  danger.  And  we  may  imagine  how 
anxious  he  must  sometimes  be  when  he  can  see 
nothing  on  account  of  fog  or  driving  snow. 


A  Fairy,  3: 

Oh,  what  have  we  here,  Lily  dear  ?    A  beautiful 
rairy,  I  declare ;  or,  at  least,  a  beautiful  girl  dressed 


up  as  one.  I  think  she  is  acting  in  a  drawing- 
room,  and  coming  from  behind  a  curtain  to  dance. 
It  is  a  charming  little  picture. 


32  Welcome  Home. 

This  shows  us  the  father  of  the  family  just  come 
home  from  his  day's  work,  or  perhaps  from  a  long 


journey.  The  mother  remains  in  the  hut  cooking 
the  supper,  while  all  the  children  rush  out,  so  glad 
to  see  papa  again.  And  not  less  glad  than  the 
children  is  the  good  old  doggie. 


On  Guard.  33 

Here  is  another  nice  doggie,  making  himself  use- 
ful, and  showing  his  affection  for  his  master  and 
mistress  by  taking  care  of  the  baby.  Mamma  is 
working  somewhere  in  the  field.  She  cannot  leave 
baby  at  home,  because  she  has  no  one  to  take 


care  of  him  :  so  while  she  works,  she  puts  baby 
to  sleep  under  a  tree,  and  bids  Tip  guard  him. 
There  sits  Tippy,  the  curly-tailed  doggie,  so 
quiet  that  the  little  birds  in  their  nest  above 
are  not  at  all  frightened,  but  chirp  away  quite 
happily. 


Dog  in  the  Manger. 


34 

This  picture  reminds  us  that  doggies  are  not  all 
nice.  It  represents  the  old  fable  of  the  dog  in  the 
manger.  A  dog  once  jumped  into  a  manger  which 
had  been  filled  with  hay  for  some  oxen,  and  he 
barked  at  them  whenever  they  came  near  him 


to  eat.  He  could  not  eat  the  hay  himself, 
yet  he  prevented  those  from  enjoying  it  who 
could  have  done  so.  Was  he  not  spiteful  and  bad  ? 
People  are  often  compared  to  the  dog  in  the 
manger  when  they  are  selfish  and  unkind  as  he 
was. 


The  Hermit.  3  5 

This  is  a  picture  of  an  old  hermit  in  his  cell. 
You  see  he  is  reading  his  Bible,  and  has  a  skull 
beside  him.  There,  too,  is  his  rosary,  with  a  cruci- 
fix attached,  hanging  near ;  and  he  has  an  hour- 
glass also  close  at  hand  to  remind  him  continually 
how  short  this  life  is  in  comparison  with  eternity. 
These  heimits  were  men  who  retired  from  the 


world,  and  shut  themselves  up  in  some  hut  or  cave. 
There,  living  in  solitude,  they  spent  their  days  in 
praying,  and  fasting,  and  sometimes  in  scourging 
themselves,  all  under  the  idea  that  by  such  suffer- 
ing here  they  would  merit  heaven  hereafter.  There 
are  no  hermits  nowadays,  even  in  Roman  Catholic 
countries,  which  is  lucky,  in  my  opinion  ;  for,  while 
the  poor  men  made  their  own  lives  miserable,  they 
certainly  did  not  promote  the  happiness  of  any- 
body. 


36  Mule  and  Muleteer. 

H  ere,  Lily,  you  have  brought  me  a  picture  of  a 
mule  and  muleteer.  You  see  how  carefully  they 
are  picking  their  way  down  that  hill :  the  poor 
mule  is  heavily  laden,  and  can  scarcely  steady 
himself.  In  Spain,  and  some  other  mountainous 
countries,  mules  are  more  used  than  horses  or 
donkeys.  The  fact  is,  they  are  more  sure-footed 


than  either  Among  the  Pyrenees,  and  in  other 
mountainous  parts  of  Spain,  where  many  of  the 
roads  are  unfit  for  any  kind  of  carriage,  mules  con- 
vey merchandise  and  packages  of  all  kinds  upon 
their  backs  Sometimes  a  whole  string  of  them 
may  be  seen,  one  after  another,  carrying  mer- 
chandise across  the  mountain  passes.  The  muie- 
teer  in  the  picture  is  a  Spaniard,  as  we  may  see 
by  his  dress,  and  by  the  cigarette  he  is  smoking. 


A  Fall. 


37 


But  even  mules,  sure-footed  as  they  are,  cannot 
always  be  relied  upon,  as  you  see,  my  children,  in 


this  terrible  picture.  Here  it  appears,  though,  as 
if  part  of  the  rock  itself  had  given  way,  and  mule- 
leader  and  mule-rider  are  both  falling  down  the 
cruel  mountain  side. 


3 8  A  Winter's  Day. 

Why,  what  a  merry  party  this  is,  out  in  the 
snow!  These  children  are  May,  and  Etta,  and 
Tommy.  May,  you  see,  is  pushing  little  Etta 


along  in  a  sort  of  sledge.  Etta  has  mamma's  muff; 
she  is  wrapped  up  warm  and  cosy,  and  is  enjoying 
the  fresh  cold  air.  These  three  children  all  like  the 
cold  weather,  and  think  nothing  would  be  nicer 


A  Laplander.  39 

than  to  live  far  away  up  somewhere  in  the  north. 
But  they  do  not  know  what  real  cold  weather  is, 
and  would  not  like  it  so  much  if  they  always  had 
it,  I  can  tell  them.  Here  Cissy  has  just  found  me 
a  picture  of  a  Laplander,  who  lives  in  a  country 
where  it  is  terribly  cold,  and  where,  during  nearly 
half  the  year,  they  never  see  the  sun.  You  ask  if 


the  Laplanders  are  happy.  Well,  I  daresay  they 
are  happy  in  their  way  ;  but  I  should  think  their 
ideas  of  happiness  do  not  extend  to  much  beyond 
keeping  themselves  warm,  and  getting  enough  to 
eat.  Still,  our  friend  in  the  picture  looks  very  com- 
fortable, wrapped  up  in  his  warm  coat  of  fur,  and 
with  that  cap  drawn  down  over  his  ears,  sliding 
along  on  his  snow-shoes. 


4O  Riding  a  Reindeer. 

Why,  Johnny  brings  me  another  wintry- looking 
picture  ;  and  the  scene  must  I  think  be  laid  in 
Lapland  too,  for  here  we  have  a  little  girl  riding 
on  a  reindeer.  In  Lapland,  I  must  tell  you,  they 
use  reindeer  to  draw  their  sledges  about,  just  as 


we  use  horses  jto  draw  our  carriages.  This  kind 
of  deer  is  as  strong,  and  almost  as  big,  as  a  horse  ; 
but  I  never  heard  or  read  of  one  being  used  to 
ride  upon,  even  by  a  man,  much  more  a  little  girl 
I  fancy  the  picture  must  be  meant  to  illustrate  a 
story,  not  to  show  anything  that  really  happened 


Out  with  the  Hounds.  4 1 

This  monkey  was  fond  of  jumping  on  to  horses' 
backs,  so  one  day  his  master  dressed  him  up,  and 
strapping  him  on  to  an  old  hunter,  sent  him  after 


the  hounds.  Poor  monkey!  Away  he  went,  and 
people  wondered  who  the  tiny  gentleman  could  be 
that  rode  so  fast. 

