INTRODUCTION

AUTUMN STORIES AND LEGENDS

AMONG THE TREES TO AN AUTUMN LEAF Wee shallop of shimmering

WOODLAND ANIMALS

IN HARVEST FIELDS WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN' When the

CHEERFUL CHIRPERS THE NEWS The katydids say it as plain as can

ALL HALLOWE'EN SHADOW MARCH

A HARVEST OF THANKSGIVING STORIES

THE
TOPAZ STORY BOOK

Stories and Legends of
Autumn, Hallowe’en, and Thanksgiving

COMPILED BY
ADA M. SKINNER
AND
ELEANOR L. SKINNER

Editors of “The Emerald Story Book” “Merry Tales”
“Nursery Tales from Many Lands”

FRONTISPIECE BY
MAXFIELD PARRISH

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1928

Copyright, 1917, by
Duffield & Co.
Fifth Edition, 1928