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Contents of Part I. Volume XLVI

“ACE High.” Story. (Illustrated by Phillipps Ward). . . . . . Bernard Clarke . . . . . . . . . 387
AïRoPLANE STORIES. See “Be Back at 8.30," and "Ace High."
ALsACE-LoRRAINE. See “‘Lost Provinces' Regained, The."

AMERICA, ABOUT. Sketch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booth Tarkington. . . . . . . 209
AMERICAN Boy, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OF THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore Roosevelt. . . . . 423
AM #-YA, or CANDY-SELLER, THE. Verse. (Illustration from
painting by Robert Blum) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairmont Snyder......... 253

“APRIL Fool!" Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Kendrick Bangs. ... 516

“BE BAck At 8.30.” Story. (Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha). C. H. Claudy. . . . . . . . . . . . 36

BETHLEHEM, IN. Verse. (Illustrated by B. J. Rosenmeyer). Annie Johnston Flint. ... 99
BILLY OF THE “NEws-HERALD.” Story. (Illustrated by

Clifford Carleton). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Gollumb.......... 354

BLUE MAGIC. Serial Story. (Illustrated by author). . . . . . . . . Edith Ballinger Price. ... 136

241, 337, 440

Bobby's PRESENTs. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch) . . Elsie Duncan Yale . . . . . . . 144

Boy of LoNG Ago, A. Story. (Illustrated by H. A. Ogden). Helen M. Winslow. . . . . . . 316

Boy VIGILANTEs of BELGIUM, THE. Serial Story. (Illus-

trated by Edwin F. Bayha). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Ethelbert Walsh .. 162

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CAMoUFLAGE. See “Report of the U-16, The,” and “Warriors 54, 346, 448, 543

of the Paint-Brush."

CAMoUFLAGE, HER JUSTIFIABLE. Story. (Illustrated by

Marion Oldham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Price. ... . . . . . . . 261

CAPTAIN Robin. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanley Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . 516
CARAM URU, THE Boy of FIRE. Story. (Illustrated by
author) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . llfredo L. De morest. . . . . 61
CATs of CHESTER, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by
W. M. Berger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florence Boyce Davis. ... 32

"CHARLotte." Painted by F. E. Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

CHILDREN's MITE, THE. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Parmenter..... 360

CHILD’s THought, A. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleanor Johnson. . . . . . . . . 114
CHRISTMAs Puzzle, A. Verse. (Illustrated by
C. M. Relyea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Porter Johnson. ... 145

CHRISTMAs Scout. See “Merry-Christmas Scout, A.”

Circus Boy, THE. Painted by Antonio Mancini............................ . . . . . . . . . . 447

CoAST GUARD. See “United States Coast Guard, The.”

"DADDY PAT's" LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

(Illustrated by F. G. Cooper and from photographs). . . . . Lt.-Col. Frank E. Evans. . 213

Reginald Birch) . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Manly..............

HAPPY News. Verse. (Illustration from photograph). . . . . . Louise M. Haynes.......

HoRSE, THE PAssiNg of THE. Verse. (Illustrated by author). Enos B. Comstock.......

Joyous TRAVELERs, T.H.E. The Squire.—The Wonder-Horse.
Verses and Stories. (Illustrated by W. M. Berger) . . . . . . Emilie Poulsson and

Harriet Woodward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............
LAUGHS, Two Little. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LETTER, AN AFTER-CHRISTMAs. Picture. Drawn by

Harriet Woodward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“Little Louise.” Verse. (Illustrated by

Marion T. Justice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eleanore Myers Jewett...

LITTLE Miss PickNEY. Verse. (Illustrated by E. G. Hanks). Rose Mills Powers.......

LITTLE PATRiots. Verse. (Illustrated by author). . . . . . . . . . .

LITTLE RED HEN, THE. Story. (Illustrated by

Ariadne Gilbert. . . . . . . . . .

Denman Fink) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Littlest ELF CHooses A NEw FROCK, THE."
Drawn by Margaret Ely Webb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Lost PROvINCEs” REGAIN ED, THE. Sketch. (Illustrated by
Leonebel Jacobs and from photographs). . . . . . . . . . . . .
MARSEILLAISE,” THE StoRY of “THE. (Illustrated by
George Varian and from photographs). . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MERRY-CHRISTMAS Scout, A. Story. (Illustrated by

A. D. Rahn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MESSAGE, A. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

201

411

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120

NIGHTINGALE IN THE PLUM-TREE, THE. Verse. (Illustrated

by Katherine S. Dodge). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairmont Snyder......... 524
“Nobody MINDs IF It is A stor MY DAY!" Picture. Drawn
by Marion T. Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
OPTIMIstic SKIPPER, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by
Reginald Birch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amos R. Wells. . . . . . . . . . 438

ORNERYTHology, THE NEw. Verse. (Illustrated by -

Reginald Birch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louis B. Capron......... 42

OUR MAGAZINE. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles H. Gardiner...... 144

PAUL's PLAN. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorton Carruth. . . . . . . . . . 437

PINCKNEY, Little Miss. See “Little Miss Pinckney.”

PIRATEs LAIR, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by Reginald Birch). Malcolm Douglas. . . . . . . . 515

PLUM, CHERRY, AND PINE. Story. (Illustrated by

Marion T. Justice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stella G. S. Perry and

Jiro Harada............. 291

Poppi Ng CoRN. Verse. (Illustrated by Charles T. Hill) . . . . . Alice Byrne. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

PREJUDICE, JUst. Verse. (Illustrated by Charles W. Light). Harriet Prescott Spofford 300

PROFESSIONAL PRIDE. Verse. (Illustrated by author). . . . . . . George O. Butler. . . . . . . . 514
PROPERLY CLAD. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alice Crowell Hoffman... 22
PUMPKIN, THE Up-to-DATE. Verse. (Illustrated by
Bertha Corbett Melcher) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Gordon. . . . . . . . 22

RICKENBAcker, EDDIE ; WHEN HE WAs A Boy. Sketch. -

(Illustration from photograph). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lida Rose McCabe...... 510

Robin. See “Captain Robin.”
St. NiCHoLAs. See “Our Magazine.”
SANTA CLAUs's PREDICAMENT. Picture. Drawn by

Culmer Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

SEcond Thoughts. Verse. (Illustrated by Mildred Lyon)..M. V. Fabry............. 542

“SITTIN’ ARound.” Verse. (Illustrated by F. McAnelly) ... Ethel M. Kelly.......... 23
“STORMBOUND.” Picture. Drawn by Margaret Ely Webb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
SUSIE RAINBow. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisabeth Dimick. . . . . . . . 491
Swiftwater BUCK, THE. Story. (Illustrated by
Paul Bransom). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Gerard Chapman 100
Swiftwater, THE FEUd on. Story. (Illustrated by
Paul Bransom). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Gerard Chapman 401

TANKS. Sketch. (Illustrations from photographs) . . . . . . . . . . .A. Russell Bond......... 66

TUMULT, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by C. M. Relyea). . . . . . Mary Eleanor Roberts. ... 494

Two LITTLE BEARS. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pauline Frances Camp... 550

UNITED STATEs CoAst GUARD, THE. (Illustrated by -

C. T. Hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wm. J. Stanton. . . . . . . . . . 50

U-16, REPORT of THE. Story. (Illustration from photograph
and diagrams). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alon Bement. . . . . . . . . . . . 495
VALENTINE, WHEN GREAT-GRAND MOTHER Bought A. Picture.
Drawn by Marion T. Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
WALLEY, A StoRY of THE. (Illustrated by Clifford Carleton) Joe Mills. . . . . . . . . . ....... 486
"VIVE LA FRANCE" Serial Story. (Illustrated by
Emilie Benson Knipe). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emilie Benson Knipe and

Arthur Alden Knipe. . . . .

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128, 232, 327, 429, 517

WALK IN THE RAIN, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by
Katherine S. Dodge). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairmont Snyder......... 525

WARRIORs of THE PAINT-BRUs H. Sketch. (Illustration from
photographs and diagrams) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Russell Bond. . . . . . . . . 499

WASHINGTON, GEORGE. See “Boy of Long Ago, A.”

WonderiNG Boy, THE. Verse. (Illustrated by

Maurice L. Bower). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clara Platt Meadowcroft.
Adventure of the Knight of the Tree-tops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adventure of the Knight of the Radiant Brow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
DEPARTMENTS

For Cou NTRY AND FOR LIBERTY. (Illustrated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

- 114, 209, 321, 422, 506

WATCH ToweR, THE. (Illustrated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward N. Teall. . . . . . . .

72

171, 266, 361, 455, 553

NATURE AND SCIENCE. (Illustrated):

Peach-pits as Life-savers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Leonard Bastin. . . . . . . 77

Have Roots an Intelligence?... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Leonard Bastin . . . . . . . 78

A Woodland Alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. L. Edholm. . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Defenders of the Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U. S. Dep't Agriculture... 176

Flowers all the Year Round. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. Leonard Bastin. . . . . . . 177

California's Potash Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

The Giraffe's Cousin—the Okapi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Anderson . . . . . . . . . 271

A Beautiful and Useful Tree (The Cocoanut Palm) . . . . Clara Spalding Ellis. . . . . 366

A Plant as a Thermometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Leonard Bastin. . . . . . . 460

How the Bee Keeps Warm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Tourneur. . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

An Up-to-date Log-cabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. M. Edholm...... . . . . . . 461

Mr. Gray Fox Takes His Own Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

My Pets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Lawrence Ford. ... 558

A Big Crab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 559

St. Nicholas LEAGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 182, 278, 374, 470, 566

LETTER-Box, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 190, 286, 382, 478, 574

RIDDLE-Box, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 191, 287, 383, 479, 575

FoR VERY LITTLE FOLK. (Illustrated):

The Runaway Bunny. Verse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edith Ballinger Price. ... 81

Patty and Her Presents. Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Abigail Burton . . . . . . . . . . 180

“Daddy Pat's" Letters from the Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lt.-Col. Frank E. Evans. , 273

368, 462, 560

FRONTISPIECES
“T H Us were THE sons of FRANCE CALLED To war.” Drawn by
Emilie Benson Knipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facing page 3
“A BRIGHTER STAR THAN oth ERS ARE O'ER Yon Low Roof HANGs
NIGH.” Drawn by B. J. Rosenmeyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... “ -- 99
Rouget DE LISLE sixGING “T H E MARSEILLAISE.” From the
painting by Isidore Pils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- “ 195
“SISTERs.” Painted by Lady Alma-Tadema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so “ 291
“LITTLE JoHN.” A Portrait by Lydia Field Emmet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is “ 387

“THE BARD STRUCK A SINGLE SHIVERING CHORD." Drawn by
Maurice L. Bower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 4 “ 483