The Book of Joyous Children
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1. Front matter2. FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS3. AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE4. DREAM-MARCH5. ELMER BROWN6. NO BOY KNOWS7. WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED "SHOW"8. A DIVERTED TRAGEDY9. THE RAMBO-TREE10. FIND THE FAVORITE11. THE BOY PATRIOT12. EXTREMES13. INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS14. A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS15. THOMAS THE PRETENDER16. LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK17. FOOL-YOUNGENS18. THE KATYDIDS19. BILLY AND HIS DRUM20. THE NOBLE OLD ELM21. THE PENALTY OF GENIUS22. EVENSONG23. "IGO AND AGO"24. THE LITTLE LADY25. "COMPANY MANNERS"26. IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS27. THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE28. THE BEST TIMES29. "HIK-TEE-DIK!"30. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY31. "OLD BOB WHITE"32. OLD BOB WHITE33. A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY34. A DUBIOUS "OLD KRISS"35. A SONG OF SINGING36. THE JAYBIRD37. A BEAR FAMILY38. SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER SINGERS39. OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE40. LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS41. A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT42. CLIMATIC SORCERY43. A PARENT REPRIMANDED44. THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN