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+Project Gutenberg's Our Little Japanese Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade
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+Title: Our Little Japanese Cousin
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+Author: Mary Hazelton Wade
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+Illustrator: L. J. Bridgman
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+Release Date: September 28, 2013 [EBook #43833]
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+Language: English
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+Our Little Japanese Cousin
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+The Little Cousin Series
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Our Little Japanese Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Indian Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Brown Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Russian Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    L. C. PAGE & COMPANY,
+    Publishers
+    200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
+
+[Illustration: LOTUS BLOSSOM.]
+
+
+
+
+Our Little Japanese Cousin
+
+    By
+    Mary Hazelton Wade
+
+    _Illustrated by_
+    L. J. Bridgman
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Boston
+    L. C. Page & Company
+    _MDCCCCI_
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+    _Copyright 1901_
+    BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
+    (INCORPORATED)
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+    Colonial Press:
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+    Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
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+List of Illustrations
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+                                                 PAGE
+    LOTUS BLOSSOM                       _Frontispiece_
+    "SHE IS SOON SOUND ASLEEP"                     18
+    TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS                       26
+    THE CANDY MAN                                  33
+    AUNT OCHO'S GARDEN                             37
+    A LESSON IN ARRANGING FLOWERS                  50
+
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+
+
+Our Little Japanese Cousin
+
+
+LOTUS BLOSSOM is the dearest little girl in the world. I beg your
+pardon--I mean in the Eastern world, for she lives far away across the
+Pacific, on one of the beautiful islands of Japan.
+
+Lotus Blossom is very pretty. She has a round face, with a clear,
+yellow skin, and her teeth are like little pearls. Her black hair is
+cut square across the forehead and braided behind. It is never done
+up in curl-papers or twisted over a hot iron; the little girl's mamma
+would think that very untidy.
+
+Lotus Blossom does not smile very often, yet she is always happy. She
+does not remember crying once in her life. Why should she cry? Papa
+and mamma are always kind and ready to play with her. She is never
+sent to bed alone in the dark, for she goes to sleep, and gets up in
+the morning when her parents do. She does not play so hard as to get
+tired out and cross with everybody. She takes everything quietly, just
+as the big folks do, and is never in a hurry. Her playmates do not say
+unkind words to make her sad, for the children of Japan are taught to
+be polite above everything else. Why, I have heard that once upon a
+time one little yellow boy so far forgot himself as to call a lady bad
+names. His parents were terribly shocked. They felt that they had been
+disgraced, and at once sent for a policeman to go to the lady's house
+and ask for their child's pardon. As for him! well, he was severely
+punished in a way you will hear about later on in my story.
+
+[Illustration: TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS.]
+
+Besides all these things which help to make Lotus Blossom happy, she
+is dressed comfortably. Tight, stiff shoes could never be thought of
+for a minute. She wears white stockings made of cloth, with a separate
+place in each one for the big toe. In fact, they resemble long mittens.
+That is all Lotus Blossom wears on her feet in the house; but when she
+goes out-doors she has pretty sandals, if the walking is good. These
+sandals have straps, which are fastened on the foot between the big
+toe and around the ankle. If the ground is muddy or covered with snow,
+Lotus Blossom puts on her clogs. They are queer things, raised high
+on strips of wood. Of course one can't walk very fast on such clumsy
+affairs, but the Japanese dislike getting their feet wet as much as
+kittens do, and would wear anything to prevent such a mishap. But if
+Lotus Blossom stops at a house or store while she is out walking, she
+is polite enough to take off her clogs or sandals before going inside.
+That is one reason why every building can be kept so clean.
+
+The little Japanese girl's clothes are pretty as well as comfortable.
+It is not possible for pins to prick her tender flesh, because they
+are never used about her dress. In summer she wears a silk or linen
+garment made very much like your papa's dressing-gown, except that it
+has immense sleeves. Beautiful scarlet flowers are embroidered all over
+it, and a wide sash is wound around her waist and tied in a big, flat
+bow behind. She is very fond of red, so she has a bow of red crape in
+her hair, and a small red bag is fastened to her belt in front. What do
+you suppose she carries in the bag? Paper handkerchiefs! Not linen ones
+like yours, which are washed when they get soiled, but rather of soft,
+pretty paper. As soon as each one is used it is thrown away. Don't you
+think that is a very nice and cleanly custom? Indeed, there are many
+things about the Japanese which we might copy with profit, for they
+are the cleanest people in the world. Perhaps another reason why our
+little cousin is so happy is because she is always clean.
+
+Lotus Blossom carries another bag at her belt, filled with amulets.
+These are charms to keep away any evil spirits that might do her harm.
+In the bag with the charms, there is a brass plate, which tells her
+name and where she lives. So if she should get lost, her mother need
+not worry, for she will be brought safely home without loss of time.
+But what can be the use of such big sleeves? When her mamma cut them,
+she made them long enough to nearly reach the floor. Then they were
+doubled up inside and fastened in front so that they could serve as
+pockets. How you would laugh to see Lotus Blossom and her brother tuck
+away their playthings in their big sleeves when their mother calls them
+away to do something for her! It is enough to make an American boy's
+heart fill with envy. He may boast of six pockets, but what of that?
+They could all be filled and stowed away in one of Lotus Blossom's
+sleeves, and room would be still left.
+
+The little girl's life is like a long playtime. In the first place, she
+lives in a sort of play-house. There is nothing to get out of order;
+no chairs in the way, no table-scarfs to pull down, no ink-wells to
+tip over. There is only one big room in the house, but there are many
+beautiful paper screens, so her mamma can divide the house just as she
+pleases by moving the screens about. If company should arrive suddenly,
+there need be no question whether there is a guest-room or not. One
+can be made with screens in a moment. Even the front of the house is
+made of screens, which can be closed at night, and folded away in the
+morning to open up the whole house to the fresh air and sunshine.
+There are no carpets on the floors, but instead of these there are
+pretty mats made of rushes. They are exactly alike in size, and are
+shaken every morning. There are no chairs, for Lotus Blossom's family
+sit on the mats or on cushions on the floor. They cannot lean against
+the walls either, for remember, there are no walls! And if they should
+lean against the screens they would tumble over.
+
+The only tables are six inches high. They are pretty and delicate, and
+are highly lacquered. When Lotus Blossom has nothing else to do, she
+likes to look at the pictures on these little stands. But where are the
+stoves? How do the people keep warm in the cold winter days? And where
+is all the cooking done? In the picture do you see a little box with
+smoke rising from it? It is lined with metal, and charcoal is burned
+in it. All the food is prepared over these little fire-boxes. If any
+one is cold, he has only to get a fire-box, light some charcoal, and
+sit down beside it. And when Lotus Blossom goes to breakfast, she has a
+fire-box beside the lacquered table, so that water for her tea can be
+kept hot.
+
+Tea! you say. That little girl, nine years old, drinking tea? Yes, we
+have to admit that the Japanese child drinks tea at a very early age;
+and with no milk or sugar, either. But then the cups are so tiny they
+do not hold much. They are no bigger than those in a doll's china set.
+How quickly the little tea-table is set at meal times. Each member of
+the family has one all to himself. There is no table-cloth, no knife,
+or fork, or spoon; instead of these one sees a pair of chop-sticks,
+a small cup and saucer, and a plate from which he eats the steaming
+rice and the minced fish. But suppose that the tea or rice should be
+spilled on the beautiful table? Please don't imagine such a thing.
+Japanese children are too carefully trained by their kind mammas to be
+so careless. They handle their chop-sticks so daintily that no grain of
+rice nor bit of fish falls as they lift the food to their pretty mouths.
+
+Where does our little Japanese cousin sleep in this funny house?
+There are no bedsteads, or mattresses, or blankets, or sheets. When
+bedtime comes, her papa and mamma move the screens around so as to shut
+themselves off from the rest of the house. Then they go to a cupboard
+and take down some wadded quilts and queer wooden blocks, whose tops
+are slightly curved. A quilt is spread on the floor, and a wooden block
+serves as a pillow. Some paper is laid on it so that it may be kept
+clean. And now, you think, Lotus Blossom may get into her bed after she
+has undressed and put on her night-dress. Not so, however. She must
+bathe in a tub of such hot water that it would turn your body very
+red, if you were only to hop in and out again. The whole family bathe
+in the same tub of water, one after the other, and it is kept hot by a
+tube which runs to a fire-box. The little girl puts on her day-dress
+after her bath is finished, and, lying down on the quilt, she rests her
+head on the hard pillow. Mamma covers her with another quilt, and she
+is soon sound asleep.
+
+[Illustration: "SHE IS SOON SOUND ASLEEP."]
+
+When Lotus Blossom was two years old her brother Toyo was born. How the
+family rejoiced at having a little son! When he was only seven days
+old a very important ceremony was performed. He had to receive a name.
+His papa, who believes in the religion of Shintoism, fully wrote out
+five of his favourite names on pieces of paper. Then he took his baby
+in his arms, and, carrying the papers, he went to the temple where he
+worshipped. The papers were handed to the priest, who placed them in a
+bowl. After some ceremony, the priest began to fish in the bowl with
+a sacred wand. The first paper he lifted out bore the name of Toyo.
+This was the way that Lotus Blossom's little brother received his name.
+When he was about four weeks old he was again carried to the temple by
+his father and nurse. The Japanese believe in one great power, or god,
+but under him there are many others; as, a god of flowers, a god of
+art, and so forth. This time he was put under the care of his special
+god, who was then expected to protect him for the rest of his life.
+
+All this time Toyo's head was kept perfectly smooth. In fact, his first
+visit to the barber was very important, for all his hair was shaved off
+then except a little fringe at the back and sides. When he was four
+months old another important ceremony was held. Toyo left off baby
+clothes and was given his first solid food. That was rice, of course,
+which he would continue to eat at every meal for the rest of his life.
+
+Toyo and Lotus Blossom are always happy together. His sister was the
+first one to help Toyo squat on his little heels. Japanese babies never
+creep. The little brother had no baby-carriage or cradle, but he never
+missed them. He was always such a happy little fellow; never perched up
+in a high-chair with his body fastened in by a wooden tray, but always
+moving around, sometimes on the floor, sometimes fastened on mamma's or
+nurse's back, again on the older children's backs, when Lotus Blossom
+was out playing in the garden with them. When he got tired he would
+simply go to sleep, while the children would keep on with their play.
+But when he woke up, he would look about with a dear little smile, as
+much as to say: "I'm all right, thank you, don't fret about me."
+
+It was a most important time when he cut the first tooth, and not only
+that, but the second and the third,--in fact, every tooth in turn had
+its arrival celebrated. A poem about each one was written by his loving
+papa, and a little festival was held in the home. Such happy, childlike
+people are the Japanese! They are ready to enjoy everything. Even the
+funerals are cheerful, and have nothing sad and dreary about them. Why
+should they, when the people believe that they always will live, and
+that they will come back to earth again to enjoy the beautiful fields
+and flowers and sunshine in new bodies?
+
+Almost the first words that Toyo learned to speak were, "Thank you,"
+and "If you please." Don't think for a moment that he ever did such a
+rude thing in his life as to answer "no" or "yes" without some very
+polite expression with it. For instance, if his mamma asked him a
+question, he would answer with his baby lips, "No, thank you, most
+admirable mother," or, "If you please, my adorable, honoured parent,"
+at the same time bowing his little body over till his head reached the
+ground. Why! he and Lotus Blossom are taught to speak respectfully even
+of the potatoes or the dishes or the table. For example, they say, "the
+highly respected cup," etc. Isn't it funny? But, after all, isn't it
+nice, too, to act kindly toward every one and everything in the world?
+
+If her little brother should step on Lotus Blossom's doll and break
+its arm, what would she do? Give him a slap and say, "Oh, you bad,
+bad boy?" By no means. A slap is unknown in her land. The little
+woman would not even let herself look cross or unhappy, while Toyo
+would spend five minutes in telling her how unutterably sad and
+broken-hearted he was made by his cruel, ungentlemanly carelessness.
+And then, to make them forget all about it, mamma would bring a new
+doll from the cupboard.
+
+But perhaps Lotus Blossom is tired of playthings, so she and Toyo run
+out in the garden to have a frolic with their pets. They have new ones
+nearly every day, for they are fond of every creature that is alive.
+To-day they are going to hunt for some big beetles, as Toyo has planned
+a little carriage which he will make out of paper, with pasteboard
+wheels and reins of silk thread for the paper doll. The beetles will be
+harnessed, and the children will train them to draw the carriage. Jolly
+fun! The whole afternoon is spent in finding some black beauties and
+playing with them.
+
+Another day the children will catch some grasshoppers and tame them.
+Toyo will make a pretty paper cage to hold them, while both he and
+Lotus Blossom will be very careful to feed them regularly on the
+dainties they like best. When night comes the turtles must be looked
+after and fed, for Toyo has some beauties. He likes to fasten a string
+through the shell and take them walking, just as his American cousins
+do, but he would not willingly torture them.
+
+Lotus Blossom has a globe full of gold-fish different from any you
+have ever seen. Their tails are fan-shaped, and are as long as their
+bodies. During the long summer days the globe of fish is set out on the
+broad balcony, and many children stop to watch them as they pass. Toyo
+loves his little dog more than all his other pets. He is the dearest
+little fellow, and wishes to follow his young master wherever he goes.
+He looks somewhat like a spaniel, except that he is white. His nose is
+turned up at the end, so that he looks all the time as if he would say,
+"Humph! I am very wise. You poor people don't know much." And he looks
+all this in such a way as to make you wish to laugh. Toyo's mamma has
+made a big scarlet ruff for the dog's neck, and it makes him feel very
+fine, I dare say. His master has fastened a wooden label on his collar
+to tell where he belongs.
+
+I know you will be disappointed when you learn that Lotus Blossom's
+dear little kitten cannot play with her tail. No fun for her, poor
+kitty, you are thinking. But why is it? Because she _has_ no tail,
+or at least only the stub of one. So of course she is quite calm and
+solemn--that is, for a kitten. But then she lives in Japan, and so she
+ought to be more dignified than kittens of other lands. Don't you think
+so?
+
+We must leave all these pets now and go to church, or rather to the
+temple, with Toyo, Lotus Blossom, and their parents. There is no set
+day for worship, for there is no such thing as Sunday in Japan. The
+temples are always open, and the children are fond of going to them to
+offer prayers, and also to have a good time. As they near the temple
+they see stands of sweetmeats and good things of all kinds. The way is
+lined on both sides with these stands. Great numbers of people, rich
+and poor, high and low, are coming and going. Pigeons are flying in and
+out of the sacred building, and no one harms them. Toyo stops and buys
+a yen's worth of corn and scatters it for the birds to eat. They flock
+around him without fear. They are so tame that the children could catch
+them with no difficulty. But Lotus Blossom and Toyo pass on to the
+entrance, and, bowing low, take off their clogs.
+
+The inside of the building is almost bare. There are no statues of
+gods or goddesses, no ornaments,--nothing except an altar with some
+queer sticks standing upon it. Festoons of white paper hang from these
+wands, or "gohei," as the Japanese call them. A priest stands behind
+the altar, and a large cloth is spread out on the floor in front of it.
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo clap their hands. This is to call the attention
+of the gods. Then they say a little prayer and throw some money upon
+the cloth. If they are very good and devout children, perhaps the gods
+will descend into the temple. The queer papers on the wands are to be
+the clothing of these great beings. No images are needed, you see,
+only plenty of paper. Rather hard to understand this, and yet all that
+is necessary for Toyo and Lotus Blossom is to worship their ancestors
+properly, and believe that the great spirits are working everywhere in
+nature. This is the reason they are taught to obey their parents at
+all times, and never to harm anything living. The children are also
+taught to believe that the Mikado, the Emperor of Japan, is descended
+from god-kings who once ruled over the country. This is why such great
+honour is paid him wherever he goes. Until a few years ago the people
+thought him so sacred that they ought not to look at him, so he was
+obliged to stay inside his beautiful palace like a prisoner. But times
+have changed, and his subjects have a little more common sense nowadays.
+
+After our little cousins have said their prayers and given their money,
+they go to a dance-hall in another part of the temple. You know by this
+time that the Japanese like to enjoy themselves. But isn't it a strange
+idea to have dancing, praying, and feasting in the same place? The
+dancers are dressed like butterflies. They have beautiful red and gold
+wings. They are very graceful, but the music is unpleasant to us. Toyo
+thinks it is fine, and wishes he could play as well.
+
+Now for a good dinner in the restaurant in the next hall, for the boy's
+father has promised to treat his family to all the dainties of the
+season,--candied lotus-leaves, and everything they like best. It is a
+happy day, and the children wish they could go to the temple oftener.
+
+One morning not long after this, poor little Lotus Blossom woke up
+with a bad pain in her stomach. Her face and hands were hot. She was
+not able to get up and go to school. Mamma felt very sad, and at once
+sent to ask the priest for something to make her little daughter
+well. You say at once, "Is the priest in Japan a doctor? And will he
+prepare medicine marked in some such way as this: 'One teaspoonful to
+be taken each hour?'" No, indeed. Lotus Blossom's mamma received from
+her queer physician two "moxas," with orders that one of them should be
+placed on the back of the sick child, and the other on her foot. The
+direction of the priest was followed, although it made Lotus Blossom
+very unhappy. I think you would not like it, if you were in her place,
+for a moxa makes a burn far worse than a mustard plaster does. You know
+the punk that you use on the Fourth of July to light your firecrackers
+and fireworks? The moxas are made of a certain kind of pith, and burn
+slowly just as the punk does. The Japanese believe in the use of moxas
+for many things,--bad children, sickness, and I can't tell you what
+else. The impolite boy I told you about, at the beginning of the story,
+was burned with a moxa, in such a way that he never forgot himself
+again. As for fevers, why, the moxa is certain to drive away the bad
+spirits that cause them.
+
+No doubt you wonder at it, as I do myself, but Lotus Blossom got well
+enough in two or three days to sit up and be dressed. But she did not
+care for her dolls or games; she felt tired all the time. Her loving
+and most honoured father said a change of air would do her good. It
+would be well for her to spend some days at the house of an aunt who
+lived several miles out in the country. Toyo was allowed to go, too.
+How were they to get there? In steam or electric cars? What can you
+be thinking of to ask such questions? Two jinrikishas were brought to
+the door; one was for Lotus Blossom and one for her brother. Strong
+men were hired to draw them. I wonder if you ever saw anything like a
+jin-riki-sha, or man-power-carriage, for that is what the word means.
+They are very comfortable, much like baby-carriages, and are lined with
+soft cushions. The men look strong and kind. They are nearly naked, so
+that they can run easily and rapidly.
+
+It will take only an hour to carry the children to their aunt's, if
+they do not stop on the way. But there are so many things to see to-day
+that Lotus Blossom forgets all about her sickness and burns, and wants
+her runners to stop every few minutes to rest. The children spend at
+least five minutes bidding their mother a proper good-bye. Then, at the
+word, off they go, down "Dog" Street into "Turtle" Street. There are no
+sidewalks, but they are not needed, for horses and wagons are rarely
+seen.
+
+[Illustration: THE CANDY MAN.]
+
+But look! Here is a man standing in the middle of the street, dancing
+and singing a funny song. The sober Japanese who are passing stop and
+laugh. The man has a little stand by his side, and on this stand are a
+dish of wheat-gluten and a bamboo reed. As Lotus Blossom and Toyo draw
+near, the man ends his song and calls out, "Now who wants me to blow
+him a candy dog? Or shall it be a monkey eating a nut? You, my most
+honoured little lady, want one surely."
+
+This he said to Lotus Blossom, who was sitting up straight in the
+jinrikisha, full of interest. She thought a moment or two, and then
+asked for a stork with wings spread out to fly. She had hardly stopped
+speaking before the man seized a bamboo reed, dipped it in the sticky
+paste, and blowing now this way, now that, fashioned the graceful bird.
+Pinching it here and there to make it more perfect, he put on some
+touches of colour from a box of paints. It was wonderfully done. Lotus
+Blossom gave him five yen for the candy toy, the runners took hold of
+the jinrikisha, and away the children went on their journey.
+
+They came soon to another crowd of boys and girls gathered about a
+batter-cake man. He had a little stand on which a pan of charcoal was
+burning. A large griddle rested over the coal, and a tiny little urchin
+was standing on his tiptoes and baking cakes. The man cut them out
+for him in pretty shapes. See the pleasure on the youngster's face!
+All this fun for ten yen, or one cent. The other children watch him
+in envy. As Toyo and Lotus Blossom draw near, the jinrikisha men make
+a place for them in the crowd, and Toyo jumps out to get a lunch. He
+has the next turn, and so he asks the pleasant-faced man to cut his
+batter-cakes in the shape of turtles. Lotus Blossom does not wish
+any, but lies back in her easy carriage under her pretty sunshade,
+and watches Toyo cook and eat them. Umbrellas and sunshades are of
+the same material in Japan. They are made of several layers of tough,
+strong paper, and will last a long time. When they are worn out, they
+are thrown away just as the paper handkerchiefs are, and new ones are
+bought for a very small sum of money. In stormy weather Lotus Blossom
+and Toyo not only carry umbrellas, but wear long capes of oiled paper
+to keep off the rain, while very poor people have coats made of
+grasses. Funny looking things these are! If you should see a man with
+one of them over his shoulders, and a queer mushroom-shaped hat on his
+head, you would feel like laughing, I know,--that is, if you had not
+already acquired some of the politeness of the Japanese themselves.
+
+But let us return to Turtle Street and find out what is now attracting
+the attentions of our little cousins. Would you believe it? They can't
+be in very much of a hurry to get to aunty's, for they have stopped
+again. You would also stop if you saw what they do. A travelling street
+show is entertaining numbers of men, women, and children. Babies are on
+the backs of some of them, laughing and crowing, too. See that clever
+fellow in the middle. He is making butterflies of coloured paper and
+blowing them up into the air. He keeps them flying about, now in one
+direction, now in another, by waving his fan. It seems as though they
+must be alive, he does this so cleverly. That yellow butterfly is made
+to alight on a baby's hand. Hear the little fellow crow with delight.
+Another flies over Lotus Blossom's jinrikisha, and then, by the
+dexterous waving of the showman's fan, goes off in another direction
+before she can catch it.
+
+[Illustration: AUNT OCHO'S GARDEN.]
+
+After the butterfly show another man performs some wonderful tricks
+with a ladder. He places the ladder upright on the ground without
+any support; he climbs it, rung by rung, keeping its balance all the
+time. Finally he reaches the very top and stands on one foot, bowing
+and gracefully waving a fan. There is not time to tell you all the
+wonderful feats of the Japanese. Toyo and Lotus Blossom are delighted,
+although they have seen performances like these many times before.
+
+But they must really hasten on their journey, for aunty will be
+expecting them, and it will soon be sunset. In a few moments they leave
+the city behind and are out in the beautiful country. They pass tea
+plantations. The glossy green leaves are almost ready to pick. See the
+man in that field, running wildly about, making hideous noises. Is he
+crazy? Our little cousins do not seem disturbed as they pass by, for he
+is only a hired scarecrow. You remember that the people in Japan think
+it wrong to kill any living thing. But there are great numbers of birds
+in the country which are likely to eat the crops and do much damage.
+So men are hired to act as scarecrows and make noises to frighten the
+birds away.
+
+At last Uncle Oto's rice plantation is reached. The children draw up in
+front of a large, low house with wide verandas. It is more beautiful
+than their own home. The roof is magnificent with carvings, and must
+have cost a great deal of money. It is the pride of Aunt Ocho. The
+gardens contain the choicest plants and trees, besides a pond and an
+artificial waterfall. Lotus Blossom and Toyo are sure of a good time
+and much fun. They will have a great deal to tell their mamma when they
+return to their home.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Time passes by. The children have been back in their own home a long
+time. They are now looking forward to New Year's day. Everything is
+excitement about the house. Mamma has hired an extra servant to help
+clean the house from right to left; not from top to bottom, as we say,
+for there are no stairways or rooms overhead. Everything is on one
+floor, remember. The screens are carefully wiped, the mats receive an
+extra shaking, and then mamma brings out her choicest vase from the
+storehouse and places it on a beautiful, ebony stand in the place of
+honour. The Japanese are not at all like us. They are so simple in
+their tastes, and love beautiful things so much, that they have only
+one or two pieces, at the most, on view at a time. They think they can
+enjoy them more fully in this way.
