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CHATTERBOX

[Illustration: Chatterbox]

Founded by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A.

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 212 Summer Street.

Copyright, 1878, by ESTES & LAURIAT. Copyright, 1879, by ESTES & LAURIAT.
Copyright, 1880, by ESTES & LAURIAT. Copyright, 1881, by ESTES & LAURIAT.
Copyright, 1882, by ESTES & LAURIAT. Copyright, 1883, by ESTES & LAURIAT.
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Copyright, 1898, by DANA ESTES & CO. Copyright, 1899, by DANA ESTES & CO.
Copyright, 1900, by DANA ESTES & CO. Copyright, 1901, by DANA ESTES & CO.
Copyright, 1902, by DANA ESTES & CO. Copyright, 1903, by DANA ESTES & CO.
Copyright, 1904, by DANA ESTES & CO. Copyright, 1905, by DANA ESTES & CO.

Presswork by
Colonial Press: C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

[Illustration]

1905.

Page
A Boy's Heroism 179
A Coat of Paint 319
Advice that Saved a King's Life 279
A Fair-sized Field 358
Affectionate Eagles 71
Afloat on the Dogger Bank 188, 198, 202, 214, 218, 226, 238, 242,
253, 258, 266, 277, 285, 291, 300, 308,
317, 324, 334, 342, 346, 354, 366, 374,
378, 386, 398, 402, 410
A Hundred Years Ago 15, 34, 142, 163, 210, 322, 382
A Kindly Visit 3
A Lesson in Steering 127
All Prime Ministers 243
A Monkey's Memory 11
A Mother Rabbit's Courage 122
A Motor-car of the Past 331
Anecdotes 98, 130, 167, 195, 230, 262, 290, 339,
371, 394
Animal Makeshifts 220, 251, 275, 340, 371, 397
An Impression of Zanzibar 391
An Indian Custom 22
An Ocean Policeman 19
An Old-fashioned Grace 109
A Novel Rain Protector 58
A Queer Address on a Post-card 390
A Peep at Northern Italy 247
A Sparrow's Coolness 183
A Story of Stanley 87
A Stroll amongst Ferns 358
A Strong Motive 299
A Timely Rescue 259

Chased by Seagulls 63
Clever Billy 323
Cruisers in the Clouds 2, 62, 98, 154, 190, 223, 250, 266, 298,
346, 370, 395
Cuban Lizards 119
Curious Names in London City 110

Diamonds 299
Doctor Abernethy's Advice 263

Earning an Honest Penny 110
Eastern Jugglers 197
Encounters with Lions 311
Encouragement 133
Ethel's Orange-plant 339

Faith and Sight 211
Freed in Vain 3
Frost-bitten in the Red Sea 187

Generosity 251
Gemmal Rings 315
George II. at Dettingen 38
'Ginger for Pluck' 114

Heroes and Heroines of Famous Books 38, 42, 166, 171, 274, 351, 354
He set the Example 246
His First Wolf Hunt 390, 406
How Hetais Wore his Medal 359

Indian Wireless Telegraphy 395
Insect Ways and Means 29, 43, 77, 109, 149, 179, 211, 237,
261, 283, 307, 357, 364, 387
In the Snow 373

Japanese Plums 146
Jim's Shower-bath 227

Life in Bohemia 282

Magic Rods 122
May Day 143
McLeod of Clere 66, 78, 82, 90
Mice on a Submarine 279

Nature's Noblemen 158
Never Caught It 270
Never draw a Sword except in a Cause that is Just and Right 170
Nicolo in Vienna 411
No Hurry 155
Nothing is Perfect 18
Not the same Thing 146

Old Conduits 323
One Good Turn deserves Another 306
One More Chance 295
One was Missing 287
Outwitting Himself 255

Philip Wood and Sir Christopher Wren 314
Pussy's Playmate 287
Puzzlers for Wise Heads 30, 58, 98, 130, 167, 195, 230, 263,
290, 339, 371, 395

Rat-skins 270
Ready! 283
Regiments in the City 350
Rice-paper 203
Rudel and Lisbeth 150

Saved by the Enemy 51
Saved by Twenty Guineas 47
Served her Right 207
Smithfield Tournaments 170
Spy or Guide? 394
Steeple-climbers 74
Strange Children 290