D 


42  *'  Good  Morning" 

Little  merry  Mabel  is  going  in  to  say  "  Good 


Little  merry  Mabel  is  going  in  to  say  "  Good 
morning "  to  dear  mamma,  who  has  a  headache, 


and  is  breakfasting  in  bed.  Mabel  carries  her  doll 
with  her,  and  intends  dolly  to  have  a  kiss  from 
mamma  too,  after  she  has  had  one  herself. 


In  forested  A  dvice. 


43 


This  is  a  picture  of  the  Fox  who  had  lost  his 
tail.  According  to  the  fable,  his  tail  had  been  cut 
off  in  a  trap  ;  and  finding  himself  conspicuous 
and  rather  ridiculous  without  one,  he  assembled 
a  good  many  foxes  together,  and  made  them  an 


eloquent  speech.  He  described  the  immense 
advantage  and  comfort  he  derived  from  being  with- 
out a  great  heavy  bush  to  drag  about  behind  him, 
and  advised  them  to  cut  off  all  their  tails.  But  a 
cunning  old  fox  replied,  "  You  only  give  us  this" 
advice  because  you  have  lost  your  own." 


44  Babys  Bath. 

Nurse  is  washing  baby-boy,  and  he  doesn't  seem 
quite  to  like  it.  He  has  half  a  mind  to  cry,  but 
nurse  keeps  chattering  away  all  the  time,  and  con- 
trives to  amuse  him.  As  she  dabs  his  face  with  the 
sponge,  she  says  :  "  Tell  me,  Mr.  Sponge,  is  the 


little  rosy  cheek  quite  clean  ? "  Then  she  pretends 
the  sponge  is  speaking,  and  says  in  another  voice 
"Yes,  nurse,  the  cheeks  are  clean  now,  but  the 
pretty  ears  want  me  to  wash  them  a  little  more.': 
Upon  which  she  sets  to  work  at  the  ears,  and  so 
on.  When  it  comes  to  the  drying,  she  holds  a  con- 
versation with  the  towels,  which  at  last  declare  : 


Dressing.  45 

"  Now  we've  done  our  work  well  ;  baby-boy  is  nice 
and  dry,  and  ready  to  have  his  pretty  clothes  put 
on."  Then  on  goes,  first  of  all,  the  little  flannel 
jersey,  and  that  makes  a  few  remarks.  If  it  does 
not  seem  to  come  on  easily,  it  expresses  an  opinion 
that  baby-boy  has  grown  fatter  during  the  night. 


The  little  socks  and  the  shoes  have  a  xvord  to  say 
also,  and  as  for  the  dress  it  makes  quite  a  long 
speech.  Comb  and  brush  smooth  out  the  tangled 
curls,  and  say  how  pretty  they  are  all  the  time, 
At  last  the  dressing  is  all  got  through,  and  there 
has  been  no  crying  at  all.  Do  you  remember 
the  time,  Johnny,  not  very  long  ago,  when  nurse 
used  to  manage  you  in  that  way  while  you  were 
dressed  ? 


Spa  1 ')  'ow  -hawk. 


:  „  Here  we  have  a  Sparrow-hawk  ;  not  an  uncom- 
mon bird  in  England.  It  may  often  be  seen  high 
»n  the  air,  remaining  poised  for  several  minutes  in 


Return  of  S wa llo ws. 


47 


one  spot :    then  it  suddenly  darts  down  to  seize 
some  bird  or  little  field-mouse. 

This  is  a  very  pretty  picture.  It  is  early  summer 
and  here  we  have  a   farmer's  family  watching  the 


swallows  coming  back,  after  their  long  winter's 
absence,  to  the  nest  they  built  last  year.  Mamma 
and  the  children  are  all  equally  glad,  I  think,  to 
see  the  pretty  birds  again  ;  they  welcome  them 
like  old  friends,  and  would  not  hurt  or  disturb  them 
for  the  vvorld. 


48  The  Parting. 

See  how  fond  this  soldier  is  of  his  little  girl ! 
Perhaps  he  is  going  away,  and  is  wishing  her  good- 
bye. He  may  even  be  going  to  fight,  and  may  be 
thinking,  as  he  tosses  her  up  in  the  air,  that  per- 
haps it  is  the  last  time  he  will  ever  see  her  dear 


little  face,  or  hear  her  sweet  merry  laugh.  She 
has  no  thought  of  the  future,  at  all  events  :  even 
if  papa  tells  her  that  he  may  be  away  a  long 
time,  she  hardly  understands  the  difference  be- 
tween that  and  his  coming  back  to-morrow* 
Happy  childhood  ! 


A  Handsome  Family.  49 

This  picture  represents  the  Duck  family:  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Duck,  two  daughters  and  two  sons;  a 
charming  family,  and  well  to  do  in  the  world,  I 
assure  you.  See  how  upright  they  hold  them- 
selves, and  how  elegantly  they  are  dressed  !  Though 


you  and  I  may  not  think  a  duck  face  pretty,  they 
are  perfectly  satisfied  with  their  own  looks.  The 
children  playing  about  on  the  village  green  feel 
quite  abashed  at  the  thought  of  their  raggedness, 
and  their  own  merriment,  as  they  watch  the  Duck 
family  pompously  and  solemnly  walking  past. 


50  Will  He  Escape. 

Here   is  a  picture  which  shows  what   dangers 
hunters  meet  with,  who  go  out  in  great   forests, 


shooting  wild  animals.  They  have  just  shot  a 
deer,  and  when  the  boy,  who  serves  as  guide,  runs 
up  to  see  if  it  is  dead,  he  is  attacked  by  a  wolf. 
I  hope  the  hunters  are  in  time  to  save  his  life. 


The   Wild  Boar.  51 

This  is  another  picture  of  hunting  wild  beasts. 
The  scene  must  be,  I  think,  in  some  mountainous 


part  of  Italy  or  Spain,  where  wild  boars  are  still  to 
be  found.  They  are  strong  and  very  savage  beasts. 
If  that  hunter  misses,  or  only  wounds  the  boar,  it 
will  attack  him  furiously. 


5  2  Peter  Perkins . 

This  is  little  Peter  Perkins  come  out  to  feed  the 
chickens.  They  are  his  particular  charge,  and  every 
morning — tiny  boy  as  he  is — he  remembers  to  trot 
off  to  cooky  to  get  the  grain  for  the  fowls  before 
he  has  his  own  breakfast.  Then  how  the  chickens 
know  his  little  footsteps  !  and  how  they  come  with 


hops,  skips,  jumps,  and  flutters,  to  his  feet !  They 
are  not  a  bit  afraid  of  him,  as  you  can  see  in  the 
picture.  The  little  bantam  cock  Redcap,  is  indeed 
too  fearless  sometimes  ;  for,  as  the  little  boy  holds 
the  grain  in  his  hand,  master  Redcap  bobs  his  head 
forward,  and  actually  pecks  the  grain  out  of  the 
little  hand,  now  and  then  taking  a  bit  of  the  soft 
pink  flesh  besides. 


A  Puzzling  Question. 


53 


"  Grandmamma  dear,  how  are  clocks  made  ? " 
says  the  little  boy  in  the  picture.  Grandmamma 
opens  the  clock,  and  shows  the  pendulum  wagging 


from  side  to  side.  Then  she  tries  to  explain  all 
about  it,  but  finds  it  difficult  ;  and  ends  by  telling 
him  he  is  too  little  and  too  young  to  understand 
it  yet. 


54 


Man  in  Armour. 


Ah,  Johnny  dear,  so  you  bring  me  a  picture  of 
a  man  in  armour.  I  daresay  you  know— for  you 
have  seen  the  armour  in  the  tower — that  in  old 
times  men  covered  themselves  up  in  steel  to  go  to 


battle.  As  soon  as  fire-arms  were  used,  the 'armour 
had  to  be  made  so  thick  to  resist  bullets,  that  men 
could  no  longer  bear  the  weight  of  an  entire  suit, 
and  wore  only  so  much  as  you  see  in  the  picture. , 
He  is  a  soldier  of  about  the  time  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, and  carries  an  arquebus — the  earliest  kind  of 
musket. 


Soldier  of  the  Last  Century.  55 

This  is  a  soldier  too,  though  a  very  different  sort 
of  figure.  You  see  the  coats  of  mail  have  been 
cast  aside  altogether  now  ;  this  gentleman  wears 
merely  a  fine  coat,  coloured  red,  a  long  waistcoat, 


breeches  and  stockings,  and  a  belt  to  which 
is  attached  a  sword.  His  hair  is  curled  and 
powdered,  and  instead  of  a  helmet,  like  our 
friend  that  we  have  just  pasted  into  the  book,  he 
has  a  jaunty  three-cornered  cocked  hat,  set  rather 
on  one  side.  This  is  a  soldier  of  the  time  of 
George  the  Second. 


56  Kites. 

This  looks  like  a  fine  breezy  hill  with  the  wind- 
mill on  it,  and  I  should  say  a  famous  place  for 
flying  kites.  The  picture  is  by  a  German  artist, 


and  I  daresay  kites  in  Germany  are  made  like 
these,  for  they  are  not  quite  like  English  kites.  I 
suppose  that  is  a  German  cap  too  that  the  boy  on 
the  left-hand  side  has  on. 


YOILIIO-  Lambs  to  Sell. 


57 


Poor  old  man  !  he  is  holding  up  one  of  his  toy 
lambs  to  that  little  girl,  and  hopes  she  will  ask  her 
mamma  to  buy  it.  They  are  a  very  simple  poor  sort 
of  toy,  made  by  himself ;  only  cut  out  of  fire-wood, 
with  some  wool  gummed  over  them.  He  makes 


them  in  his  miserable  London  lodging ;  then 
wanders  out  into  the  suburbs,  where  little  villas 
with  gardens  are  dotted  about,  and  persuades  the 
children  to  buy.  Thus  he  earns  a  few  pennies  ; 
while  he  likes  to  see  the  children's  faces,  and  breathe 
the  fresh  air. 

E 


-58 


Tommy  TouchalL 


I  think  my  young  friend  in  the  picture  will  hesi- 
tate another  time  before  he  meddles  with  carpen- 
ters' tools.  This  is  Tommy  TouchalL  He  is  the 
plague  of  his  relations  ;  always  doing  mischief,  and 
meddling  with  everything.  Sometimes  he  amuses 


himself  by  turning  his  mother's  work  basket  upside 
down,  and  spoiling  or  losing  the  contents  ;  some- 
times he  scatters  his  father's  papers  in  the  same 
way.  One  day  some  carpenters  were  in  the  house, 
when  he  got  hold  of  their  tools,  and  cut  his  hand; 
as  you  see. 


An  Explosion.  59 

This,  as  you  may  suppose,  is  Tommy  Touchall 
again.  You  would  think  the  pain  he  felt  when  he 
cut  his  fingers  would  have  cured  him  of  touching 
things  he  did  not  know  how  to  use.  But  he  soon 
forgot  the  lesson,  and  here  he  is,  as  you  see  in  the 


picture,  blowing  out  the  gas  without  turning  it  off. 
The  consequence  was  that  the  room  became- filled 
with  gas,  and  some  one  going  in  with  a  light,  there 
was  a  terrible  explosion,  which  did  a  great  deal 
of  damage,  though  by  good  luck  no;  one  was 
seriously  hurt. 


6o 


A  Baboon. 


You  may  well  laugh,  children :  this  is  a  queer 
fellow.     It  is  a  baboon,  called  a  Gelada  ;    a  native 


of  Africa.     Is  he  not  frightful  and  ridiculous  ?  and 
yet  how  sad-looking ! 


Another  Baboon. 


61 


Well,  Johnny,  you  have  really; found  a  still  uglier 
monkey.    See  how  he  shows  his  teeth.    It  is  a  fero- 


cious baboon,  called  a  Mandrill,  and  is  remarkable 
for  a  blue  patch  on  each  cheek,  and  a  red  muzzle. 


62  Meddling  Children. 

Lily  has  managed  to  find  a  picture  which  shows 
us  two  little  people  very  like  herself  and  my 
Johnny.  You  see  these  little  people  are  inclined 
to  meddle  with  things  that  they  have  no  business 


to  touch.  There  comes  the  nurse,  and  just  look  at 
her  face  !  isn't  she  angry  ?  I  must  say,  my  own 
opinion  is  that  such  little  children  should  not  have 
been  left  alone  in  the  room  at  all,  for  fear  they 
should:  hurt  themselves,  as  well  as  do  mischief. 


Strange  Figures.  63 

This  is  certainly  a  funny  picture,  and  as 
puzzling  as  it  is  droll.  Of  all  the  queer  figures, 
queer  faces,  and  queer  hats  I  ever  saw,  these 


are  about  the  most  curious.  The  fishing-rods  in 
the  men's  hands  do  not  help  us  to  understand 
them.  I  think,  my  darlings,  you  must  fancy  any 
meaning  you  can  for  the  picture  :  I  can  make 
nothing  of  it. 


64 


Paul  Pickle. 


Dear  me,  dear  me  !  here's  poor  little  Paul  Pickle 
having  a  good  scolding  from  his  grandpapa  ! 
What  do  you  think  he  has  been  about  ?  Why,  I 
am  sorry  to  say,  he  put  a  tiny  frog  into  grandpapa's 


inkstand.  When  grandpapa  went  to  his  writing- 
table,  and  settled  himself,  with  all  his  papers  before 
him,  to  go  on  with  his  learned  treatise  on  the 
human  mind,  he  had  no  sooner  lifted  the  lid  off 
the  ink  than  out  jumped  the  little  frog.  It  was 
sopping  with  ink,  and  leapt  first  on  to  the  midst  of 


Paul  Pickle  Punished.  65 

the  papers  ;  then  into  grandpapa's  lap. '  Now 
grandpapa  is  a  learned  professor,  and  has  a  favour- 
ite theory  that  no  well-regulated  mind  ever  feels 
surprise.  Nevertheless,  he  was  surprised  and 
startled.  Recovering  himself,  he  suspects,  the 


culprit,  whom  he-  finds  in  the  next  room,  and  gives 
him  a  good  scolding.  Returning  to  his  seat,  he  is 
trying  to  persuade  himself  that  he  had  not  been 
surprised  at  all,  when  he  is  startled  by  a  terrible 
noiee  just  outside  his  door,  and  jumps  up  from  his 
chair,  It  is  Master  Paul,  occupied  as  we  see  him 
in  the  picture.  Grandpapa  comes  out  this  time 
with  uplifted  cane  instead  of  finger. 


66 


Mount  St.  Bernard. 


This  is  one  of  the  fine  Mount  St.  Bernard  dogs, 
which  are  kept  at  a  monastery  among  the  Alps. 


They  go  out  during  snow-storms  to  look  for 
travellers  that  may  be  lost.  He  has  found  a  boy 
in  the  snow,  and  is  carrying  him  to  the  monastery. 


Lace  Maker.  67 

This  is  a  picture,  my  darlings,  of  a  poor  hard- 
working creature  ;  yet  this  woman  has  something 
to  make  her  happy.  Her  fingers  move  quicker  and 


quicker  to  make  her  pretty  lace  at  the  thought  that 
she  is  earning  food  for  her  little  child.  He  is  all 
the  world  to  her  :  her  greatest  care  and  greatest 
blessing. 


68 


The  Little  Musician. 


This  little  boy,  who  in  after  life  became  a  great 
musician,  was  very  poor  when  young  ;    so  to  earn 


money,  he  sometimes  played  his  violin  in  the 
gardens  of  the  Tuileries  at  Paris,  where  a  crowd 
would  collect  to  hear  him. 


rhe  Conversation.  69 

Here  is  a  curious  company  of  friends  holding  a 
conversation  :  a  donkey,  a  hare,  a  snail,  and  a 
swallow.  The  donkey  says  :  "  Mine  is  a  harder 
life  than  any  of  yours ;  I  get  hard  blows,  and  have 
to  work  and  toil."  The  hare  rejoins  :  "  I  would 


change  with  you  to-morrow  ;  I  often  have  to  run 
for  my  life,  though  I  do  no  harm  to  anyone." 
Says  the  snail  :  "  Life  would  be  jolly  enough, 
if  you  were  only  safe  from  being  trodden  upon. ' 
And  the  swallow  chirps  out  :  "  Make  the  best 
of  everything,  and  enjoy  summer  while  it 
lasts." 


7O  Running  for  the  Doctor. 

This  is  a  picture,  dear  children,  of  a  poor  little 
girl,  whose  baby-brother  is  taken  ill  with  croup  in 


the  night.  She  has  no  father,  and  mother  cannot 
leave  baby  ;  so  little  Mary  runs  off  through  the 
dark  night  and  snow  for  the  .doctor,  and  she  soon 
brings  him  back  with  her. 


Old  Woman  who  Lived  in  a  Shoe.        71 

Now,  Lily,  darling,  I  certainly  think  this  will 
be  one  of  the  best  and  funniest  pictures  in  your 
scrap-book.  I  have  not  laughed  so  much  at 
any  as  I  have  at  this  one.  Poor  old  woman  ! 
she  must  have  had  enough  to  do,  I'm  sure. 
Look  at  the  poor  little  creatures  fighting  and 


scrambling  about  in  the  shoe.  Large  as  it  is,  it 
does  not  look  as  if  it  would  hold  them  all.  I 
am  quite  sure  the  old  woman's  arm  must  ache 
with  all  the  whipping  it  has  to  give.  Now,  chil- 
dren, I  have  quite  made  up  my  mind  that  if 
ever  I  go  to  another  fancy  ball,  I  will  go  as  the 
"  Old  Woman  who  lived  in  a  Shoe."  And  you  may 
be  sure  I  shall  carry  a  birch. 


72  Father  and  Childr.en.* 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  labouring  man  taking 
a  walk  on  Sunday  accompanied  by  all   his   chil- 


dren.  His  is  a  humble  simple  life,  not  free  from 
cares  ;  and  yet  a  happy  one,  for  there  is  love 
in  it. 


Happiness. 


73 


Here  is  another  picture  of  a  poor  cottager,  who 
finds  happiness  in  loving  his  children  and  being 
loved  by  them.  He  has  just  returned  from  his 


work,  and  see  how  glad  they  are  !  Father  jumps 
baby  up  in  his  arms,  and  the  little  girl  asks  for 
a  kiss,  while  the  boy  carries  off  his  father's 
spade. 


74 


The  Ass  in  the  Lions  Skin. 


You  have  read  ^Esop's  fables,  Cissy  dear,  and  I 
daresay  you  remember  the  "  Ass  in  the  Lion's 
skin."  This  must  be  a  picture  of  that  silly  donkey  ; 
and  I  will  tell  Lily  and  Johnny  what  the  fable  is. 
There  was  an  ass  once  who  was  very  vain  and 
ambitious  :  he  got  the  skin  of  a  lion,  and  putting 


it  on  himself,  was  delighted  to  find*  how  he 
frightened  all  the  animals  he  met  with .  in  the 
forest.  At  last  seeing  a  fox,  he  tried  to  frighten 
him  also ;  and  thinking  to  make  himself  yet  more 
terrible,  began  to  bray.  The  fox,  who  had  turned 
to  run,  stopped  directly,  and  said  :  "  You  stupid 
donkey  !  if  you  want  to  pass  for  a  lion,  you  should 
not  bray." 


Hospitality.  ~- 

Oh !  what  a  miserably  bitter  night  it  is  ;  with 
snow  falling  fast !  That  young  man  is  a  shepherd  : 
He  has  just  brought  in  his  sheep  for  the  night 


and  lighted  his  fire,  when  a  poor  old  man 
makes  his  way  to  the  door,  half  dead  with 
cold.  The*  shepherd  brings  him  to  the  fire, 
gives  him  food  and  a  night's  lodging.  In  the 
morning  the  old  man  goes  upon  his  way  blessing 
his  kind  host. 


7  6  Dear  Grandmamma. 

These  children  have  come  to  spend  tlie  day  with 
grandmamma  at  her  pretty  cottage  in  the  country* ., 
Such  visits  are  a  treat  for  them  and.  her.     The 


'"  //// ////, ,  S//-,/,///////s-  -S    //// 

children  are  pleased  because  she  takes  pains  to 
amuse  them,  while  she  delights  to  hear  their  laugh- 
ter, and  to  see  their  bright  young  faces. 


Dressing  Up.  77 

Grandmamma  always  has  some  new  toys  ready 
for  the  children,  artd  she  is  so  good-natured  that 
she  lets  them  take  her  clothes  out  of  her  drawers 
to  dress  up  in.  Look  how  the  baby  is  dressed 
up  in  the  picture  :  he  means  himself  to  be  a  king, 
or  perhaps  a  beadle,  or  a  general,  or  somebody 
very  grand.  Upon  his  head  he  has  a  hood 


lined  with  fur,  which  grandmamma  puts  over 
her  own  head  in  winter,  if  she  goes  out  in  the 
evening.  Then  he  has  a  large  spoon  stuck  in 
his  belt  for  a  sword,  and  grandmamma's  stick 
in  his  hand  for  a  sceptre.  The  other  children 
are  all  bowing  to  him,  you  see.  I  think  he  must 
be  meant  for  a  King,  or  a  Prince  of  Wales,  at 
least. 


78  Long-legged  Plover. 

What  a  funny  long-legged  bird  you  have  brought 
me,  Lily  darling !  Does  it  not  look  like  a  bird 
walking  upon  stilts  ?  Indeed,  it  is  sometimes 
called  ihe  Stilt,  but  the  proper  name  of  it  is  the 
Long-legged  Plover.  It  is  a  very  handsome  bird, 


being  beautifully  marked  with  white  and  glossy 
black.  Although  more  rare  than  the  common 
plover,  it  is  met  with  in  the  same  places — in 
marshes  and  on  the  banks  of  rivers.  As  you  may 
imagine  from  the  length  of  its  legs,  it  can  run  at 
a  famous  pace. 