+
+The most honoured father orders some workmen to come and set up some
+tall pine branches in front of the gateway. One is of black, the other
+of red pine, and tall bamboo reeds are placed beside them. A grass rope
+is stretched from one reed to the other, and some funny strips of white
+paper are hung on it. You saw many of these papers at the temple where
+the children worship. This work is very important to the childlike
+people. They think that the rope, with papers fastened to it, will keep
+away all the evil spirits that are ever ready to spoil the happiness of
+human beings. They are demons, who take the shape of foxes, badgers,
+and wolves, and are frightful enough to the imagination of Lotus
+Blossom and her brother. Of course, the children are glad that the evil
+spirits are to be surely kept away.
+
+Other things are hung on the rope for good luck. There is a piece of
+charcoal and some seaweed, and a "lucky bag" filled with chestnuts, a
+bit of herring and some dried fruit. All these things will make the
+gods understand they are not forgotten.
+
+The day before New Year's some men come to the house with an oven
+and proceed to make the grand New Year's cake. It must not be eaten,
+however, until the 11th of January. The children stand around and watch
+the men pound the sticky rice-paste with a heavy mallet. At last it
+is smooth enough, and then it is cut into rounds and built up into a
+pyramid. I hear you say, "Well, I'd rather have my mother's plum-cake,
+any time." But not so with Lotus Blossom and Toyo. They watch their
+mother anxiously as she places it with great care on a lacquered stand,
+to remain until the time comes to eat it.
+
+Now they are allowed to put on their clogs and go to buy the "harvest
+ship," which they will hang up in the house instead of the holly and
+evergreens you like to see at Christmas time. The Japanese believe that
+on New Year's eve a wonderful ship comes sailing into port. Of course,
+it is sent by the gods. No one has ever really seen it. That does not
+matter; there are pictures of it, nevertheless, and no New Year's
+decorations are complete without a miniature harvest ship. The shops
+are as full of them as our markets are of evergreen trees at Christmas
+time. They are made of grasses and trimmed with gaily coloured papers.
+The selection of this ship is a very exciting event, not only for
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo, but also for their mother. How anxiously they
+look at one after another as the shopkeeper shows them. Finally one is
+chosen that suits the children's mother as to price and beauty. But the
+shopping is by no means ended, for presents must be bought for friends
+and playmates.
+
+And now, children of America, please don't get envious of all the
+pretty things which your cousins can buy for a few pennies. Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo have been saving money for a long time. Each has a
+number of square copper coins strung on a string. They are not like our
+pennies, for they are larger and thinner, and each one has a square
+hole in the centre. Ten of these are equal in value to one of our
+cents, and there are many pretty things that Japanese children can buy
+for a yen, as this piece of money is called. Such pretty picture-books
+made of the lovely Japanese paper! Dolls that are dressed in the same
+fashion as the two children, only the dresses are of paper; pictures of
+the Japanese gods and goddesses; games and tops and candies. At length
+the shopping is over and the last yen has been spent. The family are
+glad to go home and take a hot bath and nap, for they are very tired.
+
+On New Year's morning Lotus Blossom and her brother receive their own
+presents, and although they do not shout and jump up and down as you do
+when you are very happy, they are much pleased. Toyo has a drum, some
+lovely books and a new game of battledore and shuttlecock, which is
+the game of all games to be played at New Year's. The shuttlecock is
+a large gilded seed with feathers stuck all around it; the battledore
+is a bat, flat on one side to strike with, while the other side has a
+raised figure of a beautiful dancing-girl. Lotus Blossom has, among
+other things, a doll which her mother has dressed in flowered silk,
+and a set of lacquered drawers in which to keep her ornaments. But
+the greatest surprise to the children is a white rabbit. These little
+creatures are the dearest of all pets in Japan, because they are so
+rare. It cost the loving father several dollars, but he is more than
+repaid by his children's delight.
+
+Lotus Blossom's mamma has spent many weeks in embroidering gowns for
+each member of the family. They are of silk, and are worn for the first
+time on New Year's day. This good mamma has had her hair arranged
+for the grand occasion with the greatest of care. You would hardly
+believe it, but the hair-dresser spent hours upon it, rolling it up
+in wonderful shapes, sticking it in place with a kind of paste, and
+fastening many ornaments in it. It was done two days ago, and you may
+be sure that the Japanese lady placed her head very carefully on the
+pillow every night so that nothing should disarrange it. She has had
+her teeth blackened afresh for the greatest holiday of the year, while
+both she and her little daughter paint their necks and faces white and
+their cheeks red before their toilets are finished.
+
+I believe I have not yet told you that the pretty Japanese women spoil
+their good looks as soon as they are married by colouring their teeth
+black! Isn't it a shame? I'm glad we don't have this custom in our
+country, aren't you?
+
+And now the New Year's calls begin. What a bowing and bending!
+Men, women, and children are all calling and lavishing many-worded
+compliments on each other. Refreshments are passed, and then there is
+a "show" to amuse everybody. Some men have been hired to come to the
+house. They dance and sing many songs. After this comes the funny part
+of the entertainment. One man puts on a mask and makes believe he is an
+animal. He rolls around on the floor at the ladies' feet, makes queer
+noises, and everybody laughs and is delighted. The big folks like it
+as much as the children. Perhaps the funny man will now put on two
+masks and represent different things at the same time,--on one side
+he will look like a dancing-girl, while on the other he will appear as
+some strange beast. He will change about rapidly, and keep the company
+watching him with excited interest.
+
+Night comes to very tired and happy people, but it does not end the
+fun by any means. Lotus Blossom's papa will not do any business for a
+week at least, and there will be new pleasures each day that he is at
+home with his wife and children. After the festival is over, the family
+settle down to their daily work until the coming of another holiday.
+
+The children go to school again, but that does not trouble them. They
+love their teacher and try to please him. The school is closed at noon.
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo start out every morning with little satchels
+over their backs. In these they carry their books, a cake of India ink,
+and a paint-brush. When they arrive at their schoolroom, they are met
+by a quiet, kindly man with big glasses over his eyes. The children
+instantly bow down to the ground before him, for he is their teacher.
+Of course the low bow is to show great respect. Japanese children are
+taught to treat their instructors, as well as their parents, with
+honour and regard.
+
+And now they enter the schoolroom. But what a schoolroom! No desks,
+no platform, no seats! The teacher sits down upon a mat with a small
+lacquered stand beside him. The children squat on the floor around him
+and begin to study. What queer letters in the books! You would not be
+able to read one word. Lotus Blossom and Toyo have already learned
+their alphabets. You smile, perhaps, and think, "H'm! that isn't
+much." Well, just wait till I tell you there are forty-seven different
+characters in one alphabet, while in another there are several times as
+many. The easy alphabet is the only one that girls must know, while
+boys learn both. But Lotus Blossom is a very bright child, so she
+studies the more difficult characters as well.
+
+Japanese books are printed very differently from ours. The lines run
+up and down the page, and keep the eyes of the reader busily moving.
+The children don't have many examples to perform, for the Japanese
+do not consider arithmetic so important as Americans do. Do you sigh
+now, and wish you could get your education in that far-away land where
+long division is not a daily trial? But wait till I tell you about the
+writing, or rather painting, lessons. You will certainly be envious.
+When the schoolmaster gives the signal, the children take the brushes
+and the cakes of India ink from their satchels. They mix a little of
+the ink with water, and then are ready to paint their words on the
+beautiful paper made in their country. Many people think that the
+Japanese are such fine artists because their hands are trained to use
+the brush from the time they are babies.
+
+It would make you laugh if I should tell you how the teacher directs
+the children to write letters to their friends. They must begin by
+writing something very poetical about the weather. They must then
+compose some very flowery compliments to the friend who is addressed;
+a sheet or two, at least, must be used in this way before they are
+allowed to tell the news, etc. But throughout the letter, as in fact
+in all conversations, Lotus Blossom and Toyo are taught to speak of
+themselves as very mean and humble creatures.
+
+Their kind school-teacher ends the morning lessons with proverbs. You
+know what these are, of course, but the ones which our Japanese cousins
+learn are especially about duty to their parents, and kindness to all
+living creatures. It would be a great sin for Toyo to tease the cat or
+kill a fly. His parents would be shocked beyond expression.
+
+[Illustration: A LESSON IN ARRANGING FLOWERS.]
+
+"How about punishment in the Japanese school?" I hear a little boy ask.
+My dear child, it is hardly ever needed, but when it does come, it is
+not being kept after school; it is not a whipping. The child is burned!
+The teacher takes a moxa, which I told you is a kind of pith, and
+sticks it on the naughty child's hand. He then sets the moxa on fire to
+burn slowly. It is a long, sad punishment for any one who is so bad as
+to deserve it. It does not need to be given every day. Lotus Blossom
+and Toyo, as well as their little schoolmates, are very attentive to
+their work, and try their hardest to please the teacher.
+
+When school is done, what will the children do throughout the long
+afternoon? Lotus Blossom must work a certain time in embroidery, and
+take a short lesson with her mamma in arranging flowers. Why, there
+are whole books on this subject in Japan. The people are very fond of
+flowers, and study how to arrange them in the most graceful manner.
+They would never think of bunching many together without their leaves
+in an ugly bouquet, nor would they dream of cruelly twisting wires
+around their poor little stems. In Japan it is thought an art to know
+how to place one spray in a vase in such a way as to show all its
+beauty.
+
+While his sister is doing her work, Toyo is practising on his koto.
+This is a musical instrument of which the Japanese are very fond. It
+looks much like a harp. Toyo strikes the strings with pieces of ivory
+fastened on his finger-tips. Listen! Do you call those sounds music?
+It is enough to set one's teeth on edge. Yet Toyo's music-teacher says
+that he is doing finely and shows great talent. If that is so, I fear
+we would not care to go to many concerts in Japan, for the Japanese
+idea of music is very different from ours.
+
+Hurrah! The children are now ready for play, and there are so many nice
+things to do. If it is winter and there is snow on the ground, Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo gather together with their little friends to make a
+snow man. Not an Irish gentleman with a pipe in his mouth, such as you
+like to build, but a figure of Daruma, who was a disciple of Buddha. It
+is easy to make this, for it is believed that Daruma lost his legs from
+sitting too long in one position. So the snow man has no legs. When it
+is made, the children knock it down with snow-balls, just as you do.
+
+Spring comes, and with it, tops, and kites, and stilts. The stilts are
+very high, and Toyo puts his toes through parts of the wooden lifts.
+He and the other boys run races and even play games on stilts, and
+think it great fun. But the kites! Yours are just babies beside them.
+Some of them are so large that it takes two men to sail them. In fact,
+grown-up people, in Japan, seem as fond of kite-flying as the children.
+Many of these toys have neither tails nor bobs. You wonder how they
+manage to get up in the air at all, till you see that the strings are
+pulled in such a way as to raise them. They are of all shapes. The boys
+sometimes play a game with their kites. They dip the strings in glue
+and afterward in powdered glass; then they run with the kites and try
+to cross each other's strings and cut them. The boy who succeeds wins
+the other's kite. Toyo lost his the other day, and what do you think he
+did? Pout, or exclaim, as you sometimes do, "I don't care, that isn't
+fair?" By no means! He made three beautiful bows and gave up his kite
+with a polite smile. Maybe he did not feel any happier about it than
+you would, for it was a fine new one, but he wouldn't show his grief,
+at any rate.
+
+Toyo sometimes wrestles with the other boys, but they are not rough and
+noisy about it. They wrestle gently, if you can imagine such a thing.
+They have often seen the trained wrestlers at the shows; such big, fat
+men. They must weigh at least three hundred pounds. The fat fairly
+hangs upon them. The Japanese people are generally slim and rather
+small, but if a man is going to train himself to be a wrestler, he eats
+everything that will help to make him fat. I should think they could
+not get hurt, for they look as though they were cushioned in fat.
+
+The boys of Japan have marbles and tops, just as you do; in fact,
+nearly all the games which you like best were played by your far-away
+cousins long before there was a white child on this great continent
+of ours. "Blind man's buff," "Hide the thimble," and "Puss in the
+corner," are great favourites with the Japanese. Instead of hiding
+the thimble, however, they use a slipper, and instead of puss in the
+corner, they play that it is the devil. You must not forgot that the
+Japanese believe there are many devils, or bad spirits, as well as good
+ones who are ready to help. They even think of them in their games.
+
+How many holidays have we in a whole year? Stop and count. Not a great
+number, we must admit. Lotus Blossom and Toyo have so many that they
+can count on their fingers the number of days between any two of them.
+Next best to New Year's, our little girl cousin likes the Feast of
+Dolls. It comes on the third day of the third month. At that time the
+stores are filled with dolls,--big dolls, little dolls, dolls dressed
+like princesses with flounced silk gowns, dolls made up as servants,
+as dancing-girls, and dolls the very image of the Mikado, the ruler
+of Japan,--nothing but dolls and dolls' furniture. When the great day
+arrives, Lotus Blossom's mamma makes a throne in the house. She brings
+out the two dolls that she herself received when she was born, besides
+those of her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother! They have
+been carefully packed away in soft papers in the family storehouse.
+What a sight they are, with all the new ones that have been bought
+for Lotus Blossom. The Mikado doll is first placed on his throne,
+surrounded by his court, and then the soldiers and dancers and working
+people are made to stand at either side. They are dressed in the proper
+clothing that belongs to their position. But this grand array is not
+all. There are all kinds of doll's furniture, too,--little tables only
+four inches high, with dolls' tea-sets, the tiniest, prettiest china
+dishes. There are the wadded silk quilts for the dolls to sleep on,
+and wooden pillows on which the doll-heads can rest. Yes, there are
+dolls' fans, and even dolls' games.
+
+On this great occasion there is a dinner-party for the whole family of
+dolls. Lotus Blossom and her little friends, as well as her father and
+mother, are quite busy serving their guests with rice, fish, soup, and
+all kinds of sweet dainties. Somehow or other, all these nice things
+are eaten. What wonderful dolls they have in Japan, don't they?
+
+Toyo enjoys the day as well as Lotus Blossom, but still he is looking
+forward to the fifth of May. That will be his favourite time of all the
+year. By that time the girls' dolls will be put away, and the stores
+will be filled with boys' playthings,--soldiers, tents, armour, etc.
+Toyo's father will place a tall bamboo pole in front of the house, and
+hang an immense paper fish on the top of it. The fish's mouth will be
+wide open, so that the air will fill his big body. At some of the other
+houses there will be a banner instead of a fish. There are figures of
+great warriors who fought in olden times on these banners.
+
+When Toyo was a baby his father bought him a banner stand. It has been
+kept very carefully, and is now put in the place where the doll's
+throne stood a little while ago. The banners of great generals are
+hung up, and figures of soldiers are placed on the stand. You see Toyo
+has dolls as well as his sister. Everything is done to remind boys of
+war at this Festival of Banners. They have processions in the streets.
+They play a game in which they form armies against each other. Every
+boy carries a flag, and those of one company try to seize the flags of
+the boys in the other. Of course the side wins which first succeeds in
+gaining the flags of the other.
+
+A festival which everybody loves is the Feast of Lanterns. It is in the
+summer time, and the children are dressed in their gayest clothes. They
+form processions and march through the streets singing with all their
+might. Every child carries a large paper lantern and keeps it swinging
+all the time. It is such a pretty sight in the evening light,--the
+bright dresses, the graceful figures, the gorgeous lanterns. Oh, Japan
+is the land of happy children, young and old.
+
+One pleasant summer afternoon, as Lotus Blossom and Toyo were playing
+on their veranda, they noticed some one stopping at the gateway and
+then coming up the walk to the house. It was the man-servant who worked
+at the home of a friend of theirs, whose father was very rich. Toyo
+whispered, "Oh, Lotus Blossom, I believe he's bringing us an invitation
+to Chrysanthemum's party. You know she is going to have one on her
+birthday." Sure enough, the man came up to the children, and, making
+a low bow, presented them with two daintily folded papers and then
+departed. They hastened to open them, and found, with delight, that
+they were really and truly asked to their friend's party. It was to
+be at three o'clock in the afternoon of the following Thursday. Lotus
+Blossom ran to her mother, just as her American cousins might do, and
+cried, "Oh, mamma, my precious, honourable mother, what shall I wear?
+See this; do look at my invitation." It was a rare thing indeed to see
+the child so excited. Her mother smiled, and answered, "My dear little
+pearl of a Lotus Blossom, I have almost finished embroidering your new
+silk garment. It shall be finished, and you shall have a new yellow
+crape kerchief to fold about your throat. A barber shall arrange your
+long hair about your head; and I will buy you white silk sandals to
+be tied with ribbons. Even though your friend is more wealthy than
+ourselves, you shall not disgrace your honoured father. Toyo, too, must
+have a new garment."
+
+All was made ready, and Thursday came at last. The children were sent
+to the party in jinrikishas, so that they should not get dusty. They
+looked very pretty. Their little hostess and her mamma received the
+guests with smiles and with many long phrases of politeness. Lacquered
+trays were brought in and placed in front of each one. On these were
+beautiful china cups with no handles. What do you think was served in
+them? Don't get up your hopes now and say "lemonade," or "sherbet,"
+for you will surely be disappointed. It was tea,--simply tea, without
+milk or sugar. The children drank it in honour of their hostess and her
+mamma. But something better still was to come. The tea was removed, and
+fresh trays, covered with dainty pink papers, were brought in. A cake
+made of red beans lay on the middle of each tray, and around it were
+placed sugar maple leaves coloured red and green. They looked pretty
+enough to keep, but the little guests ate them, leaves and all. After
+these came other cakes and sweetmeats, enough to delight the heart of
+every one.
+
+Now for games! Proverbs come first of all. It is played very much like
+the American game of "Authors," and is a great favourite with both old
+and young in Japan. Next comes blind man's buff, but you would hardly
+know the game, it is played so much more quietly and slowly than you
+are in the habit of playing it.
+
+Wine-cakes, dainties, and tea are served next, and then the best part
+of the fun arrives. The screens are moved aside, and the children
+behold a little stage. They sit, or rather squat, down on the mats
+about the room while some hired performers represent one of their
+loved fairy stories in a play. The actresses have lovely gowns, and are
+very graceful. It is a very enjoyable occasion.
+
+The time to leave comes all too soon. The jinrikisha men arrive, and
+after assuring their hostess that they never had had so lovely a time
+before, Lotus Blossom and Toyo make two deep bows and return home very
+happy. I believe you would not object to a party like that yourself,
+would you?
+
+Among all the joyous festivals of the year, I must not forget to tell
+you of the plum-viewing. The winter season is very short in Japan, and
+the houses are not built to keep out the cold very well, as you must
+have already perceived. When the spring days arrive and the blossoms
+begin to appear, the child people are very happy. If they are happy,
+of course they must show it. How can they do it so well as by having
+out-door picnics in the plum orchards? The children watch for the great
+day's arrival when the flowers will be in full bloom. They save up
+their yen to spend, and plan for a great good time. No school on that
+day! No practising on the koto! No embroidery for Lotus Blossom! Every
+one is up early on the bright, clear morning, and baskets are filled
+with the nice luncheon mamma has prepared. There is actually an air
+of excitement in the quiet Japanese household. The good father leads
+the family procession as they start out on their walk to the picnic
+grounds. It is about two miles from their home. Other families join
+them as they walk along. The throng of gaily dressed and happy people
+grows larger every moment. As they near the plum-orchard they find the
+road lined with stands, which have been put up for the day. It seems as
+though everything one could desire were on sale: cakes, tea, fruit,
+fans, sweets of all kinds, toys, etc. No wonder Lotus Blossom and
+Toyo wanted to save up their money. But the orchard! Was there ever a
+lovelier sight? Hundreds of trees loaded with fragrant pink blossoms!
+
+The people write poems about them, and pin them on the branches,
+to show how much they appreciate the beautiful sight which Nature
+has given them. Tea-drinking, story-telling, and the entertainments
+of travelling showmen take up the day. Sunset bids them leave the
+beautiful scene and go back to home and work.
+
+And now, children, we must bid these dear cousins good-bye for a little
+while. Although they worship in strange ways, and read their books
+upside down, besides doing many other things in a manner that seems
+strange to us, yet we can learn much from their simple, childlike
+natures. And, after all, isn't one reason why we live in this big world
+and are so different one from another, that we may learn from each
+other?
+
+THE END.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+'Tilda Jane
+
+    BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS
+
+    AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "FOR HIS
+    COUNTRY," ETC.
+
+    _Fully illustrated_
+
+    1 vol., 12mo, $1.30
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A charming and wholesome story for girls, handled with unusual charm
+and skill, which was issued serially in the _Youth's Companion_.
+
+'Tilda Jane is a runaway orphan from a Maine asylum, who wanders over
+the Canadian border into the settlements of the habitants. The simple
+lives of the peasants, their fine characters and racial traits give a
+characteristic charm to the story, and the delightful girl heroine will
+endear herself to young and old readers.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Rosamond Tales
+
+BY CUYLER REYNOLDS
+
+_With many full-page illustrations from original photographs by the
+author, together with a frontispiece from a drawing by Maud Humphreys._
+
+    Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+These are just the bedtime stories that children always ask for, but do
+not always get. Rosamond and Rosalind are the hero and heroine of many
+happy adventures in town and on their grandfather's farm; and the happy
+listeners to their story will unconsciously absorb a vast amount of
+interesting knowledge of birds, animals, and flowers, just the things
+about which the curiosity of children from four to twelve years old is
+most insatiable. The book will be a boon to tired mothers, as a delight
+to wide-awake children.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+Prince Harold
+
+A FAIRY STORY
+
+    BY L. F. BROWN
+
+    _With ninety full-page illustrations_
+
+    Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A delightful fairy tale for children, dealing with the life of a
+charming young Prince, who, aided by the Moon Spirit, discovers, after
+many adventures, a beautiful girl whom he makes his Princess. He is
+so enamored that he dwells with his bride in complete seclusion for a
+while, entrusting the conduct of his kingdom meantime to his monkey
+servant, Longtail. The latter marries a monkey princess from Amfalulu,
+and their joint reign is described with the drollest humor. The real
+rulers finally return and upset the reign of the pretenders. An
+original and fascinating story for young people.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Woodranger Tales
+
+
+VOLUME III.
+
+The Hero of the Hills
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+
+VOLUME I.
+
+The Woodranger
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+
+VOLUME II.
+
+The Young Gunbearer
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+    Each large 12mo, cloth, fully illustrated, $1.00
+
+[Illustration]
+
+There is the reality of history behind these stories, the successful
+series of "Woodranger Tales," the scope and trend of which are
+accurately set forth in the title. While full of adventure, the
+interest in which sometimes rises to the pitch of excitement, the
+stories are not sensational, for Mr. Browne writes with dignity, if
+with liveliness. The books will not fail to interest any lively,
+wholesome-minded boy.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+Our Devoted Friend the Dog
+
+    BY SARAH K. BOLTON
+
+    AUTHOR OF "GIRLS WHO HAVE BECOME
+    FAMOUS," ETC.
+
+_Fully illustrated with many reproductions from original photographs_
+
+    1 vol., small quarto, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This book of the dog and his friends does for the canine member of the
+household what Helen M. Winslow's book, "Concerning Cats," did for the
+feline. No one who cares for dogs--and that class includes nearly all
+who do not care for cats, and some who do--will admit that the subject
+of Mrs. Bolton's book is a less felicitous choice than that of its
+predecessor; while the author's well-known ability as a writer and
+lecturer, as well as her sympathy with her subject, are a sufficient
+guarantee of a happy treatment.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Cosy Corner Series
+
+A SERIES OF CHARMING ILLUSTRATED JUVENILES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS
+
+We shall issue ten new volumes in this well-known series of child
+classics, and announce four as follows:
+
+
+A Little Puritan Pioneer
+
+    BY EDITH ROBINSON
+
+Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan's First Christmas,"
+etc.
+
+
+Madam Liberality
+
+    BY MRS. EWING
+
+Author of "Jackanapes," "A Great Emergency," "Story of a Short Life,"
+etc., etc.
+
+
+A Bad Penny
+
+    BY JOHN T. WHEELWRIGHT
+
+The other seven will include new stories by Louise de la Ramée, Miss
+Mulock, Nellie Hellis, Will Allen Dromgoole, etc., etc.
+
+    _Forty-four volumes previously published_
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Cosy Corner Series
+
+OF
+
+Charming Juveniles
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Each one volume, 16mo, cloth, Illustrated, 50 cents
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=Ole Mammy's Torment.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=The Little Colonel.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "Big Brother."
