  'TOM' AN ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF A BEAR IN PARIS THE STORY OF ANDROCLES AND THE LION MONSIEUR DUMAS AND HIS BEASTS I MONKEY TRICKS AND SALLY AT THE ZOO STORIES FROM PLINY HOW DOGS LOVE THE STRANGE HISTORY OF CAGNOTTE STILL WATERS RUN DEEP; OR THE DANCING DOG THEO AND HIS HORSES; JANE, BETSY, AND BLANCHE MADAME THEOPHILE AND THE PARROT THE BATTLE OF THE MULLETS AND THE DOLPHINS 'HAME, HAME, HAME, WHERE I FAIN WAD BE' GAZELLE PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A TORTOISE THE OTTER WHO WAS REARED BY A CAT DOLPHINS, TURTLES, AND COD Stories from Audubon OF THE LINNET, POPINJAY, OR PARROT, AND OTHER BIRDS THAT CAN SPEAK HALCYONS AND THEIR BIOGRAPHERS THE WOODPECKER TAPPING ON THE HOLLOW OAK TREE EDITED BY WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD Two oran otans LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. Copyright, 1896, First Edition, September, 1896. THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. With 138 Illustrations. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations. THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK. With 101 Illustrations. THE GREY FAIRY BOOK. With 65 Illustrations. THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK. With 104 Illustrations. THE PINK FAIRY BOOK. With 67 Illustrations. THE BLUE POETRY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations. THE TRUE STORY BOOK. With 66 Illustrations. THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations. THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK. With 67 Illustrations. THE RED BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES. With 65 Illustrations. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. With 66 Illustrations. THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 54 other Illustrations. THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 43 other Illustrations. THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 42 other Illustrations. THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 43 other Illustrations. THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 50 other Illustrations. THE BOOK OF ROMANCE. With 8 Coloured Plates and 44 other Illustrations. THE RED ROMANCE BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 44 other Illustrations. THE BOOK OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES. By Mrs. Lang. With 8 Coloured Plates and 43 other Illustrations. THE RED BOOK OF HEROES. By Mrs. Lang. With 8 Coloured Plates and 40 other Illustrations. THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK. With 6 Coloured Plates and 46 other Illustrations. THE ALL SORTS OF STORIES BOOK. By Mrs. Lang. With 5 Coloured Plates and 43 other Illustrations. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND HEROES. By Mrs. Lang. With 12 Coloured Plates and 18 other Illustrations. THE STRANGE STORY BOOK. By Mrs. Lang. With Portrait of Andrew Lang, 12 Coloured Plates and 18 other Illustrations. ———— Androcles with his arms around the lion ANDROCLES IN THE ARENA To This year our Book for Christmas varies, Deals not with History nor Fairies (I can’t help thinking, children, you Prefer a book which is not true). We leave these intellectual feasts, To talk of Fishes, Birds, and Beasts. These—though his aim is hardly steady— These are, I think, a theme for Freddy! Trout, though he is not up to fly, He soon will catch—as well as I! So, Freddy, take this artless rhyme, And be a Sportsman in your time! |
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