ILLUSTRATIONS

ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate)

Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE

ROBINSON CRUSOE FINDS A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND. G. H. Mitchell 49

GRENDEL COULD NOT BREAK THAT GRIP OF STEEL. Arthur Henderson 356 BEOWULF ON HIS NOBLE STEED

SHE LOOKED UPON THE GOD OF LOVE
PSYCHE AND CHARON

Arthur Henderson 360 Iris Weddell White 373

Iris Weddell White 377

AST spring I found a pumpkin seed,
And

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.

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.