+
+
+=Big Brother.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=The Gate of the Giant Scissors.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=Two Little Knights of Kentucky,= who were "The Little Colonel's"
+neighbors. By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+A sequel to "The Little Colonel."
+
+
+=The Story of Dago.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=Farmer Brown and the Birds.= By FRANCES MARGARET FOX. A little story
+which teaches children that the birds are man's best friends.
+
+
+=Story of a Short Life.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+This beautiful and pathetic story is a part of the world's literature
+and will never die.
+
+
+=Jackanapes.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+A new edition, with new illustrations, of this exquisite and touching
+story, dear alike to young and old.
+
+
+=The Little Lame Prince.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures by means of
+the magic gifts of his fairy godmother.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Brownie.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+The story of a household elf who torments the cook and gardener, but is
+a constant joy and delight to the children.
+
+
+=His Little Mother.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+Miss Mulock's short stories for children are a constant source of
+delight to them, and "His Little Mother," in this new and attractive
+dress, will be welcomed by hosts of readers.
+
+
+=Little Sunshine's Holiday.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+"Little Sunshine" is another of those beautiful child-characters for
+which Miss Mulock is so justly famous.
+
+
+=Wee Dorothy.= By LAURA UPDEGRAFF.
+
+A story of two orphan children, the tender devotion of the eldest, a
+boy, for his sister being its theme.
+
+
+=Rab and His Friends.= By DR. JOHN BROWN.
+
+Doctor Brown's little masterpiece is too well known to need description.
+
+
+=The Water People.= By CHARLES LEE SLEIGHT.
+
+Relating the further adventures of "Harry," the little hero of "The
+Prince of the Pin Elves."
+
+
+=The Prince of the Pin Elves.= By CHAS. LEE SLEIGHT.
+
+A fascinating story of the underground adventures of a sturdy, reliant
+American boy among the elves and gnomes.
+
+
+=Helena's Wonderworld.= By FRANCES HODGES WHITE.
+
+A delightful tale of the adventures of a little girl in the mysterious
+regions beneath the sea.
+
+
+=For His Country.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
+
+A beautiful story of a patriotic little American lad.
+
+
+=A Little Puritan's First Christmas.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+
+=A Little Daughter of Liberty.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan Rebel," etc.
+
+A true story of the Revolution.
+
+
+=A Little Puritan Rebel.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+An historical tale of a real girl, during the time when the gallant Sir
+Harry Vane was governor of Massachusetts.
+
+
+=A Loyal Little Maid.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+A delightful and interesting story of Revolutionary days, in which the
+child heroine, Betsey Schuyler, renders important services to George
+Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
+
+
+=A Dog of Flanders.= A CHRISTMAS STORY. By LOUISE DE LA RAMÉE (Ouida).
+
+
+=The Nurnberg Stove.= By LOUISE DE LA RAMÉE (Ouida).
+
+This beautiful story has never before been published at a popular price.
+
+
+=The King of the Golden River.= A LEGEND OF STIRIA. By JOHN RUSKIN.
+
+Written fifty years or more ago, this little fairy tale soon became
+known and made a place for itself.
+
+
+=La Belle Nivernaise.= THE STORY OF AN OLD BOAT AND HER CREW. By
+ALPHONSE DAUDET.
+
+It has been out of print for some time, and is now offered in cheap but
+dainty form in this new edition.
+
+
+=The Young King.= =The Star Child.=
+
+Two stories chosen from a recent volume by a gifted author, on account
+of their rare beauty, great power, and deep significance.
+
+
+=A Great Emergency.= By MRS. EWING.
+
+
+=The Trinity Flower.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+In this little volume are collected three of Mrs. Ewing's best short
+stories for the young people.
+
+
+=The Adventures of Beatrice and Jessie.= By RICHARD MANSFIELD.
+
+A bright and amusing story of the strange adventures of two little
+girls in the "realms of unreality."
+
+
+=A Child's Garden of Verses.= By R. L. STEVENSON.
+
+This little classic is undoubtedly the best of all volumes of poetry
+for children.
+
+
+=Little King Davie.= By NELLIE HELLIS.
+
+It is sufficient to say of this book that it has sold over 110,000
+copies in England, and consequently should well be worthy of a place in
+"The Cosy Corner Series."
+
+
+=Little Peterkin Vandike.= By CHARLES STUART PRATT.
+
+The author's dedication furnishes a key to this charming story.
+
+"I dedicate this book, made for the amusement of the boys who may
+read it, to the memory of one boy, who would have enjoyed as much as
+Peterkin the plays of the Poetry Party."
+
+
+=The Making of Zimri Bunker.= A TALE OF NANTUCKET. By W. J. LONG.
+
+The story deals with a sturdy American fisher lad during the war of
+1812.
+
+
+=The Fortunes of the Fellow.= By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE. A sequel to "The
+Farrier's Dog and His Fellow."
+
+
+=The Farrier's Dog and His Fellow.= By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE.
+
+This story, written by the gifted young Southern woman, will appeal to
+all that is best in the natures of her many admirers.
+
+
+=The Sleeping Beauty.= A MODERN VERSION. By MARTHA B. DUNN.
+
+A charming story of a little fishermaid of Maine, intellectually
+"asleep," until she meets the "Fairy Prince."
+
+
+=The Young Archer.= By CHARLES E. BRIMBLECOM.
+
+A strong and wholesome story of a boy who accompanied Columbus on his
+voyage to the New World.
+
+
+
+
+Selections from
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Books for Young People
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=Old Father Gander;= OR, THE BETTER-HALF OF MOTHER GOOSE. RHYMES,
+CHIMES, AND JINGLES scratched from his own goose-quill for American
+Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised by
+WALTER SCOTT HOWARD.
+
+    1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative      $2.00
+
+The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will
+appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and
+humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates,
+of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and
+successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto
+invariably used for children's books.
+
+
+=The Crock of Gold:= A NEW BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. By S. BARING GOULD.
+
+Author of "Mehalah," "Old Country Life," "Old English Fairy Tales,"
+etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.
+
+    1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.50
+
+This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two
+continents, answering their always increasing demand for "more fairy
+stories."
+
+
+=Shireen and Her Friends:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PERSIAN CAT. By
+GORDON STABLES.
+
+Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative      $1.25
+
+A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written.
+It is similar in character to "Black Beauty," "Beautiful Joe," and
+other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.
+
+
+=Bully, Fag, and Hero.= By CHARLES J. MANSFORD.
+
+With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.50
+
+An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and
+during the holidays.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Boy Reporter in the Philippines.= By HARRY STEELE
+MORRISON.
+
+Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated      $1.25
+
+A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is
+a splendid boys' book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to
+stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.
+
+
+=Tales Told in the Zoo.= By F. C. GOULD.
+
+With many illustrations from original drawings.
+
+    1 vol., large quarto      $2.00
+
+A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are
+supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens
+to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and
+folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds,
+and their characteristics.
+
+
+=Philip:= THE STORY OF A BOY VIOLINIST. By T. W. O.
+
+    1 vol., 12mo, cloth      $1.00
+
+The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to
+awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it
+could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The
+reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into
+the realms of music and art; and the _finale_ of this charming tale is
+a masterpiece of pathetic interest.
+
+
+=Black Beauty:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE. By ANNA SEWELL. _New
+Illustrated Edition._
+
+With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.25
+
+There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently
+offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The
+illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this
+the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are
+desired.
+
+
+
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Gift Book Series
+
+FOR
+
+Boys and Girls
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Each one volume, tall 12mo, cloth, Illustrated,      $1.00
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=The Little Colonel's House Party.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "Little Colonel," etc. Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
+
+Mrs. Johnston has endeared herself to the children by her charming
+little books published in the Cosy Corner Series. Accordingly, a longer
+story by her will be eagerly welcomed by the little ones who have so
+much enjoyed each story from her pen.
+
+
+=Chums.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
+
+Author of "Little Bermuda," etc. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
+
+"Chums" is a girls' book, about girls and for girls. It relates the
+adventures, in school, and during vacation, of two friends.
+
+
+=Three Little Crackers.= FROM DOWN IN DIXIE. By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE.
+
+Author of "The Farrier's Dog." A fascinating story for boys and girls,
+of the adventures of a family of Alabama children who move to Florida
+and grow up in the South.
+
+
+=Miss Gray's Girls;= OR, SUMMER DAYS IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. By
+JEANNETTE A. GRANT.
+
+A delightfully told story of a summer trip through Scotland, somewhat
+out of the beaten track. A teacher, starting at Glasgow, takes a lively
+party of girls, her pupils, through the Trossachs to Oban, through the
+Caledonian Canal to Inverness, and as far north as Brora.
+
+
+=King Pippin:= A STORY FOR CHILDREN. By MRS. GERARD FORD.
+
+Author of "Pixie."
+
+One of the most charming books for young folks which has been issued
+for some time. The hero is a lovable little fellow, whose frank and
+winning ways disarm even the crustiest of grandmothers, and win for him
+the affection of all manner of unlikely people.
+
+
+=Feats on the Fiord:= A TALE OF NORWEGIAN LIFE. By HARRIET MARTINEAU.
+
+This admirable book, read and enjoyed by so many young people, deserves
+to be brought to the attention of parents in search of wholesome
+reading for their children to-day. It is something more than a juvenile
+book, being really one of the most instructive books about Norway and
+Norwegian life and manners ever written.
+
+
+=Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.= Compiled by MARY WHITNEY
+MORRISON (Jenny Wallis).
+
+New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
+
+No better description of this admirable book can be given than Mrs.
+Whitney's happy introduction:
+
+"One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance of
+their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering of verse,
+which announces itself, like them, by its own deliciousness. Yet, as
+Mrs. Morrison's charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am
+only too happy to declare that it is to me--and to two families of my
+grandchildren--the most bewitching book of songs for little people that
+we have ever known."
+
+
+=The Young Pearl Divers:= A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE BY LAND AND
+BY SEA. By LIEUT. H. PHELPS WHITMARSH.
+
+This is a splendid story for boys, by an author who writes in vigorous
+and interesting language, of scenes and adventures with which he is
+personally acquainted.
+
+
+=The Woodranger.= By G. WALDO BROWNE.
+
+The first of a series of five volumes entitled "The Woodranger Tales."
+
+Although based strictly on historical facts the book is an interesting
+and exciting tale of adventure, which will delight all boys, and be by
+no means unwelcome to their elders.
+
+
+=Three Children of Galilee:= A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR THE YOUNG. By JOHN
+GORDON.
+
+There has long been a need for a Life of Christ for the young, and this
+book has been written in answer to this demand. That it will meet with
+great favor is beyond question, for parents have recognized that their
+boys and girls want something more than a Bible story, a dry statement
+of facts, and that, in order to hold the attention of the youthful
+readers, a book on this subject should have life and movement as well
+as scrupulous accuracy and religious sentiment.
+
+
+=Little Bermuda.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
+
+Author of "Dally," "A Redbridge Neighborhood," "In a Dike Shanty,"
+"Friendship and Folly," etc.
+
+The adventures of "Little Bermuda" from her home in the tropics to a
+fashionable American boarding-school. The resulting conflict between
+the two elements in her nature, the one inherited from her New England
+ancestry, and the other developed by her West Indian surroundings, gave
+Miss Pool unusual opportunity for creating an original and fascinating
+heroine.
+
+
+=The Wild Ruthvens:= A HOME STORY. By CURTIS YORK.
+
+A story illustrating the mistakes, failures, and successes of a family
+of unruly but warm-hearted boys and girls. They are ultimately softened
+and civilized by the influence of an invalid cousin, Dick Trevanion,
+who comes to live with them.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Siberian Cub.= Translated from the Russian of
+Slibitski by LEON GOLSCHMANN.
+
+This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight, especially by
+children who love to read about animals. The interesting and pathetic
+adventures of the orphan bear, Mishook, will appeal to old and young in
+much the same way as have "Black Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe."
+
+
+=Timothy Dole.= By JUNIATA SALSBURY.
+
+The youthful hero, and a genuine hero he proves to be, starts from
+home, loses his way, meets with startling adventures, finds friends,
+kind and many, and grows to be a manly man. It is a wholesome and
+vigorous book, that boys and girls, and parents as well, will read and
+enjoy.
+
+
+=The Young Gunbearer.= By G. WALDO BROWNE.
+
+This is the second volume of "The Woodranger Tales." The new story,
+while complete in itself, continues the fortunes and adventures of "The
+Woodranger's" young companions.
+
+
+=A Bad Penny.= By JOHN T. WHEELRIGHT.
+
+A dashing story of the New England of 1812. In the climax of the
+story the scene is laid during the well-known sea-fight between the
+_Chesapeake_ and _Shannon_, and the contest is vividly portrayed.
+
+
+=The Fairy Folk of Blue Hill:= A STORY OF FOLK-LORE. By LILY F.
+WESSELHOEFT.
+
+A new volume by Mrs. Wesselhoeft, well known as one of our best writers
+for the young, and who has made a host of friends among the young
+people who have read her delightful books. This book ought to interest
+and appeal to every child who has read her earlier works.
+
+
+
+
+
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+<hr class="chap" />
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+<div class='bbox2'>
+<h2>The Little Cousin Series</h2>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;">
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+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="List of books and authors">
+<tr><td align="left">Our Little Japanese Cousin</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><span class="smcap">By Mary Hazelton Wade</span></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><br />Our Little Indian Cousin</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><span class="smcap">By Mary Hazelton Wade</span></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><br />Our Little Brown Cousin</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><span class="smcap">By Mary Hazelton Wade</span></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><br />Our Little Russian Cousin</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><span class="smcap">By Mary Hazelton Wade</span></td></tr>
+</table></div>
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+L. C. PAGE &amp; COMPANY,<br />
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+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;"><a id="frontispiece"></a>
+<img src="images/i004.jpg" width="339" height="500" alt="little girl with parasol" />
+<div class="caption">LOTUS BLOSSOM.</div>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Title page">
+<tr><td align="center" colspan='3'><img src="images/title_top.png" width="350" height="18" alt="border top" /></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><img src="images/title_left.png" width="20" height="559" alt="border left" /></td>
+<td align="center"><h1>Our Little Japanese<br />
+Cousin</h1>
+
+<div class='center'>
+By<br />
+<span class='author'>Mary Hazelton Wade</span><br />
+<br /><br />
+<i>Illustrated by</i><br />
+L. J. Bridgman<br />
+<br />
+
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+Boston<br />
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+<tr><td align="center" colspan='3'><img src="images/title_bottom.png" width="350" height="18" alt="border bottom" />
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+<div class='copyright'>
+<i>Copyright 1901</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">By L. C. Page &amp; Company</span><br />
+<small>(INCORPORATED)</small><br />
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+Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds &amp; Co.<br />
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+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h2>List of Illustrations</h2>
+
+
+
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="Illustrations">
+<tr><td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
+<td align="right"><small>PAGE</small></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Lotus Blossom</span></td>
+<td align="right"><i><a href="#frontispiece">Frontispiece</a></i></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left">"<span class="smcap">She is soon sound asleep</span>"</td>
+<td align='right'><a href="#Page_26">18</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Toyo Feeding the Pigeons</span></td>
+<td align='right'><a href="#Page_11">26</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Candy Man</span></td>
+<td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Aunt Ocho's Garden</span></td>
+<td align='right'><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Lesson in Arranging Flowers</span></td>
+<td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Our Little Japanese Cousin</h2>
+
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Lotus Blossom</span> is the dearest little girl in
+the world. I beg your pardon&mdash;I mean in
+the Eastern world, for she lives far away across
+the Pacific, on one of the beautiful islands of
+Japan.</p>
+
+<p>Lotus Blossom is very pretty. She has a
+round face, with a clear, yellow skin, and her
+teeth are like little pearls. Her black hair
+is cut square across the forehead and braided
+behind. It is never done up in curl-papers
+or twisted over a hot iron; the little girl's
+mamma would think that very untidy.</p>
+
+<p>Lotus Blossom does not smile very often,
+yet she is always happy. She does not remember
+crying once in her life. Why should<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+she cry? Papa and mamma are always kind
+and ready to play with her. She is never
+sent to bed alone in the dark, for she goes
+to sleep, and gets up in the morning when
+her parents do. She does not play so hard
+as to get tired out and cross with everybody.
+She takes everything quietly, just as the big
+folks do, and is never in a hurry. Her playmates
+do not say unkind words to make her
+sad, for the children of Japan are taught to
+be polite above everything else. Why, I
+have heard that once upon a time one little
+yellow boy so far forgot himself as to call a
+lady bad names. His parents were terribly
+shocked. They felt that they had been disgraced,
+and at once sent for a policeman to go
+to the lady's house and ask for their child's
+pardon. As for him! well, he was severely
+punished in a way you will hear about later
+on in my story.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 338px;">
+<img src="images/i011.jpg" width="338" height="500" alt="children feeding birds" />
+<div class="caption">TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>Besides all these things which help to make<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>
+Lotus Blossom happy, she is dressed comfortably.
+Tight, stiff shoes could never be
+thought of for a minute. She wears white
+stockings made of cloth, with a separate place
+in each one for the big toe. In fact, they
+resemble long mittens. That is all Lotus
+Blossom wears on her feet in the house; but
+when she goes out-doors she has pretty sandals,
+if the walking is good. These sandals
+have straps, which are fastened on the foot
+between the big toe and around the ankle.
+If the ground is muddy or covered with snow,
+Lotus Blossom puts on her clogs. They are
+queer things, raised high on strips of wood.
+Of course one can't walk very fast on such
+clumsy affairs, but the Japanese dislike getting
+their feet wet as much as kittens do, and
+would wear anything to prevent such a mishap.
+But if Lotus Blossom stops at a house
+or store while she is out walking, she is polite
+enough to take off her clogs or sandals before<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>
+going inside. That is one reason why every
+building can be kept so clean.</p>
+
+<p>The little Japanese girl's clothes are pretty
+as well as comfortable. It is not possible for
+pins to prick her tender flesh, because they
+are never used about her dress. In summer
+she wears a silk or linen garment made very
+much like your papa's dressing-gown, except
+that it has immense sleeves. Beautiful scarlet
+flowers are embroidered all over it, and a wide
+sash is wound around her waist and tied in a
+big, flat bow behind. She is very fond of
+red, so she has a bow of red crape in her hair,
+and a small red bag is fastened to her belt in
+front. What do you suppose she carries in
+the bag? Paper handkerchiefs! Not linen
+ones like yours, which are washed when they
+get soiled, but rather of soft, pretty paper.
+As soon as each one is used it is thrown away.
+Don't you think that is a very nice and cleanly
+custom? Indeed, there are many things about<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span>
+the Japanese which we might copy with profit,
+for they are the cleanest people in the world.
+Perhaps another reason why our little cousin
+is so happy is because she is always clean.</p>
+
+<p>Lotus Blossom carries another bag at her
+belt, filled with amulets. These are charms
+to keep away any evil spirits that might do
+her harm. In the bag with the charms, there
+is a brass plate, which tells her name and
+where she lives. So if she should get lost,
+her mother need not worry, for she will be
+brought safely home without loss of time.
+But what can be the use of such big sleeves?
+When her mamma cut them, she made them
+long enough to nearly reach the floor. Then
+they were doubled up inside and fastened in
+front so that they could serve as pockets.
+How you would laugh to see Lotus Blossom
+and her brother tuck away their playthings
+in their big sleeves when their mother calls
+them away to do something for her! It is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>
+enough to make an American boy's heart fill
+with envy. He may boast of six pockets,
+but what of that? They could all be filled
+and stowed away in one of Lotus Blossom's
+sleeves, and room would be still left.</p>
+
+<p>The little girl's life is like a long playtime.
+In the first place, she lives in a sort of play-house.
+There is nothing to get out of order;
+no chairs in the way, no table-scarfs to pull
+down, no ink-wells to tip over. There is
+only one big room in the house, but there
+are many beautiful paper screens, so her
+mamma can divide the house just as she
+pleases by moving the screens about. If
+company should arrive suddenly, there need
+be no question whether there is a guest-room
+or not. One can be made with screens in a
+moment. Even the front of the house is
+made of screens, which can be closed at night,
+and folded away in the morning to open up
+the whole house to the fresh air and sunshine.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span>
+There are no carpets on the floors, but instead
+of these there are pretty mats made of rushes.
+They are exactly alike in size, and are shaken
+every morning. There are no chairs, for
+Lotus Blossom's family sit on the mats or
+on cushions on the floor. They cannot lean
+against the walls either, for remember, there
+are no walls! And if they should lean against
+the screens they would tumble over.</p>
+
+<p>The only tables are six inches high. They
+are pretty and delicate, and are highly lacquered.
+When Lotus Blossom has nothing
+else to do, she likes to look at the pictures
+on these little stands. But where are the
+stoves? How do the people keep warm
+in the cold winter days? And where is
+all the cooking done? In the picture do
+you see a little box with smoke rising from
+it? It is lined with metal, and charcoal is
+burned in it. All the food is prepared over
+these little fire-boxes. If any one is cold, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>
+has only to get a fire-box, light some charcoal,
+and sit down beside it. And when Lotus
+Blossom goes to breakfast, she has a fire-box
+beside the lacquered table, so that water for
+her tea can be kept hot.</p>
+
+<p>Tea! you say. That little girl, nine years
+old, drinking tea? Yes, we have to admit
+that the Japanese child drinks tea at a very
+early age; and with no milk or sugar, either.
+But then the cups are so tiny they do not
+hold much. They are no bigger than those
+in a doll's china set. How quickly the little
+tea-table is set at meal times. Each member
+of the family has one all to himself. There
+is no table-cloth, no knife, or fork, or spoon;
+instead of these one sees a pair of chop-sticks,
+a small cup and saucer, and a plate from
+which he eats the steaming rice and the
+minced fish. But suppose that the tea or
+rice should be spilled on the beautiful table?
+Please don't imagine such a thing. Japanese<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>
+children are too carefully trained by their
+kind mammas to be so careless. They handle
+their chop-sticks so daintily that no grain of
+rice nor bit of fish falls as they lift the food
+to their pretty mouths.</p>
+
+<p>Where does our little Japanese cousin sleep
+in this funny house? There are no bedsteads,
+or mattresses, or blankets, or sheets. When
+bedtime comes, her papa and mamma move
+the screens around so as to shut themselves
+off from the rest of the house. Then they
+go to a cupboard and take down some wadded
+quilts and queer wooden blocks, whose tops
+are slightly curved. A quilt is spread on the
+floor, and a wooden block serves as a pillow.
+Some paper is laid on it so that it may be
+kept clean. And now, you think, Lotus
+Blossom may get into her bed after she has
+undressed and put on her night-dress. Not
+so, however. She must bathe in a tub of
+such hot water that it would turn your body<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>
+very red, if you were only to hop in and out
+again. The whole family bathe in the same
+tub of water, one after the other, and it is kept
+hot by a tube which runs to a fire-box. The
+little girl puts on her day-dress after her bath
+is finished, and, lying down on the quilt, she
+rests her head on the hard pillow. Mamma
+covers her with another quilt, and she is soon
+sound asleep.</p>
+
+
+<p>When Lotus Blossom was two years old
+her brother Toyo was born. How the family
+rejoiced at having a little son! When he was
+only seven days old a very important ceremony
+was performed. He had to receive a
+name. His papa, who believes in the religion
+of Shintoism, fully wrote out five of his favourite
+names on pieces of paper. Then he
+took his baby in his arms, and, carrying the
+papers, he went to the temple where he worshipped.
+The papers were handed to the
+priest, who placed them in a bowl. After<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span>
+some ceremony, the priest began to fish in
+the bowl with a sacred wand. The first paper
+he lifted out bore the name of Toyo. This
+was the way that Lotus Blossom's little
+brother received his name. When he was
+about four weeks old he was again carried to
+the temple by his father and nurse. The
+Japanese believe in one great power, or god,
+but under him there are many others; as, a
+god of flowers, a god of art, and so forth.
+This time he was put under the care of his
+special god, who was then expected to protect
+him for the rest of his life.</p>
+
+<p>All this time Toyo's head was kept perfectly
+smooth. In fact, his first visit to the
+barber was very important, for all his hair was
+shaved off then except a little fringe at the
+back and sides. When he was four months
+old another important ceremony was held.
