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Joyce is a great friend of the Little Colonel, and in later volumes shares with her the delightful experiences of the "House Party" and the "Holidays." =TWO LITTLE KNIGHTS OF KENTUCKY= WHO WERE THE LITTLE COLONEL'S NEIGHBORS. In this volume the Little Colonel returns to us like an old friend, but with added grace and charm.
She is not, however, the central figure of the story, that place being taken by the "two little knights." =MILDRED'S INHERITANCE= A delightful little story of a lonely English girl who comes to America and is befriended by a sympathetic American family who are attracted by her beautiful speaking voice.
By means of this one gift she is enabled to help a school-girl who has temporarily lost the use of her eyes, and thus finally her life becomes a busy, happy one. =CICELY AND OTHER STORIES FOR GIRLS= The readers of Mrs.Johnston's charming juveniles will be glad to learn of the issue of this volume for young people. =AUNT 'LIZA'S HERO AND OTHER STORIES= A collection of six bright little stories, which will appeal to all boys and most girls. =BIG BROTHER= A story of two boys.
The devotion and care of Stephen, himself a small boy, for his baby brother, is the theme of the simple tale. =OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT= "Ole Mammy's Torment" has been fitly called "a classic of Southern life." It relates the haps and mishaps of a small negro lad, and tells how he was led by love and kindness to a knowledge of the right. =THE STORY OF DAGO= In this story Mrs.Johnston relates the story of Dago, a pet monkey, owned jointly by two brothers.
Dago tells his own story, and the account of his haps and mishaps is both interesting and amusing. =THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT= A pleasant little story of a boy's labor of love, and how it changed the course of his life many years after it was accomplished. =FLIP'S ISLANDS OF PROVIDENCE= A story of a boy's life battle, his early defeat, and his final triumph, well worth the reading. _By EDITH ROBINSON_ =A LITTLE PURITAN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS= A story of Colonial times in Boston, telling how Christmas was invented by Betty Sewall, a typical child of the Puritans, aided by her brother Sam. =A LITTLE DAUGHTER OF LIBERTY= The author introduces this story as follows: "One ride is memorable in the early history of the American Revolution, the well-known ride of Paul Revere.
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