The Admiral and the Fisherman 50
The Best Beginning 98
The Best Lesson 11
The Black Leopard 234
The Black Swan 364
The Boy Tramp 6, 12, 22, 26, 34, 44, 54, 58, 69, 74, 85,
94, 102, 106, 117, 125, 134, 138, 146,
158, 162, 173, 181, 187, 194
The Captain and the Invalid 66
The Captain's Cigar 90
The Captain's Turn First 47
The Cashmere Stag 231
The Castle Light 10
The Chinese Laundryman 382
The Cow-tree 307
The Cypher Telegram 123, 130
The Duke and the Traveller 167
The Duke of Wellington's Head Gardener 219
The Eagle's Nest 349
The Elephant and the Crocodile 78
The Feast of Cherries 175
The Flower-girl 207
The Frog and the Geese 22
The Gate-keeper of Rambouillet 231
The Generous Bakers 71
The Girl who Did Not Run Away 130
The Great Northern Diver 133
The Hidden Room 327, 330, 338
The Indian Chief and the Bishop 11
The Intruding Squirrel 186
The Jumping Mouse 299
The Legend of Helfenstein 63
The Lime or Linden 98
The Little Bush-boy 155
The Man with the Glasses 213
The Mysterious Chest 30
The Old Clock 271
The Parks of London 205, 245, 270
The Pitcher-plant 221
The Poet Crabbe's First School 234
The Potato 263
The Puff-adder 90
The Reason Why 107
The Sago-tree 210
The Story of Slate 186
The Teal 53
The Teeth of Hyenas 231
The Wreck of the _Hope_ 391
Torn to Rags 178
Toys from the Streets 379, 389, 403
Twenty Pounds Reward 362
Two Medals 219
Two Ways of Reading a Sentence 150

Ulrich's Opportunity 234

Whalebone 50
What Katie Heard 303
White Negroes 178
Without a Hen to Buy Stamps 143
Wonderful Caverns 18, 51, 83, 115, 139, 195, 229, 294,
315, 332, 363

POETRY.

Page
A Busy World 382
Against Odds 406
Bouquets 66
Discontent brings Dulness 157
Don't Begin 244
Fairy Song 350
Good-bye to the Last Fire 163
Good-night, Good-day! 50
Growing Up 115
How Tom Dresses 282
Invitations 148
Jack's Wish 259
My Friend 38
My Garden Concert 63
My Picture-book 234
One and One make Two 222
Our Puss 122
Sad Company in the Nursery 299
Take Care of the Days 47
The Bat and the Ball 142
The Contented Pansy 358
The Father of All 279
The Fox's Serenade 306
The Friendly Light 29
The Great Picture-book 186
The Jealous Kittens 101
The Lover-doll 390
The Naughty Kittens 11
The Pioneers 170
The Promise of the Storm 394
The Rabbit and the Hare 331
The Slate's Story 371
The Song of the Broom 294
The Startled Hares 92
The Trumpet and the Drum 227
The Two Dolls 315
The Way to Win 3
The Weather Sprites 195
Too Clever 178
Too Tempting to be Lost 204
Travellers' Tales 134
Waiting 22
Welcome to the First Fire 323
What am I? 214
What Insects Love 342
Why the Sea Sobs 363
Willie's Sum 251

ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLOURED PLATES.

"Why Should We Wait Till To-morrow?" _Frontispiece_
Home for the Holidays, facing p. 64
On a Voyage of Discovery, facing p. 128
All Hands to the Pump, facing p. 192
Crossing the Brook, facing p. 256
Good News of the Boy, facing p. 320

Page
A Cliff-dwelling of North America 229
A Corner of Hyde Park 205
A Countryman's Well-deserved Rebuke 17
Afloat on the Dogger Bank (Illustrations to), 189, 200, 201, 216, 217,
225, 240, 241, 253, 257,
268, 277, 285, 292, 301,
309, 317, 325, 336, 344,
348, 356, 368, 376, 377,
385, 400, 401, 409
'After all, I will wait' 93
'A great number of seagulls were chasing the fugitive' 64
'A horseman galloped to the spot in the hope of
finding them still alive' 153
A Monkey's Memory 12
Andree's Departure for the North Pole 297
An Eastern Snake Charmer 197
Animal Makeshifts (Illustrations to), 220, 221, 252, 276, 341, 372, 397
An Ocean Policeman 20
An Old-fashioned Motor-car 332
A Peep at Northern Italy 248
A Picture Puzzle 28
A Scene in Clissold Park 245
A Scene in Regent's Park 269
'As we cleared the water we could hear the wolves close behind' 403

'Billy allowed the letter to be taken' 324
'"Boh! Boh!" the clear voice shouted' 81

Chinese Laundrymen 381
Cliff-dwelling, New Mexico, and Cave-pottery 333
Cuban Lizards 120

'Daisy soon grew clever at keeping the head to the wind' 128

East Front of the Rock Temple of Elephanta 140
Entrance to the Grotto of La Balme 316