+Toyo left off baby clothes and was given his
+first solid food. That was rice, of course,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>
+which he would continue to eat at every meal
+for the rest of his life.</p>
+
+<p>Toyo and Lotus Blossom are always happy
+together. His sister was the first one to help
+Toyo squat on his little heels. Japanese
+babies never creep. The little brother had
+no baby-carriage or cradle, but he never
+missed them. He was always such a happy
+little fellow; never perched up in a high-chair
+with his body fastened in by a wooden tray,
+but always moving around, sometimes on the
+floor, sometimes fastened on mamma's or
+nurse's back, again on the older children's
+backs, when Lotus Blossom was out playing
+in the garden with them. When he got tired
+he would simply go to sleep, while the children
+would keep on with their play. But
+when he woke up, he would look about with
+a dear little smile, as much as to say: "I'm
+all right, thank you, don't fret about me."</p>
+
+<p>It was a most important time when he cut<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span>
+the first tooth, and not only that, but the
+second and the third,&mdash;in fact, every tooth
+in turn had its arrival celebrated. A poem
+about each one was written by his loving papa,
+and a little festival was held in the home.
+Such happy, childlike people are the Japanese!
+They are ready to enjoy everything. Even
+the funerals are cheerful, and have nothing sad
+and dreary about them. Why should they,
+when the people believe that they always will
+live, and that they will come back to earth
+again to enjoy the beautiful fields and flowers
+and sunshine in new bodies?</p>
+
+<p>Almost the first words that Toyo learned
+to speak were, "Thank you," and "If you
+please." Don't think for a moment that he
+ever did such a rude thing in his life as to
+answer "no" or "yes" without some very
+polite expression with it. For instance, if his
+mamma asked him a question, he would answer
+with his baby lips, "No, thank you,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>
+most admirable mother," or, "If you please,
+my adorable, honoured parent," at the same
+time bowing his little body over till his
+head reached the ground. Why! he and
+Lotus Blossom are taught to speak respectfully
+even of the potatoes or the dishes or
+the table. For example, they say, "the
+highly respected cup," etc. Isn't it funny?
+But, after all, isn't it nice, too, to act
+kindly toward every one and everything in
+the world?</p>
+
+<p>If her little brother should step on Lotus
+Blossom's doll and break its arm, what would
+she do? Give him a slap and say, "Oh, you
+bad, bad boy?" By no means. A slap is
+unknown in her land. The little woman
+would not even let herself look cross or unhappy,
+while Toyo would spend five minutes
+in telling her how unutterably sad and broken-hearted
+he was made by his cruel, ungentlemanly
+carelessness. And then, to make them<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>
+forget all about it, mamma would bring a new
+doll from the cupboard.</p>
+
+<p>But perhaps Lotus Blossom is tired of
+playthings, so she and Toyo run out in the
+garden to have a frolic with their pets. They
+have new ones nearly every day, for they are
+fond of every creature that is alive. To-day
+they are going to hunt for some big beetles,
+as Toyo has planned a little carriage which
+he will make out of paper, with pasteboard
+wheels and reins of silk thread for the paper
+doll. The beetles will be harnessed, and the
+children will train them to draw the carriage.
+Jolly fun! The whole afternoon is spent in
+finding some black beauties and playing with
+them.</p>
+
+<p>Another day the children will catch some
+grasshoppers and tame them. Toyo will
+make a pretty paper cage to hold them, while
+both he and Lotus Blossom will be very careful
+to feed them regularly on the dainties<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>
+they like best. When night comes the turtles
+must be looked after and fed, for Toyo has
+some beauties. He likes to fasten a string
+through the shell and take them walking, just
+as his American cousins do, but he would not
+willingly torture them.</p>
+
+<p>Lotus Blossom has a globe full of gold-fish
+different from any you have ever seen. Their
+tails are fan-shaped, and are as long as their
+bodies. During the long summer days the
+globe of fish is set out on the broad balcony,
+and many children stop to watch them as they
+pass. Toyo loves his little dog more than
+all his other pets. He is the dearest little
+fellow, and wishes to follow his young master
+wherever he goes. He looks somewhat like
+a spaniel, except that he is white. His nose
+is turned up at the end, so that he looks all
+the time as if he would say, "Humph! I
+am very wise. You poor people don't know
+much." And he looks all this in such a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span>
+way as to make you wish to laugh. Toyo's
+mamma has made a big scarlet ruff for the
+dog's neck, and it makes him feel very fine,
+I dare say. His master has fastened a wooden
+label on his collar to tell where he belongs.</p>
+
+<p>I know you will be disappointed when you
+learn that Lotus Blossom's dear little kitten
+cannot play with her tail. No fun for her,
+poor kitty, you are thinking. But why is it?
+Because she <em>has</em> no tail, or at least only the
+stub of one. So of course she is quite calm
+and solemn&mdash;that is, for a kitten. But then
+she lives in Japan, and so she ought to be
+more dignified than kittens of other lands.
+Don't you think so?</p>
+<div class="figright" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/i021.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="Girl asleep on floor" />
+<div class="caption">"SHE IS SOON SOUND ASLEEP."</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>We must leave all these pets now and go
+to church, or rather to the temple, with Toyo,
+Lotus Blossom, and their parents. There is
+no set day for worship, for there is no such
+thing as Sunday in Japan. The temples are
+always open, and the children are fond of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>
+going to them to offer prayers, and also to
+have a good time. As they near the temple
+they see stands of sweetmeats and good things
+of all kinds. The way is lined on both sides
+with these stands. Great numbers of people,
+rich and poor, high and low, are coming and
+going. Pigeons are flying in and out of the
+sacred building, and no one harms them.
+Toyo stops and buys a yen's worth of corn
+and scatters it for the birds to eat. They
+flock around him without fear. They are so
+tame that the children could catch them with
+no difficulty. But Lotus Blossom and Toyo
+pass on to the entrance, and, bowing low, take
+off their clogs.</p>
+
+<p>The inside of the building is almost bare.
+There are no statues of gods or goddesses,
+no ornaments,&mdash;nothing except an altar with
+some queer sticks standing upon it. Festoons
+of white paper hang from these wands, or
+"gohei," as the Japanese call them. A priest<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>
+stands behind the altar, and a large cloth is
+spread out on the floor in front of it. Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo clap their hands. This
+is to call the attention of the gods. Then
+they say a little prayer and throw some money
+upon the cloth. If they are very good and
+devout children, perhaps the gods will descend
+into the temple. The queer papers on the
+wands are to be the clothing of these great
+beings. No images are needed, you see, only
+plenty of paper. Rather hard to understand
+this, and yet all that is necessary for Toyo
+and Lotus Blossom is to worship their ancestors
+properly, and believe that the great spirits
+are working everywhere in nature. This is
+the reason they are taught to obey their
+parents at all times, and never to harm anything
+living. The children are also taught to
+believe that the Mikado, the Emperor of
+Japan, is descended from god-kings who once
+ruled over the country. This is why such<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>
+great honour is paid him wherever he goes.
+Until a few years ago the people thought him
+so sacred that they ought not to look at
+him, so he was obliged to stay inside his
+beautiful palace like a prisoner. But times
+have changed, and his subjects have a little
+more common sense nowadays.</p>
+
+<p>After our little cousins have said their
+prayers and given their money, they go to a
+dance-hall in another part of the temple. You
+know by this time that the Japanese like to
+enjoy themselves. But isn't it a strange idea
+to have dancing, praying, and feasting in the
+same place? The dancers are dressed like
+butterflies. They have beautiful red and gold
+wings. They are very graceful, but the music
+is unpleasant to us. Toyo thinks it is fine,
+and wishes he could play as well.</p>
+
+<p>Now for a good dinner in the restaurant in
+the next hall, for the boy's father has promised
+to treat his family to all the dainties of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>
+the season,&mdash;candied lotus-leaves, and everything
+they like best. It is a happy day, and
+the children wish they could go to the temple
+oftener.</p>
+
+<p>One morning not long after this, poor little
+Lotus Blossom woke up with a bad pain in
+her stomach. Her face and hands were hot.
+She was not able to get up and go to school.
+Mamma felt very sad, and at once sent to ask
+the priest for something to make her little
+daughter well. You say at once, "Is the
+priest in Japan a doctor? And will he prepare
+medicine marked in some such way as this:
+'One teaspoonful to be taken each hour?'"
+No, indeed. Lotus Blossom's mamma received
+from her queer physician two "moxas,"
+with orders that one of them should be placed
+on the back of the sick child, and the other
+on her foot. The direction of the priest was
+followed, although it made Lotus Blossom
+very unhappy. I think you would not like<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span>
+it, if you were in her place, for a moxa makes
+a burn far worse than a mustard plaster does.
+You know the punk that you use on the
+Fourth of July to light your firecrackers and
+fireworks? The moxas are made of a certain
+kind of pith, and burn slowly just as the
+punk does. The Japanese believe in the use
+of moxas for many things,&mdash;bad children,
+sickness, and I can't tell you what else. The
+impolite boy I told you about, at the beginning
+of the story, was burned with a moxa,
+in such a way that he never forgot himself
+again. As for fevers, why, the moxa is certain
+to drive away the bad spirits that cause
+them.</p>
+
+<p>No doubt you wonder at it, as I do myself,
+but Lotus Blossom got well enough in two
+or three days to sit up and be dressed. But
+she did not care for her dolls or games; she
+felt tired all the time. Her loving and most
+honoured father said a change of air would<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>
+do her good. It would be well for her to
+spend some days at the house of an aunt
+who lived several miles out in the country.
+Toyo was allowed to go, too. How were
+they to get there? In steam or electric cars?
+What can you be thinking of to ask such
+questions? Two jinrikishas were brought
+to the door; one was for Lotus Blossom and
+one for her brother. Strong men were hired
+to draw them. I wonder if you ever saw
+anything like a jin-riki-sha, or man-power-carriage,
+for that is what the word means. They
+are very comfortable, much like baby-carriages,
+and are lined with soft cushions. The
+men look strong and kind. They are nearly
+naked, so that they can run easily and rapidly.</p>
+
+<p>It will take only an hour to carry the
+children to their aunt's, if they do not stop
+on the way. But there are so many things
+to see to-day that Lotus Blossom forgets all
+about her sickness and burns, and wants her<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>
+runners to stop every few minutes to rest.
+The children spend at least five minutes bidding
+their mother a proper good-bye. Then,
+at the word, off they go, down "Dog" Street
+into "Turtle" Street. There are no sidewalks,
+but they are not needed, for horses
+and wagons are rarely seen.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 342px;">
+<img src="images/i037.jpg" width="342" height="500" alt="man sitting by candy cart" />
+<div class="caption">THE CANDY MAN.</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>But look! Here is a man standing in the
+middle of the street, dancing and singing a
+funny song. The sober Japanese who are
+passing stop and laugh. The man has a little
+stand by his side, and on this stand are a
+dish of wheat-gluten and a bamboo reed. As
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo draw near, the man
+ends his song and calls out, "Now who wants
+me to blow him a candy dog? Or shall it
+be a monkey eating a nut? You, my most
+honoured little lady, want one surely."</p>
+
+<p>This he said to Lotus Blossom, who was
+sitting up straight in the jinrikisha, full of
+interest. She thought a moment or two, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>
+then asked for a stork with wings spread out
+to fly. She had hardly stopped speaking before
+the man seized a bamboo reed, dipped
+it in the sticky paste, and blowing now this
+way, now that, fashioned the graceful bird.
+Pinching it here and there to make it more
+perfect, he put on some touches of colour
+from a box of paints. It was wonderfully
+done. Lotus Blossom gave him five yen for
+the candy toy, the runners took hold of the
+jinrikisha, and away the children went on
+their journey.</p>
+
+<p>They came soon to another crowd of boys
+and girls gathered about a batter-cake man.
+He had a little stand on which a pan of charcoal
+was burning. A large griddle rested over
+the coal, and a tiny little urchin was standing
+on his tiptoes and baking cakes. The man cut
+them out for him in pretty shapes. See the
+pleasure on the youngster's face! All this fun
+for ten yen, or one cent. The other children<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span>
+watch him in envy. As Toyo and Lotus
+Blossom draw near, the jinrikisha men make
+a place for them in the crowd, and Toyo
+jumps out to get a lunch. He has the next
+turn, and so he asks the pleasant-faced man
+to cut his batter-cakes in the shape of turtles.
+Lotus Blossom does not wish any, but lies
+back in her easy carriage under her pretty
+sunshade, and watches Toyo cook and eat
+them. Umbrellas and sunshades are of the
+same material in Japan. They are made of
+several layers of tough, strong paper, and
+will last a long time. When they are worn
+out, they are thrown away just as the paper
+handkerchiefs are, and new ones are bought
+for a very small sum of money. In stormy
+weather Lotus Blossom and Toyo not only
+carry umbrellas, but wear long capes of oiled
+paper to keep off the rain, while very poor
+people have coats made of grasses. Funny
+looking things these are! If you should see<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span>
+a man with one of them over his shoulders,
+and a queer mushroom-shaped hat on his
+head, you would feel like laughing, I know,&mdash;that
+is, if you had not already acquired some
+of the politeness of the Japanese themselves.</p>
+
+<p>But let us return to Turtle Street and find
+out what is now attracting the attentions of
+our little cousins. Would you believe it?
+They can't be in very much of a hurry to get
+to aunty's, for they have stopped again. You
+would also stop if you saw what they do. A
+travelling street show is entertaining numbers
+of men, women, and children. Babies
+are on the backs of some of them, laughing
+and crowing, too. See that clever fellow
+in the middle. He is making butterflies of
+coloured paper and blowing them up into the
+air. He keeps them flying about, now in one
+direction, now in another, by waving his fan.
+It seems as though they must be alive, he
+does this so cleverly. That yellow butterfly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>
+is made to alight on a baby's hand. Hear
+the little fellow crow with delight. Another
+flies over Lotus Blossom's jinrikisha, and
+then, by the dexterous waving of the showman's
+fan, goes off in another direction before
+she can catch it.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 341px;">
+<img src="images/i043.jpg" width="341" height="500" alt="pond with lilies and pagoda" />
+<div class="caption">AUNT OCHO'S GARDEN.</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>After the butterfly show another man performs
+some wonderful tricks with a ladder.
+He places the ladder upright on the ground
+without any support; he climbs it, rung by
+rung, keeping its balance all the time. Finally
+he reaches the very top and stands on one
+foot, bowing and gracefully waving a fan.
+There is not time to tell you all the wonderful
+feats of the Japanese. Toyo and Lotus Blossom
+are delighted, although they have seen
+performances like these many times before.</p>
+
+<p>But they must really hasten on their journey,
+for aunty will be expecting them, and it
+will soon be sunset. In a few moments they
+leave the city behind and are out in the beautiful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span>
+country. They pass tea plantations. The
+glossy green leaves are almost ready to pick.
+See the man in that field, running wildly
+about, making hideous noises. Is he crazy?
+Our little cousins do not seem disturbed as
+they pass by, for he is only a hired scarecrow.
+You remember that the people in Japan think
+it wrong to kill any living thing. But there are
+great numbers of birds in the country which
+are likely to eat the crops and do much damage.
+So men are hired to act as scarecrows
+and make noises to frighten the birds away.</p>
+
+<p>At last Uncle Oto's rice plantation is
+reached. The children draw up in front of
+a large, low house with wide verandas. It is
+more beautiful than their own home. The
+roof is magnificent with carvings, and must
+have cost a great deal of money. It is the
+pride of Aunt Ocho. The gardens contain
+the choicest plants and trees, besides a pond
+and an artificial waterfall. Lotus Blossom and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span>
+Toyo are sure of a good time and much fun.
+They will have a great deal to tell their
+mamma when they return to their home.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>Time passes by. The children have been
+back in their own home a long time. They
+are now looking forward to New Year's day.
+Everything is excitement about the house.
+Mamma has hired an extra servant to help
+clean the house from right to left; not from
+top to bottom, as we say, for there are no
+stairways or rooms overhead. Everything is
+on one floor, remember. The screens are
+carefully wiped, the mats receive an extra
+shaking, and then mamma brings out her
+choicest vase from the storehouse and places
+it on a beautiful, ebony stand in the place of
+honour. The Japanese are not at all like us.
+They are so simple in their tastes, and love
+beautiful things so much, that they have only
+one or two pieces, at the most, on view at a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span>
+time. They think they can enjoy them more
+fully in this way.</p>
+
+<p>The most honoured father orders some
+workmen to come and set up some tall pine
+branches in front of the gateway. One is of
+black, the other of red pine, and tall bamboo
+reeds are placed beside them. A grass rope
+is stretched from one reed to the other, and
+some funny strips of white paper are hung on
+it. You saw many of these papers at the
+temple where the children worship. This
+work is very important to the childlike people.
+They think that the rope, with papers fastened
+to it, will keep away all the evil spirits that
+are ever ready to spoil the happiness of human
+beings. They are demons, who take the shape
+of foxes, badgers, and wolves, and are frightful
+enough to the imagination of Lotus Blossom
+and her brother. Of course, the children are
+glad that the evil spirits are to be surely kept
+away.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Other things are hung on the rope for good
+luck. There is a piece of charcoal and some
+seaweed, and a "lucky bag" filled with chestnuts,
+a bit of herring and some dried fruit.
+All these things will make the gods understand
+they are not forgotten.</p>
+
+<p>The day before New Year's some men
+come to the house with an oven and proceed
+to make the grand New Year's cake. It
+must not be eaten, however, until the 11th of
+January. The children stand around and
+watch the men pound the sticky rice-paste
+with a heavy mallet. At last it is smooth
+enough, and then it is cut into rounds and
+built up into a pyramid. I hear you say,
+"Well, I'd rather have my mother's plum-cake,
+any time." But not so with Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo. They watch their
+mother anxiously as she places it with great
+care on a lacquered stand, to remain until
+the time comes to eat it.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Now they are allowed to put on their clogs
+and go to buy the "harvest ship," which they
+will hang up in the house instead of the holly
+and evergreens you like to see at Christmas
+time. The Japanese believe that on New
+Year's eve a wonderful ship comes sailing into
+port. Of course, it is sent by the gods. No
+one has ever really seen it. That does not
+matter; there are pictures of it, nevertheless,
+and no New Year's decorations are complete
+without a miniature harvest ship. The shops
+are as full of them as our markets are of evergreen
+trees at Christmas time. They are
+made of grasses and trimmed with gaily coloured
+papers. The selection of this ship is
+a very exciting event, not only for Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo, but also for their mother.
+How anxiously they look at one after another
+as the shopkeeper shows them. Finally one
+is chosen that suits the children's mother as
+to price and beauty. But the shopping is by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>
+no means ended, for presents must be bought
+for friends and playmates.</p>
+
+<p>And now, children of America, please don't
+get envious of all the pretty things which your
+cousins can buy for a few pennies. Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo have been saving money
+for a long time. Each has a number of square
+copper coins strung on a string. They are
+not like our pennies, for they are larger and
+thinner, and each one has a square hole in
+the centre. Ten of these are equal in value
+to one of our cents, and there are many pretty
+things that Japanese children can buy for a
+yen, as this piece of money is called. Such
+pretty picture-books made of the lovely Japanese
+paper! Dolls that are dressed in the
+same fashion as the two children, only the
+dresses are of paper; pictures of the Japanese
+gods and goddesses; games and tops and candies.
+At length the shopping is over and the
+last yen has been spent. The family are glad<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span>
+to go home and take a hot bath and nap, for
+they are very tired.</p>
+
+<p>On New Year's morning Lotus Blossom
+and her brother receive their own presents, and
+although they do not shout and jump up and
+down as you do when you are very happy,
+they are much pleased. Toyo has a drum,
+some lovely books and a new game of battledore
+and shuttlecock, which is the game of all
+games to be played at New Year's. The
+shuttlecock is a large gilded seed with feathers
+stuck all around it; the battledore is a bat, flat
+on one side to strike with, while the other side
+has a raised figure of a beautiful dancing-girl.
+Lotus Blossom has, among other things, a doll
+which her mother has dressed in flowered silk,
+and a set of lacquered drawers in which to
+keep her ornaments. But the greatest surprise
+to the children is a white rabbit. These little
+creatures are the dearest of all pets in Japan,
+because they are so rare. It cost the loving<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span>
+father several dollars, but he is more than
+repaid by his children's delight.</p>
+
+<p>Lotus Blossom's mamma has spent many
+weeks in embroidering gowns for each member
+of the family. They are of silk, and are worn
+for the first time on New Year's day. This
+good mamma has had her hair arranged for the
+grand occasion with the greatest of care. You
+would hardly believe it, but the hair-dresser
+spent hours upon it, rolling it up in wonderful
+shapes, sticking it in place with a kind of paste,
+and fastening many ornaments in it. It was
+done two days ago, and you may be sure that
+the Japanese lady placed her head very carefully
+on the pillow every night so that nothing
+should disarrange it. She has had her teeth
+blackened afresh for the greatest holiday of
+the year, while both she and her little daughter
+paint their necks and faces white and their
+cheeks red before their toilets are finished.</p>
+
+<p>I believe I have not yet told you that the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>
+pretty Japanese women spoil their good looks
+as soon as they are married by colouring their
+teeth black! Isn't it a shame? I'm glad we
+don't have this custom in our country, aren't
+you?</p>
+
+<p>And now the New Year's calls begin.
+What a bowing and bending! Men, women,
+and children are all calling and lavishing
+many-worded compliments on each other.
+Refreshments are passed, and then there is a
+"show" to amuse everybody. Some men
+have been hired to come to the house. They
+dance and sing many songs. After this comes
+the funny part of the entertainment. One
+man puts on a mask and makes believe he is
+an animal. He rolls around on the floor at
+the ladies' feet, makes queer noises, and everybody
+laughs and is delighted. The big folks
+like it as much as the children. Perhaps the
+funny man will now put on two masks and
+represent different things at the same time,&mdash;on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>
+one side he will look like a dancing-girl,
+while on the other he will appear as some
+strange beast. He will change about rapidly,
+and keep the company watching him with
+excited interest.</p>
+
+<p>Night comes to very tired and happy
+people, but it does not end the fun by any
+means. Lotus Blossom's papa will not do
+any business for a week at least, and there
+will be new pleasures each day that he is at
+home with his wife and children. After the
+festival is over, the family settle down to
+their daily work until the coming of another
+holiday.</p>
+
+<p>The children go to school again, but that
+does not trouble them. They love their
+teacher and try to please him. The school
+is closed at noon. Lotus Blossom and Toyo
+start out every morning with little satchels
+over their backs. In these they carry their
+books, a cake of India ink, and a paint-brush.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>
+When they arrive at their schoolroom, they
+are met by a quiet, kindly man with big
+glasses over his eyes. The children instantly
+bow down to the ground before him, for he
+is their teacher. Of course the low bow is to
+show great respect. Japanese children are
+taught to treat their instructors, as well as
+their parents, with honour and regard.</p>
+
+<p>And now they enter the schoolroom. But
+what a schoolroom! No desks, no platform,
+no seats! The teacher sits down upon a mat
+with a small lacquered stand beside him. The
+children squat on the floor around him and
+begin to study. What queer letters in the
+books! You would not be able to read one
+word. Lotus Blossom and Toyo have already
+learned their alphabets. You smile, perhaps,
+and think, "H'm! that isn't much." Well,
+just wait till I tell you there are forty-seven
+different characters in one alphabet, while in
+another there are several times as many. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>
+easy alphabet is the only one that girls must
+know, while boys learn both. But Lotus
+Blossom is a very bright child, so she studies
+the more difficult characters as well.</p>
+
+<p>Japanese books are printed very differently
+from ours. The lines run up and down the
+page, and keep the eyes of the reader busily
+moving. The children don't have many
+examples to perform, for the Japanese do not
+consider arithmetic so important as Americans
+do. Do you sigh now, and wish you
+could get your education in that far-away land
+where long division is not a daily trial? But
+wait till I tell you about the writing, or rather
+painting, lessons. You will certainly be envious.
+When the schoolmaster gives the
+signal, the children take the brushes and the
+cakes of India ink from their satchels. They
+mix a little of the ink with water, and then
+are ready to paint their words on the beautiful
+paper made in their country. Many people<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>
+think that the Japanese are such fine artists
+because their hands are trained to use the
+brush from the time they are babies.</p>
+
+<p>It would make you laugh if I should tell
+you how the teacher directs the children to
+write letters to their friends. They must begin
+by writing something very poetical about the
+weather. They must then compose some
+very flowery compliments to the friend who
+is addressed; a sheet or two, at least, must be
+used in this way before they are allowed to
+tell the news, etc. But throughout the letter,
+as in fact in all conversations, Lotus Blossom
+and Toyo are taught to speak of themselves
+as very mean and humble creatures.</p>
+
+<p>Their kind school-teacher ends the morning
+lessons with proverbs. You know what these
+are, of course, but the ones which our Japanese
+cousins learn are especially about duty to their
+parents, and kindness to all living creatures.
