We couldn't be _heroines_, Molly." "But children don't care about heroines," said Molly.

"Children like to hear about other children, just really what they do.

Now, don't they, grandmother dear?
And _isn't_ my plan a good one ?" * * * * * Will _you_ answer little Molly's question, children dear?
For dear you all are, whoever and wherever you be.

Boys and girls, big and little, dark and fair, brown-eyed and blue-eyed, merry and quiet--all of you, dear unknown friends whose faces I may never see, yet all of whom I love.
I shall be so glad--so very glad, if this little simple story-book of mine helps to make this Christmas Day a happy and merry one for you all.
THE END.
* * * * * _Macmillan's Prize Library_ A Carefully Selected Series of Illustrated Books suitable for Presentation.
_Baker, Sir Samuel W._ Cast up by the Sea.
_Besant, Sir Walter._ Life of Captain Cook.
_Bradley, A.G._ Life of Wolfe.
_Buckland, Frank._ Curiosities of Natural History.Vols.

I.-III.
_Buckley, A.B._ Through Magic Glasses.
_Butler, Sir William._ General Gordon.
_Cooper, J.Fenimore._ The Last of the Mohicans.
The Deerslayer.
The Pathfinder.
The Pioneers.
_Corbett, Sir Julian._ For God and Gold.
Sir Francis Drake.
_Creasy, Sir E._ The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.
_Dickens, Charles._ Oliver Twist.
The Old Curiosity Shop.
Christmas Books.
Barnaby Rudge.
_Edgeworth, Maria._ Lazy Lawrence and other Stories.
_Eliot, George._ Scenes of Clerical Life.
_Finny, Violet Geraldine._ Revolt of the Young MacCormacks.
_Fowler, W.Warde._ A Year with the Birds.
Tales of the Birds.
More Tales of the Birds.
_Fraser, Edward._ Famous Fighters of the Fleet.
_Gilmore, Rev.John._ Storm Warriors; or Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands.
_Grimm, The Bros._ Household Stories.
_Henley, W.E._ Lyra Heroica.