ILLUSTRATIONS.

 Frontispiece, “Loving Playmates.”  From photograph by Sarah J. Eddy. 
 “Can’t You Talk?” By G. A. Holmes
 “Speak for It.”  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Group of Sheep under Tree.  From photograph by T. E. M. and G. P. White
 The Connoisseurs.  From painting by Sir Edwin Landseer
 Odin.  From painting by Sir Edwin Landseer
 Owney.  From photograph by Elmer Chickering
 Hearing.  From painting by H. Sperling
 “Saved.”  From painting by H. Sperling
 Breakfast.  From painting by H. W. Trood
 Alexander.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Kitty’s Christmas.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Gentle Kitty Gray. " " "
 Cat’s Paw
 Cat’s Eye
 A Happy Pair.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 The Traveling Basket. " " "
 “Please give me some more. " " "
 Driven out.  From painting by M. Stocks
 Friends
 The Lion at Home.  From painting by Rosa Bonheur
 Portrait of Rosa Bonheur.  From painting by Rosa Bonheur
 The King of Beasts.  From painting by Rosa Bonheur
 The Ship of the Desert
 At the Watering Trough.  By Dagnan-Bouveret
 A Norman Sire.  From painting by Rosa Bonheur
 Three Members of a Temperance Society.  By J. F. Herring
 Natural and Comfortable
 Strained and Miserable
 Mare and Colt.  From painting by C. Steffeck
 Waiting for Master
 A Farm Yard
 A Group of Friends.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Hen and Chickens. " " "
 Chickens Drinking
 A Happy Family.  From photograph by J. M. Eldredge
 Just Arrived
 Pig looking over a Fence
 Feeding the Pigs
 Old White Horse
 A Little Songster
 Pussy Willows
 Paper-Makers
 A Butterfly
 Grasshopper and Cricket.  Illustration by Alice Barber Stephens
 Spider and Web
 A Woodmouse
 Little Freehold.  By S. J. Carter
 An Interesting Family.  By S. J. Carter
 Frog and Lily-pads
 Four little Friends
 A Bird’s House
 Feathered Travelers
 Over the Nest
 A Bird’s Nest
 Swallows
 Bird and Nest.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Robin
 Frightened Bird
 Mother Bird feeding Little One
 The Goldfinch
 Sparrows
 A Wintry Day
 The Farmer’s Friend
 Head-piece to “The Cost of a Hat”
 The Snowy Heron
 Egret Plumes
 Sea-gulls
 Birds on Fence
 A Band of Mercy.  From photograph by S. J. Eddy
 Making Friends. " " "

PART I

ROVER AND OTHER STORIES

ROVER AND HIS FRIENDS.

WHY ROVER RAN AWAY.

One morning Rover was very hungry indeed.  He had been going from place to place with his master, and now it was two long days since he had eaten a good dinner.  His master was a poor tinker who traveled about the country and never stayed long in one place.  Rover would have liked this if his master had been kind to him, but the dog was used only to blows and kicks.