+It would be a great sin for Toyo to tease<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>
+the cat or kill a fly. His parents would be
+shocked beyond expression.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 342px;">
+<img src="images/i059.jpg" width="342" height="500" alt="little girl and woman on floor with vase of flowers between them" />
+<div class="caption">A LESSON IN ARRANGING FLOWERS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>"How about punishment in the Japanese
+school?" I hear a little boy ask. My dear
+child, it is hardly ever needed, but when it
+does come, it is not being kept after school;
+it is not a whipping. The child is burned!
+The teacher takes a moxa, which I told you
+is a kind of pith, and sticks it on the naughty
+child's hand. He then sets the moxa on fire
+to burn slowly. It is a long, sad punishment
+for any one who is so bad as to deserve it.
+It does not need to be given every day.
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo, as well as their
+little schoolmates, are very attentive to their
+work, and try their hardest to please the
+teacher.</p>
+
+<p>When school is done, what will the children
+do throughout the long afternoon? Lotus
+Blossom must work a certain time in embroidery,
+and take a short lesson with her mamma<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>
+in arranging flowers. Why, there are whole
+books on this subject in Japan. The people
+are very fond of flowers, and study how to
+arrange them in the most graceful manner.
+They would never think of bunching many
+together without their leaves in an ugly bouquet,
+nor would they dream of cruelly twisting
+wires around their poor little stems. In
+Japan it is thought an art to know how to
+place one spray in a vase in such a way as
+to show all its beauty.</p>
+
+<p>While his sister is doing her work, Toyo is
+practising on his koto. This is a musical instrument
+of which the Japanese are very fond.
+It looks much like a harp. Toyo strikes the
+strings with pieces of ivory fastened on his
+finger-tips. Listen! Do you call those
+sounds music? It is enough to set one's
+teeth on edge. Yet Toyo's music-teacher
+says that he is doing finely and shows great
+talent. If that is so, I fear we would not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span>
+care to go to many concerts in Japan, for the
+Japanese idea of music is very different from
+ours.</p>
+
+<p>Hurrah! The children are now ready for
+play, and there are so many nice things to do.
+If it is winter and there is snow on the ground,
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo gather together with
+their little friends to make a snow man. Not
+an Irish gentleman with a pipe in his mouth,
+such as you like to build, but a figure of
+Daruma, who was a disciple of Buddha. It
+is easy to make this, for it is believed that
+Daruma lost his legs from sitting too long in
+one position. So the snow man has no legs.
+When it is made, the children knock it down
+with snow-balls, just as you do.</p>
+
+<p>Spring comes, and with it, tops, and kites,
+and stilts. The stilts are very high, and Toyo
+puts his toes through parts of the wooden
+lifts. He and the other boys run races and
+even play games on stilts, and think it great<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span>
+fun. But the kites! Yours are just babies
+beside them. Some of them are so large
+that it takes two men to sail them. In
+fact, grown-up people, in Japan, seem as
+fond of kite-flying as the children. Many
+of these toys have neither tails nor bobs. You
+wonder how they manage to get up in the
+air at all, till you see that the strings are pulled
+in such a way as to raise them. They are of
+all shapes. The boys sometimes play a game
+with their kites. They dip the strings in glue
+and afterward in powdered glass; then they
+run with the kites and try to cross each other's
+strings and cut them. The boy who succeeds
+wins the other's kite. Toyo lost his the other
+day, and what do you think he did? Pout, or
+exclaim, as you sometimes do, "I don't care,
+that isn't fair?" By no means! He made
+three beautiful bows and gave up his kite
+with a polite smile. Maybe he did not feel
+any happier about it than you would, for it<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>
+was a fine new one, but he wouldn't show his
+grief, at any rate.</p>
+
+<p>Toyo sometimes wrestles with the other
+boys, but they are not rough and noisy
+about it. They wrestle gently, if you can
+imagine such a thing. They have often
+seen the trained wrestlers at the shows;
+such big, fat men. They must weigh at
+least three hundred pounds. The fat fairly
+hangs upon them. The Japanese people are
+generally slim and rather small, but if a man
+is going to train himself to be a wrestler, he
+eats everything that will help to make him
+fat. I should think they could not get hurt,
+for they look as though they were cushioned
+in fat.</p>
+
+<p>The boys of Japan have marbles and tops,
+just as you do; in fact, nearly all the games
+which you like best were played by your far-away
+cousins long before there was a white
+child on this great continent of ours. "Blind<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>
+man's buff," "Hide the thimble," and "Puss
+in the corner," are great favourites with the
+Japanese. Instead of hiding the thimble,
+however, they use a slipper, and instead of
+puss in the corner, they play that it is the
+devil. You must not forgot that the Japanese
+believe there are many devils, or bad spirits, as
+well as good ones who are ready to help.
+They even think of them in their games.</p>
+
+<p>How many holidays have we in a whole
+year? Stop and count. Not a great number,
+we must admit. Lotus Blossom and Toyo
+have so many that they can count on their
+fingers the number of days between any two
+of them. Next best to New Year's, our little
+girl cousin likes the Feast of Dolls. It
+comes on the third day of the third month.
+At that time the stores are filled with dolls,&mdash;big
+dolls, little dolls, dolls dressed like
+princesses with flounced silk gowns, dolls
+made up as servants, as dancing-girls, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>
+dolls the very image of the Mikado, the ruler
+of Japan,&mdash;nothing but dolls and dolls' furniture.
+When the great day arrives, Lotus
+Blossom's mamma makes a throne in the
+house. She brings out the two dolls that
+she herself received when she was born, besides
+those of her mother and grandmother
+and great-grandmother! They have been
+carefully packed away in soft papers in the
+family storehouse. What a sight they are,
+with all the new ones that have been bought
+for Lotus Blossom. The Mikado doll is
+first placed on his throne, surrounded by his
+court, and then the soldiers and dancers and
+working people are made to stand at either
+side. They are dressed in the proper clothing
+that belongs to their position. But this
+grand array is not all. There are all kinds
+of doll's furniture, too,&mdash;little tables only
+four inches high, with dolls' tea-sets, the
+tiniest, prettiest china dishes. There are the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>
+wadded silk quilts for the dolls to sleep on,
+and wooden pillows on which the doll-heads
+can rest. Yes, there are dolls' fans, and even
+dolls' games.</p>
+
+<p>On this great occasion there is a dinner-party
+for the whole family of dolls. Lotus
+Blossom and her little friends, as well as her
+father and mother, are quite busy serving their
+guests with rice, fish, soup, and all kinds of
+sweet dainties. Somehow or other, all these
+nice things are eaten. What wonderful dolls
+they have in Japan, don't they?</p>
+
+<p>Toyo enjoys the day as well as Lotus
+Blossom, but still he is looking forward to
+the fifth of May. That will be his favourite
+time of all the year. By that time the girls'
+dolls will be put away, and the stores will be
+filled with boys' playthings,&mdash;soldiers, tents,
+armour, etc. Toyo's father will place a tall
+bamboo pole in front of the house, and hang
+an immense paper fish on the top of it. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>
+fish's mouth will be wide open, so that the air
+will fill his big body. At some of the other
+houses there will be a banner instead of a fish.
+There are figures of great warriors who fought
+in olden times on these banners.</p>
+
+<p>When Toyo was a baby his father bought
+him a banner stand. It has been kept very
+carefully, and is now put in the place where
+the doll's throne stood a little while ago. The
+banners of great generals are hung up, and
+figures of soldiers are placed on the stand.
+You see Toyo has dolls as well as his sister.
+Everything is done to remind boys of war at
+this Festival of Banners. They have processions
+in the streets. They play a game in
+which they form armies against each other.
+Every boy carries a flag, and those of one
+company try to seize the flags of the boys in
+the other. Of course the side wins which
+first succeeds in gaining the flags of the
+other.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>A festival which everybody loves is the
+Feast of Lanterns. It is in the summer time,
+and the children are dressed in their gayest
+clothes. They form processions and march
+through the streets singing with all their
+might. Every child carries a large paper
+lantern and keeps it swinging all the time.
+It is such a pretty sight in the evening light,&mdash;the
+bright dresses, the graceful figures, the
+gorgeous lanterns. Oh, Japan is the land of
+happy children, young and old.</p>
+
+<p>One pleasant summer afternoon, as Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo were playing on their
+veranda, they noticed some one stopping at
+the gateway and then coming up the walk
+to the house. It was the man-servant who
+worked at the home of a friend of theirs,
+whose father was very rich. Toyo whispered,
+"Oh, Lotus Blossom, I believe he's bringing
+us an invitation to Chrysanthemum's party.
+You know she is going to have one on her<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span>
+birthday." Sure enough, the man came up to
+the children, and, making a low bow, presented
+them with two daintily folded papers
+and then departed. They hastened to open
+them, and found, with delight, that they were
+really and truly asked to their friend's party.
+It was to be at three o'clock in the afternoon
+of the following Thursday. Lotus Blossom
+ran to her mother, just as her American cousins
+might do, and cried, "Oh, mamma, my
+precious, honourable mother, what shall I
+wear? See this; do look at my invitation."
+It was a rare thing indeed to see the child so
+excited. Her mother smiled, and answered,
+"My dear little pearl of a Lotus Blossom, I
+have almost finished embroidering your new
+silk garment. It shall be finished, and you
+shall have a new yellow crape kerchief to fold
+about your throat. A barber shall arrange
+your long hair about your head; and I will
+buy you white silk sandals to be tied with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span>
+ribbons. Even though your friend is more
+wealthy than ourselves, you shall not disgrace
+your honoured father. Toyo, too, must have
+a new garment."</p>
+
+<p>All was made ready, and Thursday came at
+last. The children were sent to the party in
+jinrikishas, so that they should not get dusty.
+They looked very pretty. Their little hostess
+and her mamma received the guests with
+smiles and with many long phrases of politeness.
+Lacquered trays were brought in
+and placed in front of each one. On these
+were beautiful china cups with no handles.
+What do you think was served in them?
+Don't get up your hopes now and say
+"lemonade," or "sherbet," for you will
+surely be disappointed. It was tea,&mdash;simply
+tea, without milk or sugar. The children
+drank it in honour of their hostess and her
+mamma. But something better still was to
+come. The tea was removed, and fresh trays,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span>
+covered with dainty pink papers, were brought
+in. A cake made of red beans lay on the
+middle of each tray, and around it were placed
+sugar maple leaves coloured red and green.
+They looked pretty enough to keep, but the
+little guests ate them, leaves and all. After
+these came other cakes and sweetmeats,
+enough to delight the heart of every one.</p>
+
+<p>Now for games! Proverbs come first of
+all. It is played very much like the American
+game of "Authors," and is a great favourite
+with both old and young in Japan. Next
+comes blind man's buff, but you would hardly
+know the game, it is played so much more
+quietly and slowly than you are in the habit
+of playing it.</p>
+
+<p>Wine-cakes, dainties, and tea are served
+next, and then the best part of the fun arrives.
+The screens are moved aside, and the children
+behold a little stage. They sit, or rather
+squat, down on the mats about the room while<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span>
+some hired performers represent one of their
+loved fairy stories in a play. The actresses
+have lovely gowns, and are very graceful. It
+is a very enjoyable occasion.</p>
+
+<p>The time to leave comes all too soon.
+The jinrikisha men arrive, and after assuring
+their hostess that they never had had
+so lovely a time before, Lotus Blossom and
+Toyo make two deep bows and return
+home very happy. I believe you would not
+object to a party like that yourself, would
+you?</p>
+
+<p>Among all the joyous festivals of the year,
+I must not forget to tell you of the plum-viewing.
+The winter season is very short in
+Japan, and the houses are not built to keep
+out the cold very well, as you must have
+already perceived. When the spring days
+arrive and the blossoms begin to appear, the
+child people are very happy. If they are
+happy, of course they must show it. How<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span>
+can they do it so well as by having out-door
+picnics in the plum orchards? The children
+watch for the great day's arrival when the
+flowers will be in full bloom. They save up
+their yen to spend, and plan for a great good
+time. No school on that day! No practising
+on the koto! No embroidery for Lotus
+Blossom! Every one is up early on the
+bright, clear morning, and baskets are filled
+with the nice luncheon mamma has prepared.
+There is actually an air of excitement in the
+quiet Japanese household. The good father
+leads the family procession as they start out
+on their walk to the picnic grounds. It is
+about two miles from their home. Other
+families join them as they walk along. The
+throng of gaily dressed and happy people
+grows larger every moment. As they near
+the plum-orchard they find the road lined
+with stands, which have been put up for the
+day. It seems as though everything one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span>
+could desire were on sale: cakes, tea, fruit,
+fans, sweets of all kinds, toys, etc. No
+wonder Lotus Blossom and Toyo wanted
+to save up their money. But the orchard!
+Was there ever a lovelier sight? Hundreds
+of trees loaded with fragrant pink
+blossoms!</p>
+
+<p>The people write poems about them, and
+pin them on the branches, to show how much
+they appreciate the beautiful sight which Nature
+has given them. Tea-drinking, story-telling,
+and the entertainments of travelling
+showmen take up the day. Sunset bids them
+leave the beautiful scene and go back to home
+and work.</p>
+
+<p>And now, children, we must bid these
+dear cousins good-bye for a little while. Although
+they worship in strange ways, and read
+their books upside down, besides doing many
+other things in a manner that seems strange
+to us, yet we can learn much from their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span>
+simple, childlike natures. And, after all, isn't
+one reason why we live in this big world and
+are so different one from another, that we may
+learn from each other?</p>
+
+<div class='center'><br /><br />THE END.</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>'Tilda Jane</div>
+
+<div class='center'><br />
+<span class="smcap">By</span> MARSHALL SAUNDERS<br />
+<br />
+<small>AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "FOR HIS<br />
+COUNTRY," ETC.</small><br />
+<br />
+<i>Fully illustrated</i><br />
+<br />
+1 vol., 12mo, $1.30<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;">
+<img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" />
+</div>
+
+<p>A charming and wholesome story for girls, handled
+with unusual charm and skill, which was issued serially
+in the <i>Youth's Companion</i>.</p>
+
+<p>'Tilda Jane is a runaway orphan from a Maine asylum,
+who wanders over the Canadian border into the settlements
+of the habitants. The simple lives of the peasants,
+their fine characters and racial traits give a characteristic
+charm to the story, and the delightful girl heroine will
+endear herself to young and old readers.</p>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='center'>THE</div>
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Rosamond Tales</div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'><br /><span class="smcap">By</span> CUYLER REYNOLDS</div>
+
+<p><i>With many full-page illustrations from original photographs
+by the author, together with a frontispiece from a
+drawing by Maud Humphreys.</i></p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<p>These are just the bedtime stories that children always
+ask for, but do not always get. Rosamond and Rosalind
+are the hero and heroine of many happy adventures in
+town and on their grandfather's farm; and the happy
+listeners to their story will unconsciously absorb a vast
+amount of interesting knowledge of birds, animals, and
+flowers, just the things about which the curiosity of
+children from four to twelve years old is most insatiable.
+The book will be a boon to tired mothers, as a delight to
+wide-awake children.</p>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Prince Harold</div>
+
+<div class='center'><small>A FAIRY STORY</small><br />
+
+<br />
+<span class="smcap">By</span> L. F. BROWN<br />
+<br />
+<i>With ninety full-page illustrations</i><br />
+<br />
+Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<p>A delightful fairy tale for children, dealing with the
+life of a charming young Prince, who, aided by the Moon
+Spirit, discovers, after many adventures, a beautiful girl
+whom he makes his Princess. He is so enamored that
+he dwells with his bride in complete seclusion for a
+while, entrusting the conduct of his kingdom meantime
+to his monkey servant, Longtail. The latter marries
+a monkey princess from Amfalulu, and their joint reign is
+described with the drollest humor. The real rulers
+finally return and upset the reign of the pretenders. An
+original and fascinating story for young people.</p>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='center'>THE</div>
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Woodranger Tales</div>
+
+
+<div class='center'><br /><span class="smcap">Volume III.</span></div>
+
+<div class='adtitle2'>The Hero of the Hills</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> G. WALDO BROWNE<br />
+</div>
+
+
+<div class='center'><br /><span class="smcap">Volume I.</span></div>
+
+<div class='adtitle2'>The Woodranger</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> G. WALDO BROWNE<br />
+</div>
+
+
+
+<div class='center'><br /><span class="smcap">Volume II.</span></div>
+
+<div class='adtitle2'>The Young Gunbearer</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> G. WALDO BROWNE<br />
+<br />
+Each large 12mo, cloth, fully illustrated, $1.00<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<p>There is the reality of history behind these stories,
+the successful series of "Woodranger Tales," the scope
+and trend of which are accurately set forth in the title.
+While full of adventure, the interest in which sometimes
+rises to the pitch of excitement, the stories are not sensational,
+for Mr. Browne writes with dignity, if with liveliness.
+The books will not fail to interest any lively,
+wholesome-minded boy.</p>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Our Devoted Friend<br />
+the Dog</div>
+
+<div class='center'><br />
+<span class="smcap">By</span> SARAH K. BOLTON<br />
+<br />
+<small>AUTHOR OF "GIRLS WHO HAVE BECOME<br />
+FAMOUS," ETC.</small><br />
+
+<br />
+<i>Fully illustrated with many reproductions from original<br />
+photographs</i><br />
+
+<br />
+1 vol., small quarto, $1.50<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<p>This book of the dog and his friends does for the
+canine member of the household what Helen M. Winslow's
+book, "Concerning Cats," did for the feline.
+No one who cares for dogs&mdash;and that class includes
+nearly all who do not care for cats, and some who do&mdash;will
+admit that the subject of Mrs. Bolton's book is a less
+felicitous choice than that of its predecessor; while the
+author's well-known ability as a writer and lecturer, as
+well as her sympathy with her subject, are a sufficient
+guarantee of a happy treatment.</p>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>NEW JUVENILES</div>
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+
+
+<div class='center'>THE</div>
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Cosy Corner Series</div>
+
+<div class='center'><br /><small>A SERIES OF CHARMING ILLUSTRATED<br />
+JUVENILES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS</small></div>
+
+<p>We shall issue ten new volumes in this well-known
+series of child classics, and announce four as follows:</p>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle2'><br />A Little Puritan Pioneer</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> EDITH ROBINSON<br />
+</div>
+
+<p>Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan's
+First Christmas," etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle2'><br />Madam Liberality</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> MRS. EWING<br />
+</div>
+
+<p>Author of "Jackanapes," "A Great Emergency,"
+"Story of a Short Life," etc., etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='adtitle2'><br />A Bad Penny</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<span class="smcap">By</span> JOHN T. WHEELWRIGHT<br />
+</div>
+
+<p>The other seven will include new stories by Louise
+de la Ramée, Miss Mulock, Nellie Hellis, Will Allen
+Dromgoole, etc., etc.</p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<i>Forty-four volumes previously published</i><br />
+</div>
+
+</div><div class='bbox'>
+<div class='center'>SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+
+<div class='adtitle1'><br /><span class="smcap">L. C. Page &amp; Company's</span><br />
+<br />
+Cosy Corner Series<br />
+<br />
+<small>OF</small><br />
+<br />
+Charming Juveniles<br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<div class='center'><br />
+Each one volume, 16mo, cloth, Illustrated, 50 cents<br /><br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Ole Mammy's Torment.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston.</span></div>
+
+<p>Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Little Colonel.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Author of "Big Brother."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Big Brother.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Gate of the Giant Scissors.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Two Little Knights of Kentucky,</b> who were "The Little
+Colonel's" neighbors. By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A sequel to "The Little Colonel."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Story of Dago.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Farmer Brown and the Birds.</b> By <span class="smcap">Frances Margaret
+Fox</span>. A little story which teaches children that the birds
+are man's best friends.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Story of a Short Life.</b> By <span class="smcap">Juliana Horatia Ewing</span>.</div>
+
+<p>This beautiful and pathetic story is a part of the world's
+literature and will never die.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Jackanapes.</b> By <span class="smcap">Juliana Horatia Ewing</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A new edition, with new illustrations, of this exquisite and
+touching story, dear alike to young and old.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Little Lame Prince.</b> By <span class="smcap">Miss Mulock</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures
+by means of the magic gifts of his fairy godmother.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Adventures of a Brownie.</b> By <span class="smcap">Miss Mulock</span>.</div>
+
+<p>The story of a household elf who torments the cook and
+gardener, but is a constant joy and delight to the children.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>His Little Mother.</b> By <span class="smcap">Miss Mulock</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Miss Mulock's short stories for children are a constant
+source of delight to them, and "His Little Mother," in
+this new and attractive dress, will be welcomed by hosts
+of readers.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Little Sunshine's Holiday.</b> By <span class="smcap">Miss Mulock</span>.</div>
+
+<p>"Little Sunshine" is another of those beautiful child-characters
+for which Miss Mulock is so justly famous.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Wee Dorothy.</b> By <span class="smcap">Laura Updegraff</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A story of two orphan children, the tender devotion of the
+eldest, a boy, for his sister being its theme.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Rab and His Friends.</b> By <span class="smcap">Dr. John Brown</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Doctor Brown's little masterpiece is too well known to
+need description.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Water People.</b> By <span class="smcap">Charles Lee Sleight</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Relating the further adventures of "Harry," the little hero
+of "The Prince of the Pin Elves."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Prince of the Pin Elves.</b> By <span class="smcap">Chas. Lee Sleight</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A fascinating story of the underground adventures of a
+sturdy, reliant American boy among the elves and
+gnomes.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Helena's Wonderworld.</b> By <span class="smcap">Frances Hodges White</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A delightful tale of the adventures of a little girl in the
+mysterious regions beneath the sea.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>For His Country.</b> By <span class="smcap">Marshall Saunders</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A beautiful story of a patriotic little American lad.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Little Puritan's First Christmas.</b> By <span class="smcap">Edith Robinson</span>.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Little Daughter of Liberty.</b> By <span class="smcap">Edith Robinson</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan
+Rebel," etc.</p>
+
+<p>A true story of the Revolution.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Little Puritan Rebel.</b> By <span class="smcap">Edith Robinson</span>.</div>
+
+<p>An historical tale of a real girl, during the time when the
+gallant Sir Harry Vane was governor of Massachusetts.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Loyal Little Maid.</b> By <span class="smcap">Edith Robinson</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A delightful and interesting story of Revolutionary days,
+in which the child heroine, Betsey Schuyler, renders important
+services to George Washington and Alexander
+Hamilton.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Dog of Flanders.</b> <span class="smcap">A Christmas Story.</span> By <span class="smcap">Louise
+de la Ramée</span> (Ouida).</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Nurnberg Stove.</b> By <span class="smcap">Louise de la Ramée</span> (Ouida).</div>
+
+<p>This beautiful story has never before been published at a
+popular price.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The King of the Golden River.</b> <span class="smcap">A Legend of Stiria.</span>
+By <span class="smcap">John Ruskin</span>.</div>
+
+<p>Written fifty years or more ago, this little fairy tale soon
+became known and made a place for itself.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>La Belle Nivernaise.</b> <span class="smcap">The Story of An Old Boat and
+Her Crew.</span> By <span class="smcap">Alphonse Daudet</span>.</div>
+
+<p>It has been out of print for some time, and is now offered
+in cheap but dainty form in this new edition.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Young King.</b> <b>The Star Child.</b></div>
+
+<p>Two stories chosen from a recent volume by a gifted
+author, on account of their rare beauty, great power,
+and deep significance.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Great Emergency.</b> By <span class="smcap">Mrs. Ewing</span>.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Trinity Flower.</b> By <span class="smcap">Juliana Horatia Ewing</span>.</div>
+
+<p>In this little volume are collected three of Mrs. Ewing's
+best short stories for the young people.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Adventures of Beatrice and Jessie.</b> By <span class="smcap">Richard
+Mansfield</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A bright and amusing story of the strange adventures of
+two little girls in the "realms of unreality."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Child's Garden of Verses.</b> By <span class="smcap">R. L. Stevenson</span>.</div>
+
+<p>This little classic is undoubtedly the best of all volumes of
+poetry for children.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Little King Davie.</b> By <span class="smcap">Nellie Hellis</span>.</div>
+
+<p>It is sufficient to say of this book that it has sold over
+110,000 copies in England, and consequently should well
+be worthy of a place in "The Cosy Corner Series."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Little Peterkin Vandike.</b> By <span class="smcap">Charles Stuart Pratt</span>.</div>
+
+<p>The author's dedication furnishes a key to this charming
+story.</p>
+
+<p>"I dedicate this book, made for the amusement of the
+boys who may read it, to the memory of one boy, who
+would have enjoyed as much as Peterkin the plays of
+the Poetry Party."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Making of Zimri Bunker.</b> <span class="smcap">A Tale of Nantucket.</span>
+By <span class="smcap">W. J. Long</span>.</div>
+
+<p>The story deals with a sturdy American fisher lad during
+the war of 1812.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Fortunes of the Fellow.</b> By <span class="smcap">Will Allen Dromgoole</span>.
