ILLUSTRATIONS ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate) JOHN'S PUMPKIN ALICE SAT STILL THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE AND TURNS OUT HIS TOES THE SPIDER AND THE FLY IT WAS A GOLDEN CROWN ALICE CONSIDERED Two QUEENS ASLEEP AT ONCE PAGE Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE THIS WAY, THAT WAY, SO WE MAKE A SHOE. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER THE LITTLE OYSTERS WAITED I DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE THE DEATH OF GELERT After Sir John Tenniel After Sir John Tenniel 11 After Sir John Tenniel 16 .Herbert N. Rudeen 20 After Sir John Tenniel 24 After Sir John Tenniel 27 After Sir John Tenniel 32 Herbert N. Rudeen 35 After Sir John Tenniel 37 After Sir John Tenniel 39 After Sir John Tenniel 41 Herbert N. Rudeen 43 ROBINSON CRUSOE FINDS A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND. G. H. Mitchell 49 L JOHN'S PUMPKIN By MRS. ARCHIBALD AST spring I found a pumpkin seed, And plant it in a secret place, It grow, and grow, and grow, I stuck a stick beside the seed, And thought that I should shout 1 I used to carry water there, Till by and by there came a flower Which withered up, and then I saw But oh! I knew I'd have to wait At last, one day, when it had grown Said Aunt Matilda: "John, see here, And there before my eyes, Said Aunt Matilda; "John, I found THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY By LEWIS CARROLL NOTE.-The Mock Turtle's Story is from Alice in Wonderland, one of the most delightful books that ever was written for children. It tells the story of a little girl's dream of Wonderland—a curious country where one's size changes constantly, and where one meets and talks with the quaintest, most interesting creatures. Through the LookingGlass, a companion book to Alice in Wonderland, is almost equally charming, with its descriptions of the land where everything happens backward. Queen Alice, on page 23, and The Walrus and the Carpenter, on page 36, are from Through the Looking-Glass. The real name of the man who wrote these books was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but every one knows him better as Lewis Carroll. He was a staid and learned mathematician, who wrote valuable books on most difficult mathematical subjects; for instance, he wrote a Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry, and it is not a joke, though the name may sound like one to a person who has read Alice in Wonderland. However, there was one subject in which this grave lecturer on mathematics was more interested than he was in his own lectures, and that was children-especially little girls. He liked to have them with him always, and they, seeing in him a friend and playmate, coaxed him constantly for stories and stories, and yet more stories. 3 |