Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Frontispiece and illustrations on p. [13], [19], [25], [31], [37], 44, [49], [55], 64, 73, [79], 87, [103], [113], 123, 131, [141], 151, [161], 170, [177], 182, [189], 202, [211], 221, 233, 238, [245], 257, 262, 267 and [273] My old b'ack M'ay -- The negro cabin -- Old Buster and the soldier -- Old Topknot and her ducks -- Old Topknot and the hawk -- Little brother's cat -- Hunting bears -- The country woodpile -- The old goose's nest -- The nest old Topknot made -- Wading in the branch -- Riding on the plow -- Eating graveyard blackberries -- The old turkey's nest -- The Tar Man -- Finding things -- Shep -- Catching birds -- The mill-dam -- The woods owl -- Shep and the lamb -- The loom-house -- First day at the fair -- Little Dick -- The hay harvest -- Trapping -- "I won't do it." -- Grandpa's dog Coaly -- The fox-hunt -- "Aberperdaber" -- Joe and the dead Indian -- "Grandpap's come" -- The circus