Great  Bustard. 


79 


Here  we  have  another  picture  of  a  bird.  The 
Great  Bustard  is  not  often  met  with  now,  though  it 
used  to  be  common.  It  is  the  largest  of  British 
birds.  The  plumage  is  brown  and  black,  but  the 


peculiarity  of  the  bird  consists  in  its  having  a 
pouch  in  the  forepart  of  the  neck,  which  will  con- 
tain several  pints  of  water.  The  nest  is  always 
built  on  dry  sandy  downs,  where  water  is  scarce  * 
hence  the  use  of  the  pouch. 


8o 


Brother  Tom. 


It  is  summer,  and  the  weather  is  very  hot,  so 
these  good  little  girls  have  gone  out  into  the  garden 
to  sit  there  and  learn  their  lessons.  They  have 
placed  themselves,  as  they  think,  in  a  nice  quiet 
corner,  against  the  paling  in  the  shade  of  the  trees, 


and  they  little  fancy  that  their  brother  Tom—that 
riotous  boy,  who  is  home  for  the  holidays — is 
looking  over  the  paling,  watching  them.  He  thinks 
how  lucky  he  is  that  he  has  no  lessons  to  do  this 
hot  weather,  and  he  does  not  leave  his  sisters  long 
in  peace,  I  can  tell  you. 


Plenty  of  Imagination. 


Si 


This  is  a  picture  of  a  little  boy  and  girl  playing 
up  in  mamma's  bedroom.  The  little  girl  has  put  on 
mamma's  bonnet  hind  part  before,  she  has  papa's 
bootjack  on  one  arm  for  a  baby,  and  a  basket  on 


the  other.  She  is  pretending  to  be  a  poor  woman 
just  going  out  to  market.  The  boy  is  playing  at 
being  a  coachman  :  papa's  boots  are  the  horses, 
and  they  seem  to  want  a  deal  of  whipping,  for  he 
is  laying  on  unmercifully  with  papa's  riding  whip. 


82  A  Village  School. 

Here  we  have  a  village  school.  See  how  the  old 
schoolmaster  stoops  over  his  desk,  with  spectacles 
on  his  nose,  and  skull-cap  on  his  head.  Some  o 
the  boys  are  very  sharp  at  their  lessons,  while  some 
weary  the  poor  old  man  by  their  stupidity  till,  as 
he  said  one  day,  they  almost  made  him  stupid  in 
trying  to  teach  them.  The  genius  of  the  school, 


however,  is  a  boy  who  has  a  talent  for  drawing 
He  always  carries  about  a  piece  of  charcoal  in  his 
pocket  ;  and  many  a  time  has  he  been  punished 
for  drawing  on  the  walls  of  the  schoolroom.  In 
fact  he  cannot  resist  a  whitewashed  wall.  One  da 
this  boy  had  the  impudence  to  draw  a  caricature 
of  an  old  man,  a  bell-ringer  of  the  village  church, 
in  the  belfry  of  the  church  itself.  There  you  see 
him  in  the  picture  drawing  away,  and  evidently 


A  Genius  for  Art.  83 

pleased  with  his  own  work.     The  old  man  went  to 
the  rector  to  complain,  who  was  very  angry ;  but 


of  course  went  to  see  the  caricature,  and  came  away 
laughing. 


84  Ride  a  Cock  Horse. 

Little  Milly  and  her  papa  are  having  a  game  be- 
fore nurse  fetches  her  to  go  to  bed.  Every  evening 
down  comes  Milly  before  papa's  late  dinner,  and 
after  Ke  has  told  her  two  or  three  stories,  she  has  a 
ride  upon  his  knee.  He  gets  quite  out  of  breath, 
and  his  little  girl  too,  before  the  ride  is  over  ;  but 


it  is  a  pretty  sight  to  see  papa  and  Milly  playing 
together.     She  sings  : 

Ride  a  cock  horse  to  Banbury  Cross, 
To  see  an  old  lady  get  on  a  white  horse. 
Rings  on  her  fingers,  bells  on  her  toes  ; 
She  shall  have  music  wherever  she  goes. 

Milly's  hair  flies  out  as  she  rides,  and  her  little 
face  is  all  rosy  and  dimpled.  At  last  comes  aknock 
at  the  door  ;  and  nurse  appears  for  Miss  Milly  to 
go  to  Bedfordshire. 


Saved  from  ihe  Snow. 


85. 


We  had  a  picture  before  of  one  of  these  St.Bernard 
dogs  saving  a  little  boy  from  the  snow.     Here  we 


have  two  of  them,  out  in  a  terrible  storm,  scraping 
away  the  snow  from  a  poor  traveller,  who  has  been 
buried  in  it. 


86 


Happy  Days. 


Look  at  these  cottage  children  playing  by  a  pond! 
How  happy  they  appear  !  That  little  bit  of  wood 
with  a  paper  sail  seems  an  excellent  toy-boat  to 


them  who  have  never  had  a  better,  and  the  boys 
find  it  fun  to  wad-e  into  the -water;  Meanwhile  the 
girls  take  care  of  baby,  and  Pincher,  the  steady 
old  doggie,  looks  after  them  all. 


Woodcutters.  87 

This  is  also  a  scene  of  country  life.  Here  are 
some  woodcutters  resting  from  their  work,  while 
some  of  the  trees  they  have  felled  are  being  drawn 
away  by  a  team  of  fine  strong  horses.  The 
beautiful  trees  that  have  so  often  given  shade  in 


summer,  are  going  to  be  useful  in  other  ways. 
Some  will  be  cut  into  logs  to  make  bright  fires. 
Some  will  go  to  build  ships,  some  houses,  but  never 
to  make  anything  more  beautiful  than  the  grand 
trees  themselves  were,  as  they  stood  waving  in  the 
wind. 


88 


A  Nice  Little  Girl. 


How  cleverly  this  dear  little  girl  is  doing  up 
her  hair  in  nice  neat  plaits !  She  is  kind  and 
good  too,  I  am  sure,  because  she  is  very  fond 


of  flowers  and  birds.  Look  how  tame  the  dear 
little  dicky  is,  perched  there  upon  her  looking- 
glass,  singing  his  morning  song  to  her  while  she 
dresses  ! 


Playing  Cricket.  89 

Yes,  Johnny,  this  is  cricket,  as  you  say  ;  and 
these  boys  seem  to  be  having  a  famous  game. 
The  ground  is  nice  and  smooth,  the  weather 
fine,  they  have  their  tent  pitched,  and  the  players 
are  all  in  proper  cricketing  dress.  It  is  a  merry 
scene.  The  batsmen  stand  ready  to  send  the 


ball  flying  through  the  air ;  and  then  how  they 
will  start  off  running  backwards  and  forwards, 
and  count  ever  so  many  runs !  A  fine  old 
English  game,  children,  is  this  same  game  of 
Cricket.  I  trust  my  little  Johnny  will  some  day- 
be  a  good  cricketer.  Indeed,  I  hope  he  will  be 
good  at  all  sorts  of  exercises,  and  grow  up  a  fine 
strong  man. 


go  Telling  a  Falsehood, 

I  am  afraid  this  boy  has  been  very  naughty,  for 
look  how  angry  his  mamma  is  with  him  !  I  think 
I  can  tell  what  has  happened.  You  see  that 
broken  vase  upon  the  ground  ?  Well,  I  suspect  he 
has  knocked  it  off  the  table  with  his  ball,  and 


then  has  denied  it,  and  said  the  dog  had  knocked 
it  down.  But  his  mamma  sees  through  it  all  ; 
she  would  have  forgiven  him  easily  for  break- 
ing the  vase,  but  now  she  is  seriously  angry,  and 
grieved  too,  to  find  that  he  has  told  her  a  false- 
hood. 


