ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES

CONTENTS


WINTER IN THE WOODS

TRICKS OF LIGHT

SAVING THE TOLL

THE REAL KING OF BEASTS

THE FRENCH SOLDIER-BOY

A LIVELY WAY TO RING A BELL

DOWN IN THE EARTH

THE LION

BOB'S HIDING-PLACE

THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER

A JUDGE OF MUSIC

THE SENSITIVE PLANT

SIR MARMADUKE

THE GIRAFFE

UP IN THE AIR

THE ARABIAN HORSE

INDIAN-PUDDINGS: PUMPKIN-PIES

LIVING IN SMOKE

THE CANNON OF THE PALAIS-ROYAL

WATERS, DEEP AND SHALLOW

HANS THE HERB-GATHERER

SOME CUNNING INSECTS

A FIRST SIGHT OF THE SEA

THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD

THE SOFT PLACE

A FEW FEATHERED FRIENDS

IN A WELL

A VEGETABLE GAS MANUFACTORY

ABOUT BEARS

AN OLD COUNTRY-HOUSE

FAR-AWAY FORESTS

BUILDING SHIPS

THE ORANG-OUTANG

LITTLE BRIDGET'S BATH

SOME NOVEL FISHING

EAGLES AND LITTLE GIRLS

CLIMBING MOUNTAINS

ANDREW'S PLAN

THE WILD ASS

ANCIENT RIDING

BEAUTIFUL BUGS

A BATTLE ON STILTS

DRAWING THE LONG BOW

AN ANCIENT THEATRE

BIRD CHAT

MUMMIES

TAME SNAKES

GYMNASTICS

BUYING "THE MIRROR"

BIG GAME

THE BOOTBLACK'S DOG

GOING AFTER THE COWS

THE REFLECTIVE STAG

WHEN WE MUST NOT BELIEVE OUR EYES

A CITY UNDER THE GROUND

THE COACHMAN

GEYSERS, AND HOW THEY WORK

A GIANT PUFF-BALL

TICKLED BY A STRAW

THE LIGHT IN THE CASTLE

THE OAK TREE

THE SEA-SIDE

THE SICK PIKE

TWO KINDS OF BLOSSOMS

ABOUT GLASS

CARL

SCHOOL'S OUT

NEST-BUILDERS

THE BOOMERANG




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


_Frontispiece._

The Woodcutter

The Minstrel on the Wall

Tricks in a Church

The Dance of Demons

Nostradamus

The Lion's Head

The Theatrical Ghost

The Toll-bridge

A Royal Procession

An Elephant after Him

The Dog's Protector

An Elephant Nurse