CONTENTS Queer Little People The Hen that Hatched Ducks The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge The History of Tip-Top Miss Katy-did and Miss Cricket Mother Magpie's Mischief The Squirrels that Lived in a House Hum, the Son of Buz Our Country Neighbors Our Dogs Dogs and Cats Aunt Esther's Rules Aunt Esther's Stories Sir Walter Scott and His Dogs Country Neighbors Again The Diverting History of Little Whiskey Little Pussy Willow The Minister's Watermelons A Dog's Mission Lulu's Pupil The Daisy's First Winter Our Charley and the Stories Told Him Little Captain Trott Christmas; or, The Good Fairy Little Fred, the Canal Boy