Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
See p. 9 "THE GIANTS ALL WOKE UP, AND EACH ONE RUSHED TO A WINDOW"
SIX GIANTS AND A GRIFFIN AND OTHER STORIES
BY BIRDSALL OTIS EDEY
ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRICE BAXTER RUYL
NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL 1903
Copyright, 1903 By Robert Howard Russell
Published November, 1903
TO MY LITTLE GIRL
"Lay away the story,— Though the theme is sweet, There's a lack of something yet Leaves it incomplete;— There's a nameless yearning— Strangely undefined— For a story sweeter still Than the written kind. Therefore read no longer,— I've no heart to hear, But just something you make up, O my mother dear,— With your arms around me, Hold me, folded-eyed,— Only let your voice go on— I'll be satisfied. James Whitcomb Riley.