JOHN KENDRICK BANGS,

AUTHOR OF

"Tiddledywink Tales," "In Camp with a Tin Soldier,"

"Tiddledywink Poetry Book," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

FRANK VERBECK, CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSON,

J. T. RICHARDS, P. NEWELL,

AND OTHERS.

NEW YORK:

R. H. RUSSELL & SON,

MDCCCXCIII.

TO MY SON,

FRANCIS HYDE BANGS.

Thanks are due to Messrs. Harper & Bros. for the

privilege of re-printing several of the

stories in this book.