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Come along, boys and girls! We are off on our rambles. But please do not ask me where we are going. It would delay us very much if I should postpone our start until I had drawn you a map of the route, with all the stopping-places set down. We have far to go, and a great many things to see, and it may be that some of you will be very tired before we get through. If so, I shall be sorry; but it will be a comfort to think that none of us need go any farther than we choose. There will be considerable variety in our rambles. We shall walk about familiar places, and we shall explore streets and houses that have been buried for centuries. We shall go down deep into the earth, and we shall float in a balloon, high up into the air. We shall see many beasts of the forest; some that are bloody and cruel, and others that are gentle and wise. We will meet with birds, fishes, grand old buildings, fleas, vast woods, bugs, mummies, snakes, tight-rope dancers, gorillas, will-o'-the-wisps, beautiful blossoms, boomerangs, oceans, birds' nests, and I cannot tell you what all besides. We will also have some adventures, hear some stories, and have a peep at a fairy or two before we are done. I shall not, however, be able to go with you everywhere. When you are enjoying a "Bird Chat;" "Buying the Mirror;" learning when "We must not Believe our Eyes;" visiting "A City under the Ground;" hearing of "The Coachman's" troubles; sitting under "The Oak-tree;" finding out wonderful things "About Glass;" watching what happens when "School's Out;" or following the fortunes of "Carl," your guide will be a lady, and I think that you will all agree that she knows very well where she ought to go, and how to get there. The rest of the time you will be with me. And now, having talked enough, suppose we start. CONTENTS WINTER IN THE WOODS TRICKS OF LIGHT SAVING THE TOLL THE REAL KING OF BEASTS THE FRENCH SOLDIER-BOY A LIVELY WAY TO RING A BELL DOWN IN THE EARTH THE LION BOB'S HIDING-PLACE THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER A JUDGE OF MUSIC THE SENSITIVE PLANT SIR MARMADUKE THE GIRAFFE UP IN THE AIR THE ARABIAN HORSE INDIAN-PUDDINGS: PUMPKIN-PIES LIVING IN SMOKE THE CANNON OF THE PALAIS-ROYAL WATERS, DEEP AND SHALLOW HANS THE HERB-GATHERER SOME CUNNING INSECTS A FIRST SIGHT OF THE SEA THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD THE SOFT PLACE A FEW FEATHERED FRIENDS IN A WELL A VEGETABLE GAS MANUFACTORY ABOUT BEARS AN OLD COUNTRY-HOUSE FAR-AWAY FORESTS BUILDING SHIPS THE ORANG-OUTANG LITTLE BRIDGET'S BATH SOME NOVEL FISHING EAGLES AND LITTLE GIRLS CLIMBING MOUNTAINS ANDREW'S PLAN THE WILD ASS ANCIENT RIDING BEAUTIFUL BUGS A BATTLE ON STILTS DRAWING THE LONG BOW AN ANCIENT THEATRE BIRD CHAT MUMMIES TAME SNAKES GYMNASTICS BUYING "THE MIRROR" BIG GAME THE BOOTBLACK'S DOG GOING AFTER THE COWS THE REFLECTIVE STAG WHEN WE MUST NOT BELIEVE OUR EYES A CITY UNDER THE GROUND THE COACHMAN GEYSERS, AND HOW THEY WORK A GIANT PUFF-BALL TICKLED BY A STRAW THE LIGHT IN THE CASTLE THE OAK TREE THE SEA-SIDE THE SICK PIKE TWO KINDS OF BLOSSOMS ABOUT GLASS CARL SCHOOL'S OUT NEST-BUILDERS THE BOOMERANG

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What can be more delightful, to a boy of spirit, than a day in the woods when there has been a good snow! If he also happens to have a good friend or two, and some good dogs (who are just as likely to be friends as his boy companions), he ought to be much happier than an ordinary king. A forest is a fine place at any time, but when the ground is well covered with snow especially if there is a hard crust upon it the woods seem to possess a peculiar charm. You can go anywhere then. In the summer, the thick undergrowth, the intertwining vines, and the heavy lower branches of the trees, make it difficult even to see into the dark recesses of the forest. But in the winter all is open.

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