'Fight against my country! Not for the ransom of a king!' 49
Fingal's Cave, Staffa 52

Hans Christian Andersen 164
'He could hardly find words to welcome them' 5
'He deliberately lighted a cigar with a scrap of the burning rope' 89
'He hit out with all his force' 349
'He loaded the children with cherry branches' 176
'He looked wistfully at the pair of crutches' 124
'He ran towards the bull and opened his umbrella quickly' 260
'He saw an old man, who seemed to be very weary' 353
'He started, and let the lancet fall' 280
'He steered his balloon round the Eiffel Tower' 369
'He told his son he would disinherit him and turn him out of doors' 40
'His grandfather lay gagged and bound on the floor' 9
'How dare you strike me when you know God can see you?' 165
'How it tasted--well, I've never heard' 204
'How would you like to earn twenty pounds reward?' 361

'I am afraid I have no berth here for you, my lad' 305
'I am worth something when I can call that brave boy my son' 152
'I cannot bear to sit out here' 21
'I don't know what to do' 157
'If you hang him, you shall hang me too' 169
'I got these easily from the cellar' 329
Insect Ways and Means (Illustrations to), 29, 44, 77, 109, 149, 180,
212, 237, 261, 284, 308,
357, 364, 388
'I saw it first--'tis mine--let go!' 244
'It hopped into the space between the rails' 184
'It is a terrible thing, is a wreck on this coast' 392
'It is good! very good' 313
'It rose at once to the ceiling' 1
'It was fortunate that we put them off the scent' 132
'"I will add this too, lady," said the pedlar' 337
'I will take care of Boh' 80

'Jack worked with a will' 320
'Jim got a terrible drenching' 228
'Just as Lord Massereene was leaving the prison, he was arrested' 209

'Katie stood on the doorstep' 304

'Live on sixpence a day--and earn it' 264
'Look out, father, they are going to shoot you' 118

'Maung and his young companion came to what they sought at last' 68

'May turned away, feeling ashamed and miserable' 340
'M. Charles stepped into the blue and golden car' 100
'My master wishes to speak with you' 352

Nicolo and the Krampus 412
'No, little lass, I do not want any flowers' 112

October 21st, 1805 321
'One bolder than the rest stabbed it with a pitchfork' 61
'One pig went squealing down the road' 177

'Paralysed with fear, he clung to the bough' 4
'Please do not shoot me' 393

'See what my speckled hen has hatched' 328
'Seven miles high!' 265
'Shame on you all, to hit a helpless man' 16
'She could hardly stand still while Alice tied the ribbon on' 114
'She managed to drag her on shore' 129
'She was just high enough, and could light the lamps' 41

The Best Beginning 97
The Black Leopard 233
The Black Swan of Australia 365
'The bottle stood in the air as though hanging there' 396
The Boy Tramp (Illustrations to), 8, 13, 24, 25, 36, 45, 56, 60,
69, 76, 85, 96, 104, 105, 117,
125, 136, 137, 148, 160, 161,
173, 181, 193
'The cat washed the jackdaw in its turn' 289
'The commanding officer advanced towards the bier' 360
The Death of a Deserter 33
The Deerslayer in the hands of the Indians 172
'The driver heard them, and reversed his engine' 224
'The dog hailed his master as he passed' 345
'The eagle seized its wounded mate with its beak and claws' 72
'The empty branch bore a label' 145
The First Post-office in the Sky 192
The Giant's Hall, Luray 293
'The grateful mother handed the doctor a handsome pocket-book' 256
The Grottoes of Han in the Ardennes 116
The Great-Northern Diver 133
'The horse nearly carried the King into the French lines' 37
The Jealous Kittens 101
The Jumping Mouse 300
'The little bush-boy appeared' 156
The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky 84
The Man with the Glasses 218
'The men set to work to load their muskets' 272
'The other passengers thought him mad' 57
'The peacock took all her play in good part' 288
'The rabbit bit the stoat in the most infuriated manner' 121
The Rock Temple of Kailus at Ellora 196
'The sailor-pupil climbed into the car' 249
'The second lion seized him' 312
The Simplon Pass 141
'The soldiers forgot the prisoner, and scrambled for the money' 48
'The stag stayed by his mate's body' 232
The Teal 53
'The two were soon locked in fight' 384
'The women of Bohemia act as bricklayers labourers' 281
'The woodpecker fled in fear' 185
'They burnt the Shakespeare, breaking the spell' 88
'They came hopping in, Paul an easy first' 92
'They stumbled along, supporting the stranger as best they could' 373
''Tis the very man!' 273
Toys from the Streets (Illustrations to), 380, 389, 404