+A sequel to "The Farrier's Dog and His
+Fellow."</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Farrier's Dog and His Fellow.</b> By <span class="smcap">Will Allen
+Dromgoole</span>.</div>
+
+<p>This story, written by the gifted young Southern woman,
+will appeal to all that is best in the natures of her many
+admirers.</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Sleeping Beauty.</b> <span class="smcap">A Modern Version.</span> By <span class="smcap">Martha
+B. Dunn</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A charming story of a little fishermaid of Maine, intellectually
+"asleep," until she meets the "Fairy Prince."</p>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Young Archer.</b> By <span class="smcap">Charles E. Brimblecom</span>.</div>
+
+<p>A strong and wholesome story of a boy who accompanied
+Columbus on his voyage to the New World.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='adtitle1'>Selections from<br />
+
+
+<span class="smcap">L. C. Page &amp; Company's</span><br />
+
+Books for Young People</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Old Father Gander;</b> <span class="smcap">or, The Better-Half of Mother
+Goose</span>. <span class="smcap">Rhymes, Chimes, and Jingles</span> scratched from
+his own goose-quill for American Goslings. Illustrated
+with impossible Geese, hatched and raised by <span class="smcap">Walter
+Scott Howard</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;   $2.00<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the
+book will appeal to the young people aside from the fact
+even of the charm and humor of the songs and rhymes.
+There are thirty-two full-page plates, of which many are
+in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and successful
+departure from the old-fashioned lithographic
+work hitherto invariably used for children's books.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Crock of Gold:</b> <span class="smcap">A New Book of Fairy Tales</span>.
+By <span class="smcap">S. Baring Gould</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "Mehalah," "Old Country Life," "Old English
+Fairy Tales," etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations
+by F. D. Bedford.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.50<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>This volume will prove a source of delight to the children
+of two continents, answering their always increasing demand
+for "more fairy stories."</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Shireen and Her Friends:</b> <span class="smcap">The Autobiography of a
+Persian Cat</span>. By <span class="smcap">Gordon Stables</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Illustrated by Harrison Weir.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.25<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself
+has not written. It is similar in character to "Black
+Beauty," "Beautiful Joe," and other books which teach
+us to love and protect the dumb animals.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Bully, Fag, and Hero.</b> By <span class="smcap">Charles J. Mansford</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.50<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in
+school and during the holidays.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Adventures of a Boy Reporter in the Philippines.</b>
+By <span class="smcap">Harry Steele Morrison</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.25<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American
+lad. It is a splendid boys' book, filled with healthy interest,
+and will tend to stimulate and encourage the proper
+ambition of the young reader.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Tales Told in the Zoo.</b> By <span class="smcap">F. C. Gould</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>With many illustrations from original drawings.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., large quarto   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $2.00<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A new book for young people on entirely original lines.
+The tales are supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork
+in the Zoological Gardens to the assembled birds located
+there, and they deal with legendary and folk-lore stories
+of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds, and
+their characteristics.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Philip:</b> <span class="smcap">The Story of a Boy Violinist</span>. By T. W. O.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., 12mo, cloth   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.00<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular
+enough to awaken interest at the start, is described by
+the present author as it could be described only by one
+thoroughly familiar with the scene. The reader is carried
+from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into the
+realms of music and art; and the <i>finale</i> of this charming
+tale is a masterpiece of pathetic interest.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Black Beauty:</b> <span class="smcap">The Autobiography of a Horse</span>. By
+<span class="smcap">Anna Sewell</span>. <i>New Illustrated Edition.</i></div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.</div>
+
+<div class='center'>
+1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.25<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently
+offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome
+yet produced. The illustrations are of special
+value and beauty, and should make this the standard
+edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are
+desired.</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='adtitle2'><span class="smcap">L. C. Page &amp; Company's</span><br />
+
+Gift Book Series<br />
+
+<small>FOR</small><br />
+
+Boys and Girls<br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+<div class='center'><br />
+Each one volume, tall 12mo, cloth, Illustrated,   &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1.00<br />
+<br /></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 18px;"><img src="images/leaf2.png" width="18" height="17" alt="leaf" /></div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Little Colonel's House Party.</b> By <span class="smcap">Annie Fellows-Johnston</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "Little Colonel," etc. Illustrated by E. B. Barry.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Mrs. Johnston has endeared herself to the children by her
+charming little books published in the Cosy Corner
+Series. Accordingly, a longer story by her will be
+eagerly welcomed by the little ones who have so much
+enjoyed each story from her pen.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Chums.</b> By <span class="smcap">Maria Louise Pool</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "Little Bermuda," etc. Illustrated by L. J.
+Bridgman.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>"Chums" is a girls' book, about girls and for girls. It relates
+the adventures, in school, and during vacation, of
+two friends.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Three Little Crackers.</b> <span class="smcap">From Down in Dixie.</span> By <span class="smcap">Will
+Allen Dromgoole</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "The Farrier's Dog." A fascinating story for
+boys and girls, of the adventures of a family of Alabama
+children who move to Florida and grow up in the South.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Miss Gray's Girls;</b> <span class="smcap">or, Summer Days in the Scottish
+Highlands</span>. By <span class="smcap">Jeannette A. Grant</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A delightfully told story of a summer trip through Scotland,
+somewhat out of the beaten track. A teacher,
+starting at Glasgow, takes a lively party of girls, her
+pupils, through the Trossachs to Oban, through the
+Caledonian Canal to Inverness, and as far north as
+Brora.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>King Pippin:</b> <span class="smcap">A Story for Children</span>. By <span class="smcap">Mrs. Gerard
+Ford</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "Pixie."</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>One of the most charming books for young folks which
+has been issued for some time. The hero is a lovable
+little fellow, whose frank and winning ways disarm even
+the crustiest of grandmothers, and win for him the affection
+of all manner of unlikely people.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Feats on the Fiord:</b> <span class="smcap">A Tale of Norwegian Life</span>. By
+<span class="smcap">Harriet Martineau</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>This admirable book, read and enjoyed by so many young
+people, deserves to be brought to the attention of parents
+in search of wholesome reading for their children to-day.
+It is something more than a juvenile book, being really
+one of the most instructive books about Norway and
+Norwegian life and manners ever written.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.</b> Compiled by <span class="smcap">Mary
+Whitney Morrison</span> (Jenny Wallis).</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>No better description of this admirable book can be given
+than Mrs. Whitney's happy introduction:</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>"One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance
+of their sweetness, as to present this lovely little
+gathering of verse, which announces itself, like them, by
+its own deliciousness. Yet, as Mrs. Morrison's charming
+volume has long been a delight to me, I am only too
+happy to declare that it is to me&mdash;and to two families
+of my grandchildren&mdash;the most bewitching book of
+songs for little people that we have ever known."</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Young Pearl Divers:</b> <span class="smcap">A Story of Australian Adventure
+by Land and by Sea</span>. By <span class="smcap">Lieut. H.
+Phelps Whitmarsh</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>This is a splendid story for boys, by an author who writes
+in vigorous and interesting language, of scenes and adventures
+with which he is personally acquainted.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Woodranger.</b> By <span class="smcap">G. Waldo Browne</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>The first of a series of five volumes entitled "The Woodranger
+Tales."</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Although based strictly on historical facts the book is an
+interesting and exciting tale of adventure, which will
+delight all boys, and be by no means unwelcome to their
+elders.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Three Children of Galilee:</b> <span class="smcap">A Life of Christ for the
+Young</span>. By <span class="smcap">John Gordon</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>There has long been a need for a Life of Christ for the
+young, and this book has been written in answer to this
+demand. That it will meet with great favor is beyond
+question, for parents have recognized that their boys and
+girls want something more than a Bible story, a dry
+statement of facts, and that, in order to hold the attention
+of the youthful readers, a book on this subject
+should have life and movement as well as scrupulous
+accuracy and religious sentiment.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Little Bermuda.</b> By <span class="smcap">Maria Louise Pool.</span></div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>Author of "Dally," "A Redbridge Neighborhood," "In a
+Dike Shanty," "Friendship and Folly," etc.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>The adventures of "Little Bermuda" from her home in
+the tropics to a fashionable American boarding-school.
+The resulting conflict between the two elements in her
+nature, the one inherited from her New England ancestry,
+and the other developed by her West Indian surroundings,
+gave Miss Pool unusual opportunity for
+creating an original and fascinating heroine.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Wild Ruthvens:</b> <span class="smcap">A Home Story</span>. By <span class="smcap">Curtis York</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A story illustrating the mistakes, failures, and successes of
+a family of unruly but warm-hearted boys and girls.
+They are ultimately softened and civilized by the influence
+of an invalid cousin, Dick Trevanion, who comes to
+live with them.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Adventures of a Siberian Cub.</b> Translated from the
+Russian of Slibitski by <span class="smcap">Leon Golschmann</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight, especially
+by children who love to read about animals.
+The interesting and pathetic adventures of the orphan
+bear, Mishook, will appeal to old and young in much the
+same way as have "Black Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe."</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>Timothy Dole.</b> By <span class="smcap">Juniata Salsbury</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>The youthful hero, and a genuine hero he proves to be,
+starts from home, loses his way, meets with startling adventures,
+finds friends, kind and many, and grows to be a
+manly man. It is a wholesome and vigorous book, that
+boys and girls, and parents as well, will read and enjoy.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Young Gunbearer.</b> By <span class="smcap">G. Waldo Browne</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>This is the second volume of "The Woodranger Tales."
+The new story, while complete in itself, continues the
+fortunes and adventures of "The Woodranger's" young
+companions.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>A Bad Penny.</b> By <span class="smcap">John T. Wheelright</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A dashing story of the New England of 1812. In the
+climax of the story the scene is laid during the well-known
+sea-fight between the <i>Chesapeake</i> and <i>Shannon</i>,
+and the contest is vividly portrayed.</div>
+
+
+<div class='hang1'><b>The Fairy Folk of Blue Hill:</b> <span class="smcap">A Story of Folk-lore</span>.
+By <span class="smcap">Lily F. Wesselhoeft</span>.</div>
+
+<div class='hang2'>A new volume by Mrs. Wesselhoeft, well known as one of
+our best writers for the young, and who has made a host
+of friends among the young people who have read her
+delightful books. This book ought to interest and appeal
+to every child who has read her earlier works.</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
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+Project Gutenberg's Our Little Japanese Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade
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+Title: Our Little Japanese Cousin
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+Our Little Japanese Cousin
+
+
+
+
+The Little Cousin Series
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Our Little Japanese Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Indian Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Brown Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+    Our Little Russian Cousin
+        BY MARY HAZELTON WADE
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    L. C. PAGE & COMPANY,
+    Publishers
+    200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
+
+[Illustration: LOTUS BLOSSOM.]
+
+
+
+
+Our Little Japanese Cousin
+
+    By
+    Mary Hazelton Wade
+
+    _Illustrated by_
+    L. J. Bridgman
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Boston
+    L. C. Page & Company
+    _MDCCCCI_
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+    _Copyright 1901_
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+List of Illustrations
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+
+                                                 PAGE
+    LOTUS BLOSSOM                       _Frontispiece_
+    "SHE IS SOON SOUND ASLEEP"                     18
+    TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS                       26
+    THE CANDY MAN                                  33
+    AUNT OCHO'S GARDEN                             37
+    A LESSON IN ARRANGING FLOWERS                  50
+
+
+
+
+Our Little Japanese Cousin
+
+
+LOTUS BLOSSOM is the dearest little girl in the world. I beg your
+pardon--I mean in the Eastern world, for she lives far away across the
+Pacific, on one of the beautiful islands of Japan.
+
+Lotus Blossom is very pretty. She has a round face, with a clear,
+yellow skin, and her teeth are like little pearls. Her black hair is
+cut square across the forehead and braided behind. It is never done
+up in curl-papers or twisted over a hot iron; the little girl's mamma
+would think that very untidy.
+
+Lotus Blossom does not smile very often, yet she is always happy. She
+does not remember crying once in her life. Why should she cry? Papa
+and mamma are always kind and ready to play with her. She is never
+sent to bed alone in the dark, for she goes to sleep, and gets up in
+the morning when her parents do. She does not play so hard as to get
+tired out and cross with everybody. She takes everything quietly, just
+as the big folks do, and is never in a hurry. Her playmates do not say
+unkind words to make her sad, for the children of Japan are taught to
+be polite above everything else. Why, I have heard that once upon a
+time one little yellow boy so far forgot himself as to call a lady bad
+names. His parents were terribly shocked. They felt that they had been
+disgraced, and at once sent for a policeman to go to the lady's house
+and ask for their child's pardon. As for him! well, he was severely
+punished in a way you will hear about later on in my story.
+
+[Illustration: TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS.]
+
+Besides all these things which help to make Lotus Blossom happy, she
+is dressed comfortably. Tight, stiff shoes could never be thought of
+for a minute. She wears white stockings made of cloth, with a separate
+place in each one for the big toe. In fact, they resemble long mittens.
+That is all Lotus Blossom wears on her feet in the house; but when she
+goes out-doors she has pretty sandals, if the walking is good. These
+sandals have straps, which are fastened on the foot between the big
+toe and around the ankle. If the ground is muddy or covered with snow,
+Lotus Blossom puts on her clogs. They are queer things, raised high
+on strips of wood. Of course one can't walk very fast on such clumsy
+affairs, but the Japanese dislike getting their feet wet as much as
+kittens do, and would wear anything to prevent such a mishap. But if
+Lotus Blossom stops at a house or store while she is out walking, she
+is polite enough to take off her clogs or sandals before going inside.
+That is one reason why every building can be kept so clean.
+
+The little Japanese girl's clothes are pretty as well as comfortable.
+It is not possible for pins to prick her tender flesh, because they
+are never used about her dress. In summer she wears a silk or linen
+garment made very much like your papa's dressing-gown, except that it
+has immense sleeves. Beautiful scarlet flowers are embroidered all over
+it, and a wide sash is wound around her waist and tied in a big, flat
+bow behind. She is very fond of red, so she has a bow of red crape in
+her hair, and a small red bag is fastened to her belt in front. What do
+you suppose she carries in the bag? Paper handkerchiefs! Not linen ones
+like yours, which are washed when they get soiled, but rather of soft,
+pretty paper. As soon as each one is used it is thrown away. Don't you
+think that is a very nice and cleanly custom? Indeed, there are many
+things about the Japanese which we might copy with profit, for they
+are the cleanest people in the world. Perhaps another reason why our
+little cousin is so happy is because she is always clean.
+
+Lotus Blossom carries another bag at her belt, filled with amulets.
+These are charms to keep away any evil spirits that might do her harm.
+In the bag with the charms, there is a brass plate, which tells her
+name and where she lives. So if she should get lost, her mother need
+not worry, for she will be brought safely home without loss of time.
+But what can be the use of such big sleeves? When her mamma cut them,
+she made them long enough to nearly reach the floor. Then they were
+doubled up inside and fastened in front so that they could serve as
+pockets. How you would laugh to see Lotus Blossom and her brother tuck
+away their playthings in their big sleeves when their mother calls them
+away to do something for her! It is enough to make an American boy's
+heart fill with envy. He may boast of six pockets, but what of that?
+They could all be filled and stowed away in one of Lotus Blossom's
+sleeves, and room would be still left.
+
+The little girl's life is like a long playtime. In the first place, she
+lives in a sort of play-house. There is nothing to get out of order;
+no chairs in the way, no table-scarfs to pull down, no ink-wells to
+tip over. There is only one big room in the house, but there are many
+beautiful paper screens, so her mamma can divide the house just as she
+pleases by moving the screens about. If company should arrive suddenly,
+there need be no question whether there is a guest-room or not. One
+can be made with screens in a moment. Even the front of the house is
+made of screens, which can be closed at night, and folded away in the
+morning to open up the whole house to the fresh air and sunshine.
+There are no carpets on the floors, but instead of these there are
+pretty mats made of rushes. They are exactly alike in size, and are
+shaken every morning. There are no chairs, for Lotus Blossom's family
+sit on the mats or on cushions on the floor. They cannot lean against
+the walls either, for remember, there are no walls! And if they should
+lean against the screens they would tumble over.
+
+The only tables are six inches high. They are pretty and delicate, and
+are highly lacquered. When Lotus Blossom has nothing else to do, she
+likes to look at the pictures on these little stands. But where are the
+stoves? How do the people keep warm in the cold winter days? And where
+is all the cooking done? In the picture do you see a little box with
+smoke rising from it? It is lined with metal, and charcoal is burned
+in it. All the food is prepared over these little fire-boxes. If any
+one is cold, he has only to get a fire-box, light some charcoal, and
+sit down beside it. And when Lotus Blossom goes to breakfast, she has a
+fire-box beside the lacquered table, so that water for her tea can be
+kept hot.
+
+Tea! you say. That little girl, nine years old, drinking tea? Yes, we
+have to admit that the Japanese child drinks tea at a very early age;
+and with no milk or sugar, either. But then the cups are so tiny they
+do not hold much. They are no bigger than those in a doll's china set.
+How quickly the little tea-table is set at meal times. Each member of
+the family has one all to himself. There is no table-cloth, no knife,
+or fork, or spoon; instead of these one sees a pair of chop-sticks,
+a small cup and saucer, and a plate from which he eats the steaming
+rice and the minced fish. But suppose that the tea or rice should be
+spilled on the beautiful table? Please don't imagine such a thing.
+Japanese children are too carefully trained by their kind mammas to be
+so careless. They handle their chop-sticks so daintily that no grain of
+rice nor bit of fish falls as they lift the food to their pretty mouths.
+
+Where does our little Japanese cousin sleep in this funny house?
+There are no bedsteads, or mattresses, or blankets, or sheets. When
+bedtime comes, her papa and mamma move the screens around so as to shut
+themselves off from the rest of the house. Then they go to a cupboard
+and take down some wadded quilts and queer wooden blocks, whose tops
+are slightly curved. A quilt is spread on the floor, and a wooden block
+serves as a pillow. Some paper is laid on it so that it may be kept
+clean. And now, you think, Lotus Blossom may get into her bed after she
+has undressed and put on her night-dress. Not so, however. She must
+bathe in a tub of such hot water that it would turn your body very
+red, if you were only to hop in and out again. The whole family bathe
+in the same tub of water, one after the other, and it is kept hot by a
+tube which runs to a fire-box. The little girl puts on her day-dress
+after her bath is finished, and, lying down on the quilt, she rests her
+head on the hard pillow. Mamma covers her with another quilt, and she
+is soon sound asleep.
+
+[Illustration: "SHE IS SOON SOUND ASLEEP."]
+
+When Lotus Blossom was two years old her brother Toyo was born. How the
+family rejoiced at having a little son! When he was only seven days
+old a very important ceremony was performed. He had to receive a name.
+His papa, who believes in the religion of Shintoism, fully wrote out
+five of his favourite names on pieces of paper. Then he took his baby
+in his arms, and, carrying the papers, he went to the temple where he
+worshipped. The papers were handed to the priest, who placed them in a
+bowl. After some ceremony, the priest began to fish in the bowl with
+a sacred wand. The first paper he lifted out bore the name of Toyo.
+This was the way that Lotus Blossom's little brother received his name.
+When he was about four weeks old he was again carried to the temple by
+his father and nurse. The Japanese believe in one great power, or god,
+but under him there are many others; as, a god of flowers, a god of
+art, and so forth. This time he was put under the care of his special
+god, who was then expected to protect him for the rest of his life.
+
+All this time Toyo's head was kept perfectly smooth. In fact, his first
+visit to the barber was very important, for all his hair was shaved off
+then except a little fringe at the back and sides. When he was four
+months old another important ceremony was held. Toyo left off baby
+clothes and was given his first solid food. That was rice, of course,
+which he would continue to eat at every meal for the rest of his life.
+
+Toyo and Lotus Blossom are always happy together. His sister was the
+first one to help Toyo squat on his little heels. Japanese babies never
+creep. The little brother had no baby-carriage or cradle, but he never
+missed them. He was always such a happy little fellow; never perched up
+in a high-chair with his body fastened in by a wooden tray, but always
+moving around, sometimes on the floor, sometimes fastened on mamma's or
+nurse's back, again on the older children's backs, when Lotus Blossom
+was out playing in the garden with them. When he got tired he would
+simply go to sleep, while the children would keep on with their play.
+But when he woke up, he would look about with a dear little smile, as
+much as to say: "I'm all right, thank you, don't fret about me."
+
+It was a most important time when he cut the first tooth, and not only
+that, but the second and the third,--in fact, every tooth in turn had
+its arrival celebrated. A poem about each one was written by his loving
+papa, and a little festival was held in the home. Such happy, childlike
+people are the Japanese! They are ready to enjoy everything. Even the
+funerals are cheerful, and have nothing sad and dreary about them. Why
+should they, when the people believe that they always will live, and
+that they will come back to earth again to enjoy the beautiful fields
+and flowers and sunshine in new bodies?
+
+Almost the first words that Toyo learned to speak were, "Thank you,"
+and "If you please." Don't think for a moment that he ever did such a
+rude thing in his life as to answer "no" or "yes" without some very
+polite expression with it. For instance, if his mamma asked him a
+question, he would answer with his baby lips, "No, thank you, most
+admirable mother," or, "If you please, my adorable, honoured parent,"
+at the same time bowing his little body over till his head reached the
+ground. Why! he and Lotus Blossom are taught to speak respectfully even
+of the potatoes or the dishes or the table. For example, they say, "the
+highly respected cup," etc. Isn't it funny? But, after all, isn't it
+nice, too, to act kindly toward every one and everything in the world?
+
+If her little brother should step on Lotus Blossom's doll and break
+its arm, what would she do? Give him a slap and say, "Oh, you bad,
+bad boy?" By no means. A slap is unknown in her land. The little
+woman would not even let herself look cross or unhappy, while Toyo
+would spend five minutes in telling her how unutterably sad and
+broken-hearted he was made by his cruel, ungentlemanly carelessness.
+And then, to make them forget all about it, mamma would bring a new
+doll from the cupboard.
+
+But perhaps Lotus Blossom is tired of playthings, so she and Toyo run
+out in the garden to have a frolic with their pets. They have new ones
+nearly every day, for they are fond of every creature that is alive.
+To-day they are going to hunt for some big beetles, as Toyo has planned
+a little carriage which he will make out of paper, with pasteboard
+wheels and reins of silk thread for the paper doll. The beetles will be
+harnessed, and the children will train them to draw the carriage. Jolly
+fun! The whole afternoon is spent in finding some black beauties and
+playing with them.
+
+Another day the children will catch some grasshoppers and tame them.
+Toyo will make a pretty paper cage to hold them, while both he and
+Lotus Blossom will be very careful to feed them regularly on the
+dainties they like best. When night comes the turtles must be looked
+after and fed, for Toyo has some beauties. He likes to fasten a string
+through the shell and take them walking, just as his American cousins
+do, but he would not willingly torture them.
+
+Lotus Blossom has a globe full of gold-fish different from any you
+have ever seen. Their tails are fan-shaped, and are as long as their
+bodies. During the long summer days the globe of fish is set out on the
+broad balcony, and many children stop to watch them as they pass. Toyo
+loves his little dog more than all his other pets. He is the dearest
+little fellow, and wishes to follow his young master wherever he goes.
+He looks somewhat like a spaniel, except that he is white. His nose is
+turned up at the end, so that he looks all the time as if he would say,
+"Humph! I am very wise. You poor people don't know much." And he looks
+all this in such a way as to make you wish to laugh. Toyo's mamma has
+made a big scarlet ruff for the dog's neck, and it makes him feel very
+fine, I dare say. His master has fastened a wooden label on his collar
+to tell where he belongs.