Love  One  Another.  91 

Here  we  have  another  mamma  who  is  displeased 
with  her  children,  but  not  so  seriously,  I  think,  as 
the  poor  mother  in  the  last  picture.  I  fancy  that 
this  little  boy  and  girl  have  been  quarrelling,  and 
mamma  calls  them  to  her,  and  gives  them  both  a 


lecture,  telling  them  that  such  discord  in  a  family 
destroys  all  happiness,  and  that  it  arises  from 
selfishness  in  each  of  them.  Gently  and  kindly 
she  speaks  ;  but  I  am  sure  she  feels  very  sad  to 
think  that  her  little  ones,  who  might  be  so  happy, 
make  their  own  misery  by  quarrelling. 


92  A  Race-Course. 

What  is  this  you  bring  me,  Johnny  dear  ?  Oh, 
I  see;  this  is  a  race-course.  The  course  is  being 
cleared,  for  the  horses  are  going  to  start  ;  and  this 
man  rides  along  to  give  notice.  There  is  a  stupid 


old  cow  just  running  across  the  ground  :  some 
dogs,  too,  have  to  be  whipped  out  of  the  way. 
But  though  all  is  noise  and  confusion  now,  in 
another  minute  the  course  will  be  cleared  for  the 

race. 


Hunting. 


93 


How  fond  you  are  of  horses,  Johnny !  This  is 
a  hunting  scene  you  bring  me  now.  The  hounds 
and  hunters  have  evidently  lost  their  fox,  and  this 
gentleman  is  asking  a  countryman  if  he  has  seen 


it.  While  he  speaks,  Mr.  Foxy  himself  comes 
stealing  out  from  the  brushwood  close  to  them. 
But  the  hounds  are  not  near,  nor  on  the  scent, 
so  I  think  poor  Foxy  v.ill  probably  manage  to 
escape. 


94 


Good  Night. 


This  is  little  Tommy  Titmouse  coming  in  to  say 
"  Good  night "  to  papa  and  mamma.  It  is  almost 
his  first  attempt  at  walking ;  and  partly  by  sup- 


porting himself  on  dear  old  Carlo's  nose,  and 
partly  by  the  help  of  nurse,  he  gets  on  very  well, 
you  see. 


Over  the  Stepping- Stones.  95 

Look  at  Willie  Danvers  bounding  along  over 
the  stepping-stones  !  To  think  that  once  he  could 
walk  no  better  than  little  Tommy  Titmouse  !  He 


has  stopped  on  his  way  from  school  to  pick  some 
sweet  wild  flowers  for  his  mother,  who  is  ill :  now 
he  is  running  home  as  fast  as  he  can. 


96  A  Handsome  Young  Couple. 

Cissy  dear,  this  is  a  very  pretty  picture  you 
have  chosen.  Here  is  a  handsome  young  'couple, 
dressed  as  people  used  to  dress  a  hundred  years 
ago,  walking  arm-in-arm  upon  a  terrace.  What 
shall  we  suppose  them  to  be  ?  Shall  they  be 


r  •<• 


people  of  the  present  day  dressed  up  in  fancy 
dresses  ?  That  will  hardly  do  ;  for  they  are  evi- 
dently not  at  a  fancy  ball.  Let  us  suppose  them 
to  be  two  nice  little  people,  who  lived  long  ago, 
and  walked  and  talked  together  in  those  days  as 
they  might  now.  We  will  suppose,  too,  if  you  like, 
that  they  were  going  to  be  married  ;  and  let  us 
hope  that  they  were  happy. 


L ong  and  L cart,.  9  7 

Here's  a  queer-looking  figure:  how  very  long 
and  thin  !  I  wonder  if  he  ever  eats  any  dinner  ! 
But  we  ought  not  to  laugh  at  a  poor  man  who 


looks  as  if  he  were  starving.  Is  he  a  poet  who 
can't  sell  his  rhymes  ;  or  a  schoolmaster  who 
has  no  pupils,  I  wonder  ?  I  cannot  make  him 
out  for  certain,  but  paste  him  into  the  book  all 
the  same. 


98  Patient  Elfie. 

Oh,  I  have  something  funny  to  tell  you  about 
this  sketch.  It  is  a  portrait  of  Elfie,  our  old  Skye 
terrier,  which  papa  made  a  long  time  ago.  Elfie 
was  ordered  to  sit  up  and  beg,  as  you  see  him 
doing  in  the  sketch,  and  was  scolded  once  or  twice 


for  moving.  When  papa  had  finished,  we  all  went 
to  luncheon,  forgetting  poor  dear  old  Elfie.  An 
hour  afterwards  we  came  back  into  the  drawing- 
room,  and  there  was  Elfie,  in  exactly  the  same 
position,  looking  very  miserable,  but  still  waiting 
for  permission  to  get  down.  Dear  old  doggie  ! 


Musical  Shepherds. 


99 


You  have  managed  to  find  a  very  nice  picture  for 
your  scrap-book,  Lily  dear  :  two  little  shepherd- 
boys  playing  away  on  their  pipes,  while  they 


watch  the  sheep  !  Their  hats  are  decked  with  wild 
flowers  ;  the  lark  sings  in  the  sky,  joining  the  con- 
cert ;  the  sheep  turn  round  to  listen  ;  and  boys, 
birds,  and  sheep  are  all  merry  together. 


IOO 


A  Graceful  Croquet  Player. 


This  is  a  lady  who  thinks  her  figure  shows  to 
advantage  in  the  game  of  croquet.     She  is  called 


Aunt  Barbara  by  her  nephews  and  nieces,  who 
laugh  at  her  among  themselves  ;  but  they  don't 
laugh  at  her  to  her  face,  for  she  is  a  rich  old  maid. 
The  youngest  of  her  nieces,  little  Barbara,  her 


101 


She  Loses  Her  Temper. 

godchild,  did  tell  her  once  she  was  too  fat  to  play 
at   croquet.     The    old    lady,   though    very   good- 


natured  generally,  is  sudden  in  wrath,  and,  but  for 
the  interference  of  Sambo,  the  black  footman,  little 
Barbara  would  have  felt  the  weight  of  her  aunt's 
fat  hand. 


102 


A  Contrast. 


This  picture  shows  us  one  of  those  contrasts 
•which,  when  seen  in  real  life,  are  very,  very  sad  to 
witness.  I  do  not  know  the  story  of  the  picture, 
but  I  should  think  the  scene  is  meant  for  Ireland. 
We  have  the  great  house  and  the  hovel  side  by 


side.  A  richly-dressed  little  child  is  riding  his  fat 
pony,  with  an  overfed  and  pampered  spaniel  wad- 
dling beside  him.  On  the  other  side  of  a  little 
stream  we  see  childhood  also;  but  childhood 
shorn  of  its  beauty,  gaiety,  and  grace,  by  the 
sufferings  of  extreme  poverty.  It  is  a  terrible 
difference. 


