| Series |
The children's hour ; [v. 13] |
|
Children's hour (Houghton, Mifflin and Company) ; v. 13.
|
| Note |
Title within ornamental border. |
| Summary |
A collection of forty-six funny stories for children. |
| Contents |
High jinks of the cubs / Edward Breck -- The minister's horse / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Brother Wolf's two big dinners ; Brother Rabbit's astonishing prank / Joel Chandler Harris -- The taking of the Furbush-Tailbys / Eliza Orne White -- The travels of the two frogs / William Elliot Griffis -- Sunday morning and the cow / Elisabeth Woodbridge -- A dissertation upon roast pig / Charles Lamb -- A forenoon with Budge and Toddie / John Habberton -- I become an R.M.C. ; How we astonished the Rivermouthians / Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- The barring of the door ; The King And the miller of Mansfield ; The false knight / Eva March Tappan -- Hans the otherwise / John Bennett -- The three remarks / Laura E. Richards -- Epaminondas and his auntie / Sara Cone Byrant -- The lady who put salt in her coffee / Lucretia P. Hale -- Mr. Partridge sees "Hamlet" / Henry Fielding -- How Kittie helped George / Elizabeth Jordan -- The anti-burglars / E.V. Lucas -- The Pickwick Club go shooting ; The Pickwick Club on the ice / Charles Dickens -- Woman's sphere / S.H. Kemper -- Rollo learning to play / Robert J. Burdette -- How Anthony raised money for the ball team / Ralph Henry Barbour -- The rechristening of Phœbe / Samuel Scoville, Jr. -- The visiting gentleman at school / George Madden Martin -- The new monitor / Myra Kelly -- Sonny's diploma / Ruth McEnery Stuart -- The story of the prunes / Brewer Corcoran -- The comedy of the Herr professor / Ida Keniston -- Miss Biddle of Byrn Mawr / Josephine Dodge Daskam -- Handy Andy goes to the post office ; The loan of a gridiron / Samuel Lover -- Ezekiel's race with the bell ; "A book for mothers" / Lucy Pratt -- Miss Ophelia and Topsy / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Chad / F. Hopkinson Smith -- The searchings of Jonathon / Elisabeth Woodbridge -- The attack on the minister's melon patch ; The minister's housekeeper / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- "Nellie" at the county fair / Henry A. Shute -- Rebecca's journey ; Rebecca invites company / Kate Douglas Wiggins -- An unwilling guest / Frank R. Stockton. |
| Subject |
Children's stories.
|
| Child's Subj |
Humorous stories.
|
|
Short stories.
|
| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
|
|
Short stories.
|
| Addt'l Author |
Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930, editor.
|
|
is a collaboration of the Allegheny
County Library Association and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 