+
+I know you will be disappointed when you learn that Lotus Blossom's
+dear little kitten cannot play with her tail. No fun for her, poor
+kitty, you are thinking. But why is it? Because she _has_ no tail,
+or at least only the stub of one. So of course she is quite calm and
+solemn--that is, for a kitten. But then she lives in Japan, and so she
+ought to be more dignified than kittens of other lands. Don't you think
+so?
+
+We must leave all these pets now and go to church, or rather to the
+temple, with Toyo, Lotus Blossom, and their parents. There is no set
+day for worship, for there is no such thing as Sunday in Japan. The
+temples are always open, and the children are fond of going to them to
+offer prayers, and also to have a good time. As they near the temple
+they see stands of sweetmeats and good things of all kinds. The way is
+lined on both sides with these stands. Great numbers of people, rich
+and poor, high and low, are coming and going. Pigeons are flying in and
+out of the sacred building, and no one harms them. Toyo stops and buys
+a yen's worth of corn and scatters it for the birds to eat. They flock
+around him without fear. They are so tame that the children could catch
+them with no difficulty. But Lotus Blossom and Toyo pass on to the
+entrance, and, bowing low, take off their clogs.
+
+The inside of the building is almost bare. There are no statues of
+gods or goddesses, no ornaments,--nothing except an altar with some
+queer sticks standing upon it. Festoons of white paper hang from these
+wands, or "gohei," as the Japanese call them. A priest stands behind
+the altar, and a large cloth is spread out on the floor in front of it.
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo clap their hands. This is to call the attention
+of the gods. Then they say a little prayer and throw some money upon
+the cloth. If they are very good and devout children, perhaps the gods
+will descend into the temple. The queer papers on the wands are to be
+the clothing of these great beings. No images are needed, you see,
+only plenty of paper. Rather hard to understand this, and yet all that
+is necessary for Toyo and Lotus Blossom is to worship their ancestors
+properly, and believe that the great spirits are working everywhere in
+nature. This is the reason they are taught to obey their parents at
+all times, and never to harm anything living. The children are also
+taught to believe that the Mikado, the Emperor of Japan, is descended
+from god-kings who once ruled over the country. This is why such great
+honour is paid him wherever he goes. Until a few years ago the people
+thought him so sacred that they ought not to look at him, so he was
+obliged to stay inside his beautiful palace like a prisoner. But times
+have changed, and his subjects have a little more common sense nowadays.
+
+After our little cousins have said their prayers and given their money,
+they go to a dance-hall in another part of the temple. You know by this
+time that the Japanese like to enjoy themselves. But isn't it a strange
+idea to have dancing, praying, and feasting in the same place? The
+dancers are dressed like butterflies. They have beautiful red and gold
+wings. They are very graceful, but the music is unpleasant to us. Toyo
+thinks it is fine, and wishes he could play as well.
+
+Now for a good dinner in the restaurant in the next hall, for the boy's
+father has promised to treat his family to all the dainties of the
+season,--candied lotus-leaves, and everything they like best. It is a
+happy day, and the children wish they could go to the temple oftener.
+
+One morning not long after this, poor little Lotus Blossom woke up
+with a bad pain in her stomach. Her face and hands were hot. She was
+not able to get up and go to school. Mamma felt very sad, and at once
+sent to ask the priest for something to make her little daughter
+well. You say at once, "Is the priest in Japan a doctor? And will he
+prepare medicine marked in some such way as this: 'One teaspoonful to
+be taken each hour?'" No, indeed. Lotus Blossom's mamma received from
+her queer physician two "moxas," with orders that one of them should be
+placed on the back of the sick child, and the other on her foot. The
+direction of the priest was followed, although it made Lotus Blossom
+very unhappy. I think you would not like it, if you were in her place,
+for a moxa makes a burn far worse than a mustard plaster does. You know
+the punk that you use on the Fourth of July to light your firecrackers
+and fireworks? The moxas are made of a certain kind of pith, and burn
+slowly just as the punk does. The Japanese believe in the use of moxas
+for many things,--bad children, sickness, and I can't tell you what
+else. The impolite boy I told you about, at the beginning of the story,
+was burned with a moxa, in such a way that he never forgot himself
+again. As for fevers, why, the moxa is certain to drive away the bad
+spirits that cause them.
+
+No doubt you wonder at it, as I do myself, but Lotus Blossom got well
+enough in two or three days to sit up and be dressed. But she did not
+care for her dolls or games; she felt tired all the time. Her loving
+and most honoured father said a change of air would do her good. It
+would be well for her to spend some days at the house of an aunt who
+lived several miles out in the country. Toyo was allowed to go, too.
+How were they to get there? In steam or electric cars? What can you
+be thinking of to ask such questions? Two jinrikishas were brought to
+the door; one was for Lotus Blossom and one for her brother. Strong
+men were hired to draw them. I wonder if you ever saw anything like a
+jin-riki-sha, or man-power-carriage, for that is what the word means.
+They are very comfortable, much like baby-carriages, and are lined with
+soft cushions. The men look strong and kind. They are nearly naked, so
+that they can run easily and rapidly.
+
+It will take only an hour to carry the children to their aunt's, if
+they do not stop on the way. But there are so many things to see to-day
+that Lotus Blossom forgets all about her sickness and burns, and wants
+her runners to stop every few minutes to rest. The children spend at
+least five minutes bidding their mother a proper good-bye. Then, at the
+word, off they go, down "Dog" Street into "Turtle" Street. There are no
+sidewalks, but they are not needed, for horses and wagons are rarely
+seen.
+
+[Illustration: THE CANDY MAN.]
+
+But look! Here is a man standing in the middle of the street, dancing
+and singing a funny song. The sober Japanese who are passing stop and
+laugh. The man has a little stand by his side, and on this stand are a
+dish of wheat-gluten and a bamboo reed. As Lotus Blossom and Toyo draw
+near, the man ends his song and calls out, "Now who wants me to blow
+him a candy dog? Or shall it be a monkey eating a nut? You, my most
+honoured little lady, want one surely."
+
+This he said to Lotus Blossom, who was sitting up straight in the
+jinrikisha, full of interest. She thought a moment or two, and then
+asked for a stork with wings spread out to fly. She had hardly stopped
+speaking before the man seized a bamboo reed, dipped it in the sticky
+paste, and blowing now this way, now that, fashioned the graceful bird.
+Pinching it here and there to make it more perfect, he put on some
+touches of colour from a box of paints. It was wonderfully done. Lotus
+Blossom gave him five yen for the candy toy, the runners took hold of
+the jinrikisha, and away the children went on their journey.
+
+They came soon to another crowd of boys and girls gathered about a
+batter-cake man. He had a little stand on which a pan of charcoal was
+burning. A large griddle rested over the coal, and a tiny little urchin
+was standing on his tiptoes and baking cakes. The man cut them out
+for him in pretty shapes. See the pleasure on the youngster's face!
+All this fun for ten yen, or one cent. The other children watch him
+in envy. As Toyo and Lotus Blossom draw near, the jinrikisha men make
+a place for them in the crowd, and Toyo jumps out to get a lunch. He
+has the next turn, and so he asks the pleasant-faced man to cut his
+batter-cakes in the shape of turtles. Lotus Blossom does not wish
+any, but lies back in her easy carriage under her pretty sunshade,
+and watches Toyo cook and eat them. Umbrellas and sunshades are of
+the same material in Japan. They are made of several layers of tough,
+strong paper, and will last a long time. When they are worn out, they
+are thrown away just as the paper handkerchiefs are, and new ones are
+bought for a very small sum of money. In stormy weather Lotus Blossom
+and Toyo not only carry umbrellas, but wear long capes of oiled paper
+to keep off the rain, while very poor people have coats made of
+grasses. Funny looking things these are! If you should see a man with
+one of them over his shoulders, and a queer mushroom-shaped hat on his
+head, you would feel like laughing, I know,--that is, if you had not
+already acquired some of the politeness of the Japanese themselves.
+
+But let us return to Turtle Street and find out what is now attracting
+the attentions of our little cousins. Would you believe it? They can't
+be in very much of a hurry to get to aunty's, for they have stopped
+again. You would also stop if you saw what they do. A travelling street
+show is entertaining numbers of men, women, and children. Babies are on
+the backs of some of them, laughing and crowing, too. See that clever
+fellow in the middle. He is making butterflies of coloured paper and
+blowing them up into the air. He keeps them flying about, now in one
+direction, now in another, by waving his fan. It seems as though they
+must be alive, he does this so cleverly. That yellow butterfly is made
+to alight on a baby's hand. Hear the little fellow crow with delight.
+Another flies over Lotus Blossom's jinrikisha, and then, by the
+dexterous waving of the showman's fan, goes off in another direction
+before she can catch it.
+
+[Illustration: AUNT OCHO'S GARDEN.]
+
+After the butterfly show another man performs some wonderful tricks
+with a ladder. He places the ladder upright on the ground without
+any support; he climbs it, rung by rung, keeping its balance all the
+time. Finally he reaches the very top and stands on one foot, bowing
+and gracefully waving a fan. There is not time to tell you all the
+wonderful feats of the Japanese. Toyo and Lotus Blossom are delighted,
+although they have seen performances like these many times before.
+
+But they must really hasten on their journey, for aunty will be
+expecting them, and it will soon be sunset. In a few moments they leave
+the city behind and are out in the beautiful country. They pass tea
+plantations. The glossy green leaves are almost ready to pick. See the
+man in that field, running wildly about, making hideous noises. Is he
+crazy? Our little cousins do not seem disturbed as they pass by, for he
+is only a hired scarecrow. You remember that the people in Japan think
+it wrong to kill any living thing. But there are great numbers of birds
+in the country which are likely to eat the crops and do much damage.
+So men are hired to act as scarecrows and make noises to frighten the
+birds away.
+
+At last Uncle Oto's rice plantation is reached. The children draw up in
+front of a large, low house with wide verandas. It is more beautiful
+than their own home. The roof is magnificent with carvings, and must
+have cost a great deal of money. It is the pride of Aunt Ocho. The
+gardens contain the choicest plants and trees, besides a pond and an
+artificial waterfall. Lotus Blossom and Toyo are sure of a good time
+and much fun. They will have a great deal to tell their mamma when they
+return to their home.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Time passes by. The children have been back in their own home a long
+time. They are now looking forward to New Year's day. Everything is
+excitement about the house. Mamma has hired an extra servant to help
+clean the house from right to left; not from top to bottom, as we say,
+for there are no stairways or rooms overhead. Everything is on one
+floor, remember. The screens are carefully wiped, the mats receive an
+extra shaking, and then mamma brings out her choicest vase from the
+storehouse and places it on a beautiful, ebony stand in the place of
+honour. The Japanese are not at all like us. They are so simple in
+their tastes, and love beautiful things so much, that they have only
+one or two pieces, at the most, on view at a time. They think they can
+enjoy them more fully in this way.
+
+The most honoured father orders some workmen to come and set up some
+tall pine branches in front of the gateway. One is of black, the other
+of red pine, and tall bamboo reeds are placed beside them. A grass rope
+is stretched from one reed to the other, and some funny strips of white
+paper are hung on it. You saw many of these papers at the temple where
+the children worship. This work is very important to the childlike
+people. They think that the rope, with papers fastened to it, will keep
+away all the evil spirits that are ever ready to spoil the happiness of
+human beings. They are demons, who take the shape of foxes, badgers,
+and wolves, and are frightful enough to the imagination of Lotus
+Blossom and her brother. Of course, the children are glad that the evil
+spirits are to be surely kept away.
+
+Other things are hung on the rope for good luck. There is a piece of
+charcoal and some seaweed, and a "lucky bag" filled with chestnuts, a
+bit of herring and some dried fruit. All these things will make the
+gods understand they are not forgotten.
+
+The day before New Year's some men come to the house with an oven
+and proceed to make the grand New Year's cake. It must not be eaten,
+however, until the 11th of January. The children stand around and watch
+the men pound the sticky rice-paste with a heavy mallet. At last it
+is smooth enough, and then it is cut into rounds and built up into a
+pyramid. I hear you say, "Well, I'd rather have my mother's plum-cake,
+any time." But not so with Lotus Blossom and Toyo. They watch their
+mother anxiously as she places it with great care on a lacquered stand,
+to remain until the time comes to eat it.
+
+Now they are allowed to put on their clogs and go to buy the "harvest
+ship," which they will hang up in the house instead of the holly and
+evergreens you like to see at Christmas time. The Japanese believe that
+on New Year's eve a wonderful ship comes sailing into port. Of course,
+it is sent by the gods. No one has ever really seen it. That does not
+matter; there are pictures of it, nevertheless, and no New Year's
+decorations are complete without a miniature harvest ship. The shops
+are as full of them as our markets are of evergreen trees at Christmas
+time. They are made of grasses and trimmed with gaily coloured papers.
+The selection of this ship is a very exciting event, not only for
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo, but also for their mother. How anxiously they
+look at one after another as the shopkeeper shows them. Finally one is
+chosen that suits the children's mother as to price and beauty. But the
+shopping is by no means ended, for presents must be bought for friends
+and playmates.
+
+And now, children of America, please don't get envious of all the
+pretty things which your cousins can buy for a few pennies. Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo have been saving money for a long time. Each has a
+number of square copper coins strung on a string. They are not like our
+pennies, for they are larger and thinner, and each one has a square
+hole in the centre. Ten of these are equal in value to one of our
+cents, and there are many pretty things that Japanese children can buy
+for a yen, as this piece of money is called. Such pretty picture-books
+made of the lovely Japanese paper! Dolls that are dressed in the same
+fashion as the two children, only the dresses are of paper; pictures of
+the Japanese gods and goddesses; games and tops and candies. At length
+the shopping is over and the last yen has been spent. The family are
+glad to go home and take a hot bath and nap, for they are very tired.
+
+On New Year's morning Lotus Blossom and her brother receive their own
+presents, and although they do not shout and jump up and down as you do
+when you are very happy, they are much pleased. Toyo has a drum, some
+lovely books and a new game of battledore and shuttlecock, which is
+the game of all games to be played at New Year's. The shuttlecock is
+a large gilded seed with feathers stuck all around it; the battledore
+is a bat, flat on one side to strike with, while the other side has a
+raised figure of a beautiful dancing-girl. Lotus Blossom has, among
+other things, a doll which her mother has dressed in flowered silk,
+and a set of lacquered drawers in which to keep her ornaments. But
+the greatest surprise to the children is a white rabbit. These little
+creatures are the dearest of all pets in Japan, because they are so
+rare. It cost the loving father several dollars, but he is more than
+repaid by his children's delight.
+
+Lotus Blossom's mamma has spent many weeks in embroidering gowns for
+each member of the family. They are of silk, and are worn for the first
+time on New Year's day. This good mamma has had her hair arranged
+for the grand occasion with the greatest of care. You would hardly
+believe it, but the hair-dresser spent hours upon it, rolling it up
+in wonderful shapes, sticking it in place with a kind of paste, and
+fastening many ornaments in it. It was done two days ago, and you may
+be sure that the Japanese lady placed her head very carefully on the
+pillow every night so that nothing should disarrange it. She has had
+her teeth blackened afresh for the greatest holiday of the year, while
+both she and her little daughter paint their necks and faces white and
+their cheeks red before their toilets are finished.
+
+I believe I have not yet told you that the pretty Japanese women spoil
+their good looks as soon as they are married by colouring their teeth
+black! Isn't it a shame? I'm glad we don't have this custom in our
+country, aren't you?
+
+And now the New Year's calls begin. What a bowing and bending!
+Men, women, and children are all calling and lavishing many-worded
+compliments on each other. Refreshments are passed, and then there is
+a "show" to amuse everybody. Some men have been hired to come to the
+house. They dance and sing many songs. After this comes the funny part
+of the entertainment. One man puts on a mask and makes believe he is an
+animal. He rolls around on the floor at the ladies' feet, makes queer
+noises, and everybody laughs and is delighted. The big folks like it
+as much as the children. Perhaps the funny man will now put on two
+masks and represent different things at the same time,--on one side
+he will look like a dancing-girl, while on the other he will appear as
+some strange beast. He will change about rapidly, and keep the company
+watching him with excited interest.
+
+Night comes to very tired and happy people, but it does not end the
+fun by any means. Lotus Blossom's papa will not do any business for a
+week at least, and there will be new pleasures each day that he is at
+home with his wife and children. After the festival is over, the family
+settle down to their daily work until the coming of another holiday.
+
+The children go to school again, but that does not trouble them. They
+love their teacher and try to please him. The school is closed at noon.
+Lotus Blossom and Toyo start out every morning with little satchels
+over their backs. In these they carry their books, a cake of India ink,
+and a paint-brush. When they arrive at their schoolroom, they are met
+by a quiet, kindly man with big glasses over his eyes. The children
+instantly bow down to the ground before him, for he is their teacher.
+Of course the low bow is to show great respect. Japanese children are
+taught to treat their instructors, as well as their parents, with
+honour and regard.
+
+And now they enter the schoolroom. But what a schoolroom! No desks,
+no platform, no seats! The teacher sits down upon a mat with a small
+lacquered stand beside him. The children squat on the floor around him
+and begin to study. What queer letters in the books! You would not be
+able to read one word. Lotus Blossom and Toyo have already learned
+their alphabets. You smile, perhaps, and think, "H'm! that isn't
+much." Well, just wait till I tell you there are forty-seven different
+characters in one alphabet, while in another there are several times as
+many. The easy alphabet is the only one that girls must know, while
+boys learn both. But Lotus Blossom is a very bright child, so she
+studies the more difficult characters as well.
+
+Japanese books are printed very differently from ours. The lines run
+up and down the page, and keep the eyes of the reader busily moving.
+The children don't have many examples to perform, for the Japanese
+do not consider arithmetic so important as Americans do. Do you sigh
+now, and wish you could get your education in that far-away land where
+long division is not a daily trial? But wait till I tell you about the
+writing, or rather painting, lessons. You will certainly be envious.
+When the schoolmaster gives the signal, the children take the brushes
+and the cakes of India ink from their satchels. They mix a little of
+the ink with water, and then are ready to paint their words on the
+beautiful paper made in their country. Many people think that the
+Japanese are such fine artists because their hands are trained to use
+the brush from the time they are babies.
+
+It would make you laugh if I should tell you how the teacher directs
+the children to write letters to their friends. They must begin by
+writing something very poetical about the weather. They must then
+compose some very flowery compliments to the friend who is addressed;
+a sheet or two, at least, must be used in this way before they are
+allowed to tell the news, etc. But throughout the letter, as in fact
+in all conversations, Lotus Blossom and Toyo are taught to speak of
+themselves as very mean and humble creatures.
+
+Their kind school-teacher ends the morning lessons with proverbs. You
+know what these are, of course, but the ones which our Japanese cousins
+learn are especially about duty to their parents, and kindness to all
+living creatures. It would be a great sin for Toyo to tease the cat or
+kill a fly. His parents would be shocked beyond expression.
+
+[Illustration: A LESSON IN ARRANGING FLOWERS.]
+
+"How about punishment in the Japanese school?" I hear a little boy ask.
+My dear child, it is hardly ever needed, but when it does come, it is
+not being kept after school; it is not a whipping. The child is burned!
+The teacher takes a moxa, which I told you is a kind of pith, and
+sticks it on the naughty child's hand. He then sets the moxa on fire to
+burn slowly. It is a long, sad punishment for any one who is so bad as
+to deserve it. It does not need to be given every day. Lotus Blossom
+and Toyo, as well as their little schoolmates, are very attentive to
+their work, and try their hardest to please the teacher.
+
+When school is done, what will the children do throughout the long
+afternoon? Lotus Blossom must work a certain time in embroidery, and
+take a short lesson with her mamma in arranging flowers. Why, there
+are whole books on this subject in Japan. The people are very fond of
+flowers, and study how to arrange them in the most graceful manner.
+They would never think of bunching many together without their leaves
+in an ugly bouquet, nor would they dream of cruelly twisting wires
+around their poor little stems. In Japan it is thought an art to know
+how to place one spray in a vase in such a way as to show all its
+beauty.
+
+While his sister is doing her work, Toyo is practising on his koto.
+This is a musical instrument of which the Japanese are very fond. It
+looks much like a harp. Toyo strikes the strings with pieces of ivory
+fastened on his finger-tips. Listen! Do you call those sounds music?
+It is enough to set one's teeth on edge. Yet Toyo's music-teacher says
+that he is doing finely and shows great talent. If that is so, I fear
+we would not care to go to many concerts in Japan, for the Japanese
+idea of music is very different from ours.
+
+Hurrah! The children are now ready for play, and there are so many nice
+things to do. If it is winter and there is snow on the ground, Lotus
+Blossom and Toyo gather together with their little friends to make a
+snow man. Not an Irish gentleman with a pipe in his mouth, such as you
+like to build, but a figure of Daruma, who was a disciple of Buddha. It
+is easy to make this, for it is believed that Daruma lost his legs from
+sitting too long in one position. So the snow man has no legs. When it
+is made, the children knock it down with snow-balls, just as you do.
+
+Spring comes, and with it, tops, and kites, and stilts. The stilts are
+very high, and Toyo puts his toes through parts of the wooden lifts.
+He and the other boys run races and even play games on stilts, and
+think it great fun. But the kites! Yours are just babies beside them.
+Some of them are so large that it takes two men to sail them. In fact,
+grown-up people, in Japan, seem as fond of kite-flying as the children.
+Many of these toys have neither tails nor bobs. You wonder how they
+manage to get up in the air at all, till you see that the strings are
+pulled in such a way as to raise them. They are of all shapes. The boys
+sometimes play a game with their kites. They dip the strings in glue
+and afterward in powdered glass; then they run with the kites and try
+to cross each other's strings and cut them. The boy who succeeds wins
+the other's kite. Toyo lost his the other day, and what do you think he
+did? Pout, or exclaim, as you sometimes do, "I don't care, that isn't
+fair?" By no means! He made three beautiful bows and gave up his kite
+with a polite smile. Maybe he did not feel any happier about it than
+you would, for it was a fine new one, but he wouldn't show his grief,
+at any rate.
+
+Toyo sometimes wrestles with the other boys, but they are not rough and
+noisy about it. They wrestle gently, if you can imagine such a thing.
+They have often seen the trained wrestlers at the shows; such big, fat
+men. They must weigh at least three hundred pounds. The fat fairly
+hangs upon them. The Japanese people are generally slim and rather
+small, but if a man is going to train himself to be a wrestler, he eats
+everything that will help to make him fat. I should think they could
+not get hurt, for they look as though they were cushioned in fat.
+
+The boys of Japan have marbles and tops, just as you do; in fact,
+nearly all the games which you like best were played by your far-away
+cousins long before there was a white child on this great continent
+of ours. "Blind man's buff," "Hide the thimble," and "Puss in the
+corner," are great favourites with the Japanese. Instead of hiding
+the thimble, however, they use a slipper, and instead of puss in the
+corner, they play that it is the devil. You must not forgot that the
+Japanese believe there are many devils, or bad spirits, as well as good
+ones who are ready to help. They even think of them in their games.
+
+How many holidays have we in a whole year? Stop and count. Not a great
+number, we must admit. Lotus Blossom and Toyo have so many that they
+can count on their fingers the number of days between any two of them.
+Next best to New Year's, our little girl cousin likes the Feast of
+Dolls. It comes on the third day of the third month. At that time the
+stores are filled with dolls,--big dolls, little dolls, dolls dressed
+like princesses with flounced silk gowns, dolls made up as servants,
+as dancing-girls, and dolls the very image of the Mikado, the ruler
+of Japan,--nothing but dolls and dolls' furniture. When the great day
+arrives, Lotus Blossom's mamma makes a throne in the house. She brings
+out the two dolls that she herself received when she was born, besides
+those of her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother! They have
+been carefully packed away in soft papers in the family storehouse.
+What a sight they are, with all the new ones that have been bought
+for Lotus Blossom. The Mikado doll is first placed on his throne,
+surrounded by his court, and then the soldiers and dancers and working
+people are made to stand at either side. They are dressed in the proper
+clothing that belongs to their position. But this grand array is not
+all. There are all kinds of doll's furniture, too,--little tables only
+four inches high, with dolls' tea-sets, the tiniest, prettiest china
+dishes. There are the wadded silk quilts for the dolls to sleep on,
+and wooden pillows on which the doll-heads can rest. Yes, there are
+dolls' fans, and even dolls' games.