Getting  the  Hounds  Together.        103 

Here  is  another  hunting  scene  for  you,  Johnny. 
Here  the  fox  has  been  lost  ;  or,  perhaps,  they  have 
not  found  in  this  covert,  and  are  going  to  try  some- 


where else.  The  huntsman  is  blowing  his  horn,  to 
get  the  hounds  together,  while  the  whipper-in  flogs 
the  stragglers  who  are  lingering  behind.  Look 
how  eager  the  horses  appear !  They  are  just  as 
eager  as  the  men  are  for  the  sport  to  begin. 


1 04  Pull  of  Misckief. 

How  can  this  good  boy  and  girl  learn  their 
lessons  with  that  tiresome  little  brat  of  a  brother 
in  the  room  ?  He  is  too  young  to  learn  lessons 
himself,  and  wants  the  others  to  be  always  playing 


with  him.  Look  what  he  is  doing  now.  He  has 
put  on  his  big  brother's  cap,  strapped  his  knapsack 
on  to  his  own  shoulders,  taken  the  slate  and  books 
off  the  table,  and  pretends  he  is  going  off  to  school. 
The  brother  and  sister  laugh  heartily,  but  how  can 
they  learn  their  lessons  ? 


Saying  Good-bye. 


105 


This  lady  must  be  going  away  on  a  journey. 
She  is  just  giving  the  children  into  nurse's  charge 


before  she  says  good-bye  to  their  grandpapa.  Her 
last  words  to  her  children  are  :  "  My  darlings,  pray 
be  good,  and  always  love  each  other." 

H 


io'6l          Harkdway  and  Columbine. 

So  Johnny  has  found  the  -pretty  sketch  tliat 
papa  made  long  ago  of  poor,  old*  Hark  away, -hist 
favourite  hunter,  and  Columbine,  the  old  hound  he 
petted  so  much.  Ah  !  dear  children,  both  these 
faithful  creatures  died  before  you  were  born  ;  but 
you  know  the  large  picture  in  the  dining-room — the 


full  length  of  Harkaway — that  dear  papa  painted  ? 
Well,  this  sketch  is  a  study  of  the  heads  of  Hark- 
away  and  Columbine,  made  before  the  picture  was 
begun.  The  horse  was  old  when  I  married  your 
papa  :  he  was  past  work,  and  used  to  live  quite  an 
idle  Hfe.  He  passed  his  days  out  in  the  large  field, 
and  at  night  was  put  into  a  comfortable  shed  with 
plenty  of  nice  warm  straw.  But,  although  he  had 
become  Quite  feeble,  with  bent  knees  and  shaky 


Past  Work: 


107 


legs,  I  believe  he  would  'still  have  followed  the 
hounds,  if  he  had  been  allowed.  There  is  another 
sketch  somewhere,  which  papa  made  of  Harkaway 
when  he  was  quite  old.  Ah,  here  it  is  !  This  is 


just  as  papa  saw  him  one  day,  when  ,the  hounds 
and  huntsmen  were  passing  through  the  next  field. 
He  was  looking  over  the  gate,  trembling  all  over 
with  excitement ;  his  eyes  sparkling,  and  nostrils 
distended. 


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Little  Mary. 


This  is  little  Mary  Manly;    a  good  little  girl. 
Her  father  works    hard  in  the  fields,  while    her 


mother  takes  care  of  the  cottage.  Mary  helps 
mother  as  much  as  she  can  ;  she  wishes  she  were 
big  and  strong  enough  to  help  in  washing. 


Washing-up. 


109 


But   we   see  here  that  Mary  is  of  use  to  her 
mo  tlier  sometimes  ;  and  then  she  feels  quite  happy. 


They  are  washing  up  the  things  together  after 
dinner  :  she  works  away  like  a  little  woman,  dry- 
ing the  plates  as  mother  takes  them  from  the 
water. 


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Three  Little.  Sparrows. 


.  .Next -comes  a  picture  of  three  little-  sparrows 
perched  upon  a  branch. .  .1  will;  tell  you  what  they 
remind  me  of.  Do  you  remember,  when  we  used 
to  hr.ng  out  the  canary  in  the  garden  last  summer, 


how  the  sparrows  always  collected  about  him.  How 
they  pecked  at  his  sugar,  and  watercress,  and  even 
got  at  his  seed  sometimes !  And  when  they 
perched  upon  his  cage,  how  angry  Topaz  was,  and 
how  he  pecked  at  their  claws!  If  anyone  .went 
by,  they  only  retreated  to  the  nearest  branches, 
and  perched  there  like  those  in  the  picture. 


Pretty  Poll. 


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My  Lily  brings  me  another  bird  picture.  -This 
represents  a  great  blue  and  yellow  macaw,  with  a 


loud  harsh  voice,  and  splendid  plumage.,  .  Macaws 
are  very  large  parrots,,  and  several  are  to  be  seen 
at  the  Zoological  Gardens,  where  they  almost 
deafen  you  with  their  noise. 


1 1 2  After  a  Storm. 

Here  has  been  a  dreadful  storm  :  some  of  the 
plants  are  blown  down,  and  the  garden  walk  is  like 
a  stream  of  water.  It  is  in  France,  and  these  two 


boys  have  borrowed  some  wooden  shoes,  such  as 
the  peasants  wear,  that  they  may  have  the  fun  of 
.running  about  in  all  the  wet.  As  they  run,  the 
wooden  shoes  fly  off,  for  they  are  much  too  big. 


At  the  Pump.  n^ 

These  little  girls  have  come  to  get  water  for 
their  thirsty  flowers,  for  each  has  a  little  garden  of 


her  own.     One  vvprksiiard  at  the  pump,  while  the 
other  holds  the  cans. 


If4  A  Sociable  Tea-Party. 

Here  we  have  a  pleasant  sociable  tea-party. 
These  little  people  are  Rosy  and  Maude  Drum- 
mond,  but  they  call  themselves  just  now  Mrs. 
Jones  and  Mrs.  Smith.  They  meet  at  tea  at  Miss 
Penelope  Prim's  ;  that  lady  being  the  big  doll, 


seated  on  the  easy  chair  in  the  middle.  Mrs.  Smith 
and  Mrs.  Jones  have  each  brought  a  child,  and  the 
conversation  between  them  is  often  interrupted  by 
the  slaps  and  shakes  they  have  to  give  their  little 
ones,  who,  I  grieve  to  say,  bleed  a  great  deal  of 
sawdust.  Miss  Penelope  all  the  time  sits  smiling 
there,  without  either  joining  in  the  conversation, 
or  partaking  of  tea. 


Mrs.  Tabby  skin.  .  115 

This  is  a  picture  of  Mrs.  Tabbyskin.      See  how 
gentle  and  sweet-tempered  she  seems,  seated  on 


the  edge  of  that  great  stone  vase  !  She  is  purring 
away,  and  ready  to  play  with  anybody.  Gentle 
Mrs.  Tabbyskin,  who  could  help  liking- you  ! 


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Cruel  Cat. 


Oh,  Mrs.  Tabbyskin,  Llrs.  Tabbyskin  !  who 
could  like  you  now  ?  How  different  you  seemed  in 
the  last  picture.  Cruel  cat,  to  kill  that  dear  little 


bird !  The  poor  thing  is  dead  now,  so  it  can  no 
longer  feel  your  sharp  teeth  and  claws  ;  and  I 
suppose  you  will  set  to  work  to  eat  it.  But  we 
shall  no  longer  cafe  to  play  with  you,  nor  think 
you  good  and  gentle. 


