Chatterbox, 1906

HOW TO OBTAIN FOOD.

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POETRY.ILLUSTRATIONS.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE LAST TIME.NO HARM MEANT.HOW MANY?THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.A SEASONABLE ANSWER.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.LONG TOM'S GRATITUDE.A CHINESE SOLOMON.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.HIS MASTER'S HAT.WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY.UMBRELLA TREASON.THE WRONG WIND.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.ETHEL'S GOLDEN OFFERING.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.FORGETFUL FANNY THE DISAPPOINTED HEN.THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.STORIES FROM AFRICA.CHARLES KINGSLEY'S KINDNESS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.HAYDN'S DRUM.FOR HOME USE ONLY.THE FAIRY QUEEN'S GIFT.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE UNDECIDED TRAVELLERS.A BRAVE ANSWER.A QUIET CONSCIENCE.THE SHADOOFS AND DRAW-WHEELS OF EGYPT.ELEPHANTS ATTACKING A GRANARY.STORIES FROM AFRICA.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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KINDNESS CURED HIM.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.Answer to Puzzle on Page 15.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.FEATHERED FRIENDSHIP.THE MOLES AND THE MOUNTAIN.TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE.THE BEE.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.STORIES FROM AFRICA.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.THE PRAIRIE DOG.THE WAY TO COMMAND.LITTLE THINGS.FRED'S NEW WORLD.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE PTARMIGAN AND PINE MARTEN.ANSON'S COOLNESS.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.A HUMOROUS PUNISHMENT.THE MOON-SHIP.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE DAISY.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.CROCODILES IN CENTRAL AFRICA.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.MARY'S REWARD.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.LONG LIVED.THE ALMOND AND THE RAISIN.FAITHFUL TO DUTY.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.A PINCUSHION FACTORY.THE SLOTH.THE NIGHT BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.ABOUT TOPIARIES.A GENEROUS ACT.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.A TALE OF BREMEN.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.OLIVE AND THE BEES.PERHAPS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE DEAD WATCH.LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT.SOWING AND REAPING.THE HONEST SAILOR.SOWING AND REAPING.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE YAK.GOING TO BED.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE SHEPHERD MOON.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.TAKING IT LITERALLY.'PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.'THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.HOW TO OBTAIN FOOD.THE PICTURE-CLEANERS.GLIMPSES OF HEDGEHOG LIFE.THE REWARD OF A GENIUS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE BARBERRY.MY DREAMS.ADVICE TO GOSSIPERS.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE REWARD OF A GENIUS.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE RIDDLE OF THE YEAR.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES

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THE FIRST TEA.FOR THE LITTLE ONES.A GOOD COMRADE.AN ARTFUL JACK.GRAHAM'S LAST PRACTICAL JOKE.FAIRY PICTURES.TELEGRAPH WIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.ROSIE.WAITS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.SANTA CLAUS'S POSTMAN.THE HOOF-MARK ON THE WALL.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY.MAY DAY.ONE THING AT A TIME.CONSCIENCE AND THE CHINA FIGURES.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THROWING AWAY A FORTUNE.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS.A MERMAID'S SONG.CHINESE PHYSIC.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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VI.-PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER.UNION IS STRENGTH.LITTLE WORKERS.A NEGLECTED SALUTE.A STORY OF THE UNFORESEEN.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE GLOW-WORM.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.THE KESTREL'S EGGS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.A WONDERFUL WEIGHING MACHINE.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.A BUTTERFLY'S WING.'THOSE HORRID BOYS.'STORIES FROM AFRICA.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.THE ARBALIST, OR CROSSBOW.THE DISOBEDIENT MOUSE.CONQUERED BY LOVE.THE SYMBOLS OF JAPAN.HARE VERSUS PHEASANT.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE SINGERS YET TO BE.CAUGHT BY A TREE.A PAGE FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.GREY-SKIN'S ADVENTURES.THINK THIS OUT THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THERE ALL THE TIME.STOP THIEF!THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.OLD OXFORD CASTLE.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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A STUDIOUS ELF.THE GROANING TREE OF BADDESLEY.TIME MORE PRECIOUS THAN MONEY.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.NOW.HOW GORDON KEPT SHOP.BARNACLES AND GEESE.COUNTING.'BILLIKINS.'STORIES FROM AFRICA.SAVED BY A GIPSY.'FIRE!'MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ABOUT THE ASH.NOT GUILTY.MOVABLE ROOFS.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE COUNT AND THE DOVE.THE LITTLE BLIND LINNET.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE CAPTAIN'S PUDDING.FIRE PICTURES.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.TO THE RESCUE!FLOWERS AND COLOURS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.TIME FLIES.THE SELF-HEAL.APPLES OR THISTLES?AN INTRUDER.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.THE GRUMBLING ROSE.'AS YOU PLEASE.'THE PENGUIN.CUTTING IT DOWN.'A WILL OF HER OWN.'A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE PRINCESS HAS COME.THE MISUNDERSTOOD POETS.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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STORIES FROM AFRICA.CRÉBILLON AND THE RAT.THE SOLDIER OF ANTIGONUS.MY GARDEN.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.CURIOUS GRANARIES.THE SUGAR MAPLE.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE DUKE'S RUSE.LOOKING UP AND LOOKING DOWN.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.THE POLICEMAN'S JOKE.A TURKEY'S COSTLY DIET.THE STORY OF ROCK-SALT.PING-KWE'S DOWNFALL.THE TRIALS OF LECKINSKI.THE LADYBIRD AND THE CATERPILLAR.A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.A BRAVE LAD.TRUE HAPPINESS.DREAM-TIME.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.PLOUGHING IN SYRIA.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.THE FOUNTAIN.THE TRIALS OF LECKINSKI.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.THE SUN AND THE TRAIN.CATCHING BIRDS UNDER WATER.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.STRANGE NESTING-PLACES.TWO LITTLE DROPS OF RAIN.FAMOUS ROSES.MURIEL'S FIRST PATIENT.STORIES FROM AFRICA.THEMISTOCLES AND THE GREEK GENERALS.A SILENT REPROOF.EVA'S KITTEN.THE STRING OF PEARLS.THE NEW ZEALAND GLOW-WORM.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.MORNING.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.DR. JOHNSON'S BAD MANNERS.OLD SARUM.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.PLANTS WITH SIGNS.CLOTHED IN 'CHATTERBOX.'THE TIMID MOUSE.THE UNION JACK.'MR. HAROLD.'IN HARVARD MUSEUM.A THOUGHTLESS DAISY.JOCK'S COLLIE.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.A HELPING HAND.AN EASTERN PUZZLE.WELL REPAID.HOW THE ARABS BAKE THEIR BREAD.SANTA CLAUS.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.STORIES FROM AFRICA.THE FAIRIES' NIGHT.THE COW-WAGGON.THE BROKEN PROMISE.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

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PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.A HORSE'S REVENGE.PEEPS INTO NATURE'S NURSERIES.THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN.THE SENSIBLE HARE.CLOUD PICTURES.A HASTY JUDGMENT.A GENTLE DONKEY.FINDING FAULT WITH NATURE.MADE BEAUTIFUL.THE BRAVE COUNTESS.THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.THE LEOPARD'S LOOKING-GLASS.SPIDER RUNNERS.A GIFT TO SIR THOMAS MORE.THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.HEART'S-EASE.TABBY'S GHOST.THE FORCE OF LABOUR.A GENTLE DONKEY.A MODERN WIZARD.PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.AVERAGE.GAS-LIGHT INSECT-HUNTING.NIGHT AND DAY.THE ROSEMONT GROTTO AND THE PETCHABURG CAVERNS.THE KING OF PERSIA.JESS.A GENTLE DONKEY.A GENTLE DONKEY.THE SINGING BIRD.HUGE BIRDS.CROWDED OUT.MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.MR. AND MRS. BROWN'S JOURNEY IN THE FAMILY COACH.NOT AFRAID.VERY CANDID CRITICISM!THE PEDLAR.TEACHING HIM A LESSON.A GENTLE DONKEY.

When Napoleon the First was a student at the Military College of Brienne, the examiners asked him the following question:—

'Supposing you were in a besieged town, on the verge of starvation, how would you obtain food?'

'From the enemy!' was the prompt answer of the future Emperor.

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