ILLUSTRATIONS

ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE JOHN'S PUMPKIN … Lucille Enders THE GRYPHON … After Sir John Tenniel ALICE SAT STILL … After Sir John Tenniel THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE … After Sir John Tenniel AND TURNS OUT HIS TOES … After Sir John Tenniel THE SPIDER AND THE FLY … Herbert N. Rudeen IT WAS A GOLDEN CROWN … After Sir John Tenniel ALICE CONSIDERED … After Sir John Tenniel TWO QUEENS ASLEEP AT ONCE … After Sir John Tenniel THIS WAY, THAT WAY, SO WE MAKE A SHOE … Herbert N. Rudeen THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER … After Sir John Tenniel THE LITTLE OYSTERS WAITED … After Sir John Tenniel I DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE … After Sir John Tenniel THE DEATH OF GELERT … Herbert N. Rudeen ROBINSON CHUSOE FINDS A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND … G.H. Mitchell FRIDAY … G.H. Mitchell FRIDAY ROASTING THE KID … G.H. Mitchell I DISCOVERED A SHIP LYING AT ANCHOR … G.H. Mitchell THEY STARTED UP (Halftone) … G.H. Mitchell MAP OF GLOBE … G.H. Mitchell LIKE MOUNTAINS THE BILLOWS SWELL … Donn P. Crane THE SHIP WAS JAMMED BETWEEN HIGH ROCKS … J. Allen St. John THEY MADE A RAFT OF CASKS … J. Allen St. John THE AGOUTI … J. Allen St. John THE MONKEYS THREW DOWN COCONUTS … J. Allen St. John THE SHEEP FLOATED FAMOUSLY … J. Allen St. John FALCONHURST … J. Allen St. John CHEST OF TREASURE … J. Allen St. John OVERTURNING THE TURTLE … J. Allen St. John PENGUINS … J. Allen St. John CATCHING THE WILD ASS … J. Allen St. John FLAMINGOS … J. Allen St. John I ADVANCED WITH A LONG POLE … J. Allen St. John JACK AND THE OSTRICH … J. Allen St. John THE WALRUS … J. Allen St. John LATEST NEWS BY PIGEON POST … J. Allen St. John HIPPOPOTAMUS … J. Allen St. John ALBATROSS … J. Allen St. John PEARL BAY … J. Allen St. John WE BROUGHT UP WITHIN HAIL … J. Allen St. John THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP … Arthur Henderson ALADDIN DESCENDED THE STEPS … Arthur Henderson "GENIE, BUILD ME A PALACE" … Arthur Henderson "NEW LAMPS FOR OLD" … Arthur Henderson ALADDIN SALUTED THE PRINCESS JOYFULLY … Arthur Henderson THE VALLEY WAS STREWED WITH DIAMONDS … Arthur Henderson THE ROC FLEW AWAY WITH SINBAD (Halftone) … Arthur Henderson BARBARA FRIETCHIE … Iris Weddell White GRENDEL COULD NOT BREAK THAT GRIP OF STEEL … Arthur Henderson BEOWULF ON HIS NOBLE STEED … Arthur Henderson SHE LOOKED UPON THE GOD OF LOVE … Iris Weddell White PSYCHE AND CHARON … Iris Weddell White CUPID SPIED PSYCHE SLEEPING … Iris Weddell White PEOPLE CALL ME THE PIED PIPER … Iris Weddell White GREAT RATS, SMALL RATS … Herbert N. Rudeen A WONDERFUL PORTAL OPENED WIDE … Iris Weddell White THEY HAD BECOME BETROTHED … Donn P. Crane FRITHIOF BEHELD THE TWO WITCHES … Donn P. Crane SIEGFRIED AND THE DRAGON … Louis Grell A GREAT CASTLE TOWERED ABOVE THE CLIFFS … Louis Grell THE DEATH OF SIEGFRIED … Louis Grell LOCHINVAR … Arthur Henderson TUMBLED HIM INTO THE BROOK … Jessie Arms THE STRANGER OVERTHROWS ROBIN HOOD … Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW … Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD AND THE SHERIFF … Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD PLAYS HARPER … Jessie Arms IN THE GREENWOOD … Jessie Arms GANELON PICKS UP CHARLEMAGNE'S GLOVE … Louis Grell WHERESOEVER HE PLANTED HIS FOOT, THERE HE STAYED … Jan in Grell ROLAND FEEBLY WINDED HIS HORN … Louis Grell

[Illustration: A GREAT BIG YELLOW ONE]

JOHN'S PUMPKIN

By MRS ARCHIBALD

Last spring I found a pumpkin seed, And thought that I would go And plant it in a secret place, That no one else would know, And watch all summer long to see It grow, and grow, and grow, And maybe raise a pumpkin for A Jack-a-lantern show.

I stuck a stick beside the seed, And thought that I should shout One morning when I stooped and saw The greenest little sprout! I used to carry water there, When no one was about, And every day I'd count to see How many leaves were out.

Till by and by there came a flower The color of the sun, Which withered up, and then I saw The pumpkin was begun; But oh! I knew I'd have to wait So long to have my fun, Before that small green ball could be A great big yellow one.

At last, one day, when it had grown To be the proper size, Said Aunt Matilda: "John, see here, I'll give you a surprise!" She took me to a pantry shelf, And there before my eyes, Was set a dreadful row of half A dozen pumpkin pies.

Said Aunt Matilda; "John, I found A pumpkin, high and dry, Upon a pile of rubbish, down Behind that worn-out sty!" O, dear, I didn't cry, because I'm quite too big to cry, But, honestly, I couldn't eat A mouthful of the pie.