Good-bye,  Mrs.  Tabby  skin.  1 1 7 

Really,  Mrs.  Tabbyskin,  you  do  not  improve 
upon  more  intimate  acquaintance.  Although  you 
are  now  attacking  one  of  your  own  size  and  kind, 
which  is  better  than  killing  a  dear  little  bird,  still 


you  look  so  ugly  and  vicious,  with  your  glaring 
eyes,  flattened  ears,  and  open  mouth,  that  I  for  one 
could  never  pet  you  again.  The  pretty  white 
cat  does  not  look  half  so  savage.  Good-bye,  Mrs. 
Tabbyskin,  and  we  don't  want  to  see  you  again. 


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Baby  in  the.  Basket. 


This  woman  'has  been  haymaking,  as  we  may  see 
by  her  rake/.  She -has  had  •  her  baby  out  in  the 


field  with  her  all  day,  and  now  she  carries  him 
home  in  a  basket  on  her  back.  I  think  baby  is 
enjoying  his  ride. 


Jolly  Tars:  119 

My  little  Lily  has!  picked^  out  a  picture  of  a 
merry- party  for  her  scrap-book.  What  a  set  of 
jolly  tars  to  be  sure  !  I  think  they  have  just  come 
on  shore,  and  are  having  a  friendly  glass  together, 
before  they  separate  to  go  to  their  different  homes. 
Perhaps  they  have  been  away  for  many,  many 


months,  perhaps  even  for  years,  so  you  may  think 
how  glad  these  honest  fellows  must  be  to  reach 
their  native  land  again.  Think,  too,  how  eagerly 
their  wives  and  children  must  be  looking  for  them, 
after  all  these  months  of  anxiety,  when  the  poor 
women  have  quaked  and  trembled  at  every  gale 
of  wind.  I  hope  our  jolly  tars  will  not  sit  long 
over  their  parting  glass,  but  hurry  home  to  their 
wives. 


120  A  queer -looking  Thief. 

Oh,  look  at  this  monkey  !  How  he  hangs  by 
his  tail  while  he  stretches  out  his  arms  to  get 
the  apples  from  the  box  below  !  What  a  queer- 


looking  fellow  he  is  !  You  say  you  would  like  to 
have  a  monkey,  Cissy  ?  I  think,  <lear,  you  would 
soon  wish  him  away  again. 


Grandmamma  Napping. 


121 


What  good  little  children  we  have  here  to  be 
sure !  They  are  Tommy  and  Jane  Goodheaft, 
and  are  spending  the  day  with  grandmamma,  who 
is  very  old,  and  cannot  bear  fatigue  or  noise. 


They  understand  this,  and  give  her  as  little  trouble 
as  possible.  While  Tommy  is  looking  at  a  picture- 
book  in  her  lap,  she  drops  off  into  a  comfortable 
nap.  He  still  looks  at  his  book,  but  takes  care  not 
to  disturb  her  ;  while  little  Janie,  who  is  amusing 
herself  with  pictures  too,  is  as  quiet  as  a  mouse. 

i 


122 


A  New  BJ  II- Dress. 


This  picture  shows  us  a  pretty  little  girl  who  is 
going  to  a  Christmas  party,  but  I  am  afraid  she 
thinks  too  much  about  her  dress.  The  night 


before  the  party  she  cannot  sleep  for  thinking  of 
her  dress,  and  gets  up  in  the  middle  of  the  night 
to  look  at  it  in  the  wardrobe.  I  like  her  better  m 
the  next  picture — for  we  will  suppose  this  to  be 


Visiting  the  Sick. 


123 


the  same  little  girl.      Let  us   say  that  she  is  a 
country  clergyman's  daughter,  and  here  she  has 


come  to  see  a  sick  boy,  the  son  of  poor  cottagers, 
.and  has  brought  him  from  her  mamma  a  basket 
full  of  nice  nourishing  things  to  eat. 


1 24  The  Hare  and  the  Hound. 

So,  Lily,  you  have  found  another  picture  re- 
presenting one  of  ^Esop's  fables  :  that  of  the  Hare 
and  the  Hound.  I  will  tell  you  the  fable.  Once 
upon  a  time  a  hound  started  a  hare,  and  tried  to 


catch  him  ;  but  after  running  a  long  way,  gave  up 
the  chase.  A  shepherd,  who  happened  to  be  near 
when  the  hound  stopped,  laughed  at  him,  saying  : 
"  The  hare  runs  faster  than  you  can."  To  which 
the  hound  replied  :  •"  You  do  not  see  the  difference 
between  us  :  I  was  only  running  for  a  dinner,  he 
for  his  life." 


Playing  in  the  Fields.  1 2  5 

Well,  Cissy  darling,  I  think  you  have  given  me 
now  one  of  the  prettiest  pictures  we  shall  have  in 
the  scrap-book.  Here  you  see  are  four  dear  little 
children  playing  in  the  fields.  It  is  a  bright 
summer's  day,  but  the  sun  is  just  going  down,  so 
the  little  people  may  venture  out  with  bare  heads 


Still  there  are  butterflies  about,  one  can  tell,  for 
the  children  have  nets  to  catch  them.  True,  we 
cannot  see  any  butterflies,  as  you  say,  Johnny 
dear ;  and  I  rather  doubt  if  the  children  can. 
either.  However,  they  seem  happy  and  good 
skipping  and  dancing  through  the  long  grass 
and  well  taken  care  of,  \ve  may  be  sure,  by  their 
faithful  doggie. 


126  A  Brave  Good  Dog. 

This  is  a  beautiful  Newfoundland  dog,  and  very 
much  like  our  Neptune,  whom  you  have  heard  of, 
children,  though  he  died  years  ago.  The  great 


exploit  of  Neptune's  life  was  'his  saving  that  of  a; 
tipsy  soldier,  who  fell  off  the  pier  at  Portsmouth. 
Papa  sent  Neptune  in  after  him,  and  the  brave, 
strong  dog  brought  the  man  to  shore. 


Busy  Little  People.  '  127 

See  what  busy  little  people  we  have  here  !  what 
are  'they  about  ?  You  think,  Johnny,  that  they  are 
having  a  doll's  tea-party  ?  Silly  little  man  !  where 
are  the  tea-things  ?  as  Lily  wisely  asks.  Well, 
Lily  dear,  give  us  your  opinion  on  the  subject. 
You  think  they  are  teaching  lessons  to  their  dolls  ? 


Johnny  says  :  "  Toopid,  where  are  the  books  ? " 
True,  Johnny,  though  not  politely  remarked.  What 
do  you  say,  Cissy?  You  think  they  are  mending 
their  dolls  ?  You  are  right,  dear,  and  I  will  give 
you  a  rhyme  I  have  heard  : 

See  how  good  and  clever  also 
Children,  when  they  like,  can  be  ; 
Msnding  dollies'  clothes  and  bodies, 
Working  hard,  as  you  may  see. 


128 


Our  Last  Picture. 


But,  dear,  dear,  what  is  this  !  Why  we  have 
come  to  the  end  of  our  Scrap-book  :  we  have  only 
room  for  one  little  picture  more.  Well,  we  must 
find  a  pretty  one  that  will  fit  in  nicely.  Ah !  I 
think  my  little  Lily  has  found  the  very  thing — a 
pretty  little  girl  with  a  book  open  upon  her  knees  \ 
One  might  almost  fancy  this  picture  was  in- 
tended to  represent  our  Lily  herself  looking  at  her 
Scrap-book. 


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