+
+On this great occasion there is a dinner-party for the whole family of
+dolls. Lotus Blossom and her little friends, as well as her father and
+mother, are quite busy serving their guests with rice, fish, soup, and
+all kinds of sweet dainties. Somehow or other, all these nice things
+are eaten. What wonderful dolls they have in Japan, don't they?
+
+Toyo enjoys the day as well as Lotus Blossom, but still he is looking
+forward to the fifth of May. That will be his favourite time of all the
+year. By that time the girls' dolls will be put away, and the stores
+will be filled with boys' playthings,--soldiers, tents, armour, etc.
+Toyo's father will place a tall bamboo pole in front of the house, and
+hang an immense paper fish on the top of it. The fish's mouth will be
+wide open, so that the air will fill his big body. At some of the other
+houses there will be a banner instead of a fish. There are figures of
+great warriors who fought in olden times on these banners.
+
+When Toyo was a baby his father bought him a banner stand. It has been
+kept very carefully, and is now put in the place where the doll's
+throne stood a little while ago. The banners of great generals are
+hung up, and figures of soldiers are placed on the stand. You see Toyo
+has dolls as well as his sister. Everything is done to remind boys of
+war at this Festival of Banners. They have processions in the streets.
+They play a game in which they form armies against each other. Every
+boy carries a flag, and those of one company try to seize the flags of
+the boys in the other. Of course the side wins which first succeeds in
+gaining the flags of the other.
+
+A festival which everybody loves is the Feast of Lanterns. It is in the
+summer time, and the children are dressed in their gayest clothes. They
+form processions and march through the streets singing with all their
+might. Every child carries a large paper lantern and keeps it swinging
+all the time. It is such a pretty sight in the evening light,--the
+bright dresses, the graceful figures, the gorgeous lanterns. Oh, Japan
+is the land of happy children, young and old.
+
+One pleasant summer afternoon, as Lotus Blossom and Toyo were playing
+on their veranda, they noticed some one stopping at the gateway and
+then coming up the walk to the house. It was the man-servant who worked
+at the home of a friend of theirs, whose father was very rich. Toyo
+whispered, "Oh, Lotus Blossom, I believe he's bringing us an invitation
+to Chrysanthemum's party. You know she is going to have one on her
+birthday." Sure enough, the man came up to the children, and, making
+a low bow, presented them with two daintily folded papers and then
+departed. They hastened to open them, and found, with delight, that
+they were really and truly asked to their friend's party. It was to
+be at three o'clock in the afternoon of the following Thursday. Lotus
+Blossom ran to her mother, just as her American cousins might do, and
+cried, "Oh, mamma, my precious, honourable mother, what shall I wear?
+See this; do look at my invitation." It was a rare thing indeed to see
+the child so excited. Her mother smiled, and answered, "My dear little
+pearl of a Lotus Blossom, I have almost finished embroidering your new
+silk garment. It shall be finished, and you shall have a new yellow
+crape kerchief to fold about your throat. A barber shall arrange your
+long hair about your head; and I will buy you white silk sandals to
+be tied with ribbons. Even though your friend is more wealthy than
+ourselves, you shall not disgrace your honoured father. Toyo, too, must
+have a new garment."
+
+All was made ready, and Thursday came at last. The children were sent
+to the party in jinrikishas, so that they should not get dusty. They
+looked very pretty. Their little hostess and her mamma received the
+guests with smiles and with many long phrases of politeness. Lacquered
+trays were brought in and placed in front of each one. On these were
+beautiful china cups with no handles. What do you think was served in
+them? Don't get up your hopes now and say "lemonade," or "sherbet,"
+for you will surely be disappointed. It was tea,--simply tea, without
+milk or sugar. The children drank it in honour of their hostess and her
+mamma. But something better still was to come. The tea was removed, and
+fresh trays, covered with dainty pink papers, were brought in. A cake
+made of red beans lay on the middle of each tray, and around it were
+placed sugar maple leaves coloured red and green. They looked pretty
+enough to keep, but the little guests ate them, leaves and all. After
+these came other cakes and sweetmeats, enough to delight the heart of
+every one.
+
+Now for games! Proverbs come first of all. It is played very much like
+the American game of "Authors," and is a great favourite with both old
+and young in Japan. Next comes blind man's buff, but you would hardly
+know the game, it is played so much more quietly and slowly than you
+are in the habit of playing it.
+
+Wine-cakes, dainties, and tea are served next, and then the best part
+of the fun arrives. The screens are moved aside, and the children
+behold a little stage. They sit, or rather squat, down on the mats
+about the room while some hired performers represent one of their
+loved fairy stories in a play. The actresses have lovely gowns, and are
+very graceful. It is a very enjoyable occasion.
+
+The time to leave comes all too soon. The jinrikisha men arrive, and
+after assuring their hostess that they never had had so lovely a time
+before, Lotus Blossom and Toyo make two deep bows and return home very
+happy. I believe you would not object to a party like that yourself,
+would you?
+
+Among all the joyous festivals of the year, I must not forget to tell
+you of the plum-viewing. The winter season is very short in Japan, and
+the houses are not built to keep out the cold very well, as you must
+have already perceived. When the spring days arrive and the blossoms
+begin to appear, the child people are very happy. If they are happy,
+of course they must show it. How can they do it so well as by having
+out-door picnics in the plum orchards? The children watch for the great
+day's arrival when the flowers will be in full bloom. They save up
+their yen to spend, and plan for a great good time. No school on that
+day! No practising on the koto! No embroidery for Lotus Blossom! Every
+one is up early on the bright, clear morning, and baskets are filled
+with the nice luncheon mamma has prepared. There is actually an air
+of excitement in the quiet Japanese household. The good father leads
+the family procession as they start out on their walk to the picnic
+grounds. It is about two miles from their home. Other families join
+them as they walk along. The throng of gaily dressed and happy people
+grows larger every moment. As they near the plum-orchard they find the
+road lined with stands, which have been put up for the day. It seems as
+though everything one could desire were on sale: cakes, tea, fruit,
+fans, sweets of all kinds, toys, etc. No wonder Lotus Blossom and
+Toyo wanted to save up their money. But the orchard! Was there ever a
+lovelier sight? Hundreds of trees loaded with fragrant pink blossoms!
+
+The people write poems about them, and pin them on the branches,
+to show how much they appreciate the beautiful sight which Nature
+has given them. Tea-drinking, story-telling, and the entertainments
+of travelling showmen take up the day. Sunset bids them leave the
+beautiful scene and go back to home and work.
+
+And now, children, we must bid these dear cousins good-bye for a little
+while. Although they worship in strange ways, and read their books
+upside down, besides doing many other things in a manner that seems
+strange to us, yet we can learn much from their simple, childlike
+natures. And, after all, isn't one reason why we live in this big world
+and are so different one from another, that we may learn from each
+other?
+
+THE END.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+'Tilda Jane
+
+    BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS
+
+    AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "FOR HIS
+    COUNTRY," ETC.
+
+    _Fully illustrated_
+
+    1 vol., 12mo, $1.30
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A charming and wholesome story for girls, handled with unusual charm
+and skill, which was issued serially in the _Youth's Companion_.
+
+'Tilda Jane is a runaway orphan from a Maine asylum, who wanders over
+the Canadian border into the settlements of the habitants. The simple
+lives of the peasants, their fine characters and racial traits give a
+characteristic charm to the story, and the delightful girl heroine will
+endear herself to young and old readers.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Rosamond Tales
+
+BY CUYLER REYNOLDS
+
+_With many full-page illustrations from original photographs by the
+author, together with a frontispiece from a drawing by Maud Humphreys._
+
+    Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+These are just the bedtime stories that children always ask for, but do
+not always get. Rosamond and Rosalind are the hero and heroine of many
+happy adventures in town and on their grandfather's farm; and the happy
+listeners to their story will unconsciously absorb a vast amount of
+interesting knowledge of birds, animals, and flowers, just the things
+about which the curiosity of children from four to twelve years old is
+most insatiable. The book will be a boon to tired mothers, as a delight
+to wide-awake children.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+Prince Harold
+
+A FAIRY STORY
+
+    BY L. F. BROWN
+
+    _With ninety full-page illustrations_
+
+    Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A delightful fairy tale for children, dealing with the life of a
+charming young Prince, who, aided by the Moon Spirit, discovers, after
+many adventures, a beautiful girl whom he makes his Princess. He is
+so enamored that he dwells with his bride in complete seclusion for a
+while, entrusting the conduct of his kingdom meantime to his monkey
+servant, Longtail. The latter marries a monkey princess from Amfalulu,
+and their joint reign is described with the drollest humor. The real
+rulers finally return and upset the reign of the pretenders. An
+original and fascinating story for young people.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Woodranger Tales
+
+
+VOLUME III.
+
+The Hero of the Hills
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+
+VOLUME I.
+
+The Woodranger
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+
+VOLUME II.
+
+The Young Gunbearer
+
+    BY G. WALDO BROWNE
+
+    Each large 12mo, cloth, fully illustrated, $1.00
+
+[Illustration]
+
+There is the reality of history behind these stories, the successful
+series of "Woodranger Tales," the scope and trend of which are
+accurately set forth in the title. While full of adventure, the
+interest in which sometimes rises to the pitch of excitement, the
+stories are not sensational, for Mr. Browne writes with dignity, if
+with liveliness. The books will not fail to interest any lively,
+wholesome-minded boy.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+Our Devoted Friend the Dog
+
+    BY SARAH K. BOLTON
+
+    AUTHOR OF "GIRLS WHO HAVE BECOME
+    FAMOUS," ETC.
+
+_Fully illustrated with many reproductions from original photographs_
+
+    1 vol., small quarto, $1.50
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This book of the dog and his friends does for the canine member of the
+household what Helen M. Winslow's book, "Concerning Cats," did for the
+feline. No one who cares for dogs--and that class includes nearly all
+who do not care for cats, and some who do--will admit that the subject
+of Mrs. Bolton's book is a less felicitous choice than that of its
+predecessor; while the author's well-known ability as a writer and
+lecturer, as well as her sympathy with her subject, are a sufficient
+guarantee of a happy treatment.
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+NEW JUVENILES
+
+
+THE
+
+Cosy Corner Series
+
+A SERIES OF CHARMING ILLUSTRATED JUVENILES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS
+
+We shall issue ten new volumes in this well-known series of child
+classics, and announce four as follows:
+
+
+A Little Puritan Pioneer
+
+    BY EDITH ROBINSON
+
+Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan's First Christmas,"
+etc.
+
+
+Madam Liberality
+
+    BY MRS. EWING
+
+Author of "Jackanapes," "A Great Emergency," "Story of a Short Life,"
+etc., etc.
+
+
+A Bad Penny
+
+    BY JOHN T. WHEELWRIGHT
+
+The other seven will include new stories by Louise de la Ramee, Miss
+Mulock, Nellie Hellis, Will Allen Dromgoole, etc., etc.
+
+    _Forty-four volumes previously published_
+
+SEND FOR CIRCULARS, ETC.
+
+
+
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Cosy Corner Series
+
+OF
+
+Charming Juveniles
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Each one volume, 16mo, cloth, Illustrated, 50 cents
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=Ole Mammy's Torment.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=The Little Colonel.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "Big Brother."
+
+
+=Big Brother.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=The Gate of the Giant Scissors.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=Two Little Knights of Kentucky,= who were "The Little Colonel's"
+neighbors. By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+A sequel to "The Little Colonel."
+
+
+=The Story of Dago.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "The Little Colonel," etc.
+
+
+=Farmer Brown and the Birds.= By FRANCES MARGARET FOX. A little story
+which teaches children that the birds are man's best friends.
+
+
+=Story of a Short Life.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+This beautiful and pathetic story is a part of the world's literature
+and will never die.
+
+
+=Jackanapes.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+A new edition, with new illustrations, of this exquisite and touching
+story, dear alike to young and old.
+
+
+=The Little Lame Prince.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures by means of
+the magic gifts of his fairy godmother.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Brownie.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+The story of a household elf who torments the cook and gardener, but is
+a constant joy and delight to the children.
+
+
+=His Little Mother.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+Miss Mulock's short stories for children are a constant source of
+delight to them, and "His Little Mother," in this new and attractive
+dress, will be welcomed by hosts of readers.
+
+
+=Little Sunshine's Holiday.= By MISS MULOCK.
+
+"Little Sunshine" is another of those beautiful child-characters for
+which Miss Mulock is so justly famous.
+
+
+=Wee Dorothy.= By LAURA UPDEGRAFF.
+
+A story of two orphan children, the tender devotion of the eldest, a
+boy, for his sister being its theme.
+
+
+=Rab and His Friends.= By DR. JOHN BROWN.
+
+Doctor Brown's little masterpiece is too well known to need description.
+
+
+=The Water People.= By CHARLES LEE SLEIGHT.
+
+Relating the further adventures of "Harry," the little hero of "The
+Prince of the Pin Elves."
+
+
+=The Prince of the Pin Elves.= By CHAS. LEE SLEIGHT.
+
+A fascinating story of the underground adventures of a sturdy, reliant
+American boy among the elves and gnomes.
+
+
+=Helena's Wonderworld.= By FRANCES HODGES WHITE.
+
+A delightful tale of the adventures of a little girl in the mysterious
+regions beneath the sea.
+
+
+=For His Country.= By MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
+
+A beautiful story of a patriotic little American lad.
+
+
+=A Little Puritan's First Christmas.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+
+=A Little Daughter of Liberty.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+Author of "A Loyal Little Maid," "A Little Puritan Rebel," etc.
+
+A true story of the Revolution.
+
+
+=A Little Puritan Rebel.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+An historical tale of a real girl, during the time when the gallant Sir
+Harry Vane was governor of Massachusetts.
+
+
+=A Loyal Little Maid.= By EDITH ROBINSON.
+
+A delightful and interesting story of Revolutionary days, in which the
+child heroine, Betsey Schuyler, renders important services to George
+Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
+
+
+=A Dog of Flanders.= A CHRISTMAS STORY. By LOUISE DE LA RAMEE (Ouida).
+
+
+=The Nurnberg Stove.= By LOUISE DE LA RAMEE (Ouida).
+
+This beautiful story has never before been published at a popular price.
+
+
+=The King of the Golden River.= A LEGEND OF STIRIA. By JOHN RUSKIN.
+
+Written fifty years or more ago, this little fairy tale soon became
+known and made a place for itself.
+
+
+=La Belle Nivernaise.= THE STORY OF AN OLD BOAT AND HER CREW. By
+ALPHONSE DAUDET.
+
+It has been out of print for some time, and is now offered in cheap but
+dainty form in this new edition.
+
+
+=The Young King.= =The Star Child.=
+
+Two stories chosen from a recent volume by a gifted author, on account
+of their rare beauty, great power, and deep significance.
+
+
+=A Great Emergency.= By MRS. EWING.
+
+
+=The Trinity Flower.= By JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
+
+In this little volume are collected three of Mrs. Ewing's best short
+stories for the young people.
+
+
+=The Adventures of Beatrice and Jessie.= By RICHARD MANSFIELD.
+
+A bright and amusing story of the strange adventures of two little
+girls in the "realms of unreality."
+
+
+=A Child's Garden of Verses.= By R. L. STEVENSON.
+
+This little classic is undoubtedly the best of all volumes of poetry
+for children.
+
+
+=Little King Davie.= By NELLIE HELLIS.
+
+It is sufficient to say of this book that it has sold over 110,000
+copies in England, and consequently should well be worthy of a place in
+"The Cosy Corner Series."
+
+
+=Little Peterkin Vandike.= By CHARLES STUART PRATT.
+
+The author's dedication furnishes a key to this charming story.
+
+"I dedicate this book, made for the amusement of the boys who may
+read it, to the memory of one boy, who would have enjoyed as much as
+Peterkin the plays of the Poetry Party."
+
+
+=The Making of Zimri Bunker.= A TALE OF NANTUCKET. By W. J. LONG.
+
+The story deals with a sturdy American fisher lad during the war of
+1812.
+
+
+=The Fortunes of the Fellow.= By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE. A sequel to "The
+Farrier's Dog and His Fellow."
+
+
+=The Farrier's Dog and His Fellow.= By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE.
+
+This story, written by the gifted young Southern woman, will appeal to
+all that is best in the natures of her many admirers.
+
+
+=The Sleeping Beauty.= A MODERN VERSION. By MARTHA B. DUNN.
+
+A charming story of a little fishermaid of Maine, intellectually
+"asleep," until she meets the "Fairy Prince."
+
+
+=The Young Archer.= By CHARLES E. BRIMBLECOM.
+
+A strong and wholesome story of a boy who accompanied Columbus on his
+voyage to the New World.
+
+
+
+
+Selections from
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Books for Young People
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=Old Father Gander;= OR, THE BETTER-HALF OF MOTHER GOOSE. RHYMES,
+CHIMES, AND JINGLES scratched from his own goose-quill for American
+Goslings. Illustrated with impossible Geese, hatched and raised by
+WALTER SCOTT HOWARD.
+
+    1 vol., oblong quarto, cloth decorative      $2.00
+
+The illustrations are so striking and fascinating that the book will
+appeal to the young people aside from the fact even of the charm and
+humor of the songs and rhymes. There are thirty-two full-page plates,
+of which many are in color. The color illustrations are a distinct and
+successful departure from the old-fashioned lithographic work hitherto
+invariably used for children's books.
+
+
+=The Crock of Gold:= A NEW BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. By S. BARING GOULD.
+
+Author of "Mehalah," "Old Country Life," "Old English Fairy Tales,"
+etc. With twenty-five full-page illustrations by F. D. Bedford.
+
+    1 vol., tall 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.50
+
+This volume will prove a source of delight to the children of two
+continents, answering their always increasing demand for "more fairy
+stories."
+
+
+=Shireen and Her Friends:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PERSIAN CAT. By
+GORDON STABLES.
+
+Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative      $1.25
+
+A more charming book about animals Dr. Stables himself has not written.
+It is similar in character to "Black Beauty," "Beautiful Joe," and
+other books which teach us to love and protect the dumb animals.
+
+
+=Bully, Fag, and Hero.= By CHARLES J. MANSFORD.
+
+With six full-page illustrations by S. H. Vedder.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.50
+
+An interesting story of schoolboy life and adventure in school and
+during the holidays.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Boy Reporter in the Philippines.= By HARRY STEELE
+MORRISON.
+
+Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated      $1.25
+
+A true story of the courage and enterprise of an American lad. It is
+a splendid boys' book, filled with healthy interest, and will tend to
+stimulate and encourage the proper ambition of the young reader.
+
+
+=Tales Told in the Zoo.= By F. C. GOULD.
+
+With many illustrations from original drawings.
+
+    1 vol., large quarto      $2.00
+
+A new book for young people on entirely original lines. The tales are
+supposed to be told by an old adjutant stork in the Zoological Gardens
+to the assembled birds located there, and they deal with legendary and
+folk-lore stories of the origins of various creatures, mostly birds,
+and their characteristics.
+
+
+=Philip:= THE STORY OF A BOY VIOLINIST. By T. W. O.
+
+    1 vol., 12mo, cloth      $1.00
+
+The life-story of a boy, reared among surroundings singular enough to
+awaken interest at the start, is described by the present author as it
+could be described only by one thoroughly familiar with the scene. The
+reader is carried from the cottages of the humblest coal-miners into
+the realms of music and art; and the _finale_ of this charming tale is
+a masterpiece of pathetic interest.
+
+
+=Black Beauty:= THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE. By ANNA SEWELL. _New
+Illustrated Edition._
+
+With twenty-five full-page drawings by Winifred Austin.
+
+    1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top      $1.25
+
+There have been many editions of this classic, but we confidently
+offer this one as the most appropriate and handsome yet produced. The
+illustrations are of special value and beauty, and should make this
+the standard edition wherever illustrations worthy of the story are
+desired.
+
+
+
+
+L. C. PAGE & COMPANY'S
+
+Gift Book Series
+
+FOR
+
+Boys and Girls
+
+[Illustration]
+
+    Each one volume, tall 12mo, cloth, Illustrated,      $1.00
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+=The Little Colonel's House Party.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
+
+Author of "Little Colonel," etc. Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
+
+Mrs. Johnston has endeared herself to the children by her charming
+little books published in the Cosy Corner Series. Accordingly, a longer
+story by her will be eagerly welcomed by the little ones who have so
+much enjoyed each story from her pen.
+
+
+=Chums.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
+
+Author of "Little Bermuda," etc. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
+
+"Chums" is a girls' book, about girls and for girls. It relates the
+adventures, in school, and during vacation, of two friends.
+
+
+=Three Little Crackers.= FROM DOWN IN DIXIE. By WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE.
+
+Author of "The Farrier's Dog." A fascinating story for boys and girls,
+of the adventures of a family of Alabama children who move to Florida
+and grow up in the South.
+
+
+=Miss Gray's Girls;= OR, SUMMER DAYS IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. By
+JEANNETTE A. GRANT.
+
+A delightfully told story of a summer trip through Scotland, somewhat
+out of the beaten track. A teacher, starting at Glasgow, takes a lively
+party of girls, her pupils, through the Trossachs to Oban, through the
+Caledonian Canal to Inverness, and as far north as Brora.
+
+
+=King Pippin:= A STORY FOR CHILDREN. By MRS. GERARD FORD.
+
+Author of "Pixie."
+
+One of the most charming books for young folks which has been issued
+for some time. The hero is a lovable little fellow, whose frank and
+winning ways disarm even the crustiest of grandmothers, and win for him
+the affection of all manner of unlikely people.
+
+
+=Feats on the Fiord:= A TALE OF NORWEGIAN LIFE. By HARRIET MARTINEAU.
+
+This admirable book, read and enjoyed by so many young people, deserves
+to be brought to the attention of parents in search of wholesome
+reading for their children to-day. It is something more than a juvenile
+book, being really one of the most instructive books about Norway and
+Norwegian life and manners ever written.
+
+
+=Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.= Compiled by MARY WHITNEY
+MORRISON (Jenny Wallis).
+
+New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
+
+No better description of this admirable book can be given than Mrs.
+Whitney's happy introduction:
+
+"One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance of
+their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering of verse,
+which announces itself, like them, by its own deliciousness. Yet, as
+Mrs. Morrison's charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am
+only too happy to declare that it is to me--and to two families of my
+grandchildren--the most bewitching book of songs for little people that
+we have ever known."
+
+
+=The Young Pearl Divers:= A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE BY LAND AND
+BY SEA. By LIEUT. H. PHELPS WHITMARSH.
+
+This is a splendid story for boys, by an author who writes in vigorous
+and interesting language, of scenes and adventures with which he is
+personally acquainted.
+
+
+=The Woodranger.= By G. WALDO BROWNE.
+
+The first of a series of five volumes entitled "The Woodranger Tales."
+
+Although based strictly on historical facts the book is an interesting
+and exciting tale of adventure, which will delight all boys, and be by
+no means unwelcome to their elders.
+
+
+=Three Children of Galilee:= A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR THE YOUNG. By JOHN
+GORDON.
+
+There has long been a need for a Life of Christ for the young, and this
+book has been written in answer to this demand. That it will meet with
+great favor is beyond question, for parents have recognized that their
+boys and girls want something more than a Bible story, a dry statement
+of facts, and that, in order to hold the attention of the youthful
+readers, a book on this subject should have life and movement as well
+as scrupulous accuracy and religious sentiment.
+
+
+=Little Bermuda.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
+
+Author of "Dally," "A Redbridge Neighborhood," "In a Dike Shanty,"
+"Friendship and Folly," etc.
+
+The adventures of "Little Bermuda" from her home in the tropics to a
+fashionable American boarding-school. The resulting conflict between
+the two elements in her nature, the one inherited from her New England
+ancestry, and the other developed by her West Indian surroundings, gave
+Miss Pool unusual opportunity for creating an original and fascinating
+heroine.
+
+
+=The Wild Ruthvens:= A HOME STORY. By CURTIS YORK.
+
+A story illustrating the mistakes, failures, and successes of a family
+of unruly but warm-hearted boys and girls. They are ultimately softened
+and civilized by the influence of an invalid cousin, Dick Trevanion,
+who comes to live with them.
+
+
+=The Adventures of a Siberian Cub.= Translated from the Russian of
+Slibitski by LEON GOLSCHMANN.
+
+This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight, especially by
+children who love to read about animals. The interesting and pathetic
+adventures of the orphan bear, Mishook, will appeal to old and young in
+much the same way as have "Black Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe."
+
+
+=Timothy Dole.= By JUNIATA SALSBURY.
+
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