The in the Mountains Part 11 (2/2)
It tells how two poor children antic.i.p.ate the joys of the holiday, and how heartily they enter into doing their part to make the day merry for themselves and others.
PEGGY-ALONE The chronicles of the Happy-Go-Luckys, a crowd of girls who did not depend upon riches for good times. This club was very stretchible as to members.h.i.+p, so they elected Peggy-Alone from pity of her loneliness. Freed from governess, nurse and solicitous mother, she has the jolliest summer of her life.
Ill.u.s.trated by Anna B. Craig The Saalfield Publis.h.i.+ng Co., AKRON, OHIO THE BILLY WHISKERS SERIES BY FRANCES TREGO MONTGOMERY Billy Whiskers--frolicsome, mischief-making, adventure-loving, Billy Whiskers--is the friend of every boy and girl the country over, and the things that happen to this wonderful goat and his numerous animal friends make the best sort of reading for them.
As one reviewer aptly puts it, these stories are ”just full of fun and good times,” for Mrs. Montgomery, the author of them, has the happy faculty of knowing what the small boy and his sister like in the way of fiction.
t.i.tLES BILLY WHISKERS BILLY WHISKERS' KIDS BILLY WHISKERS, JR. BILLY WHISKERS' TRAVELS BILLY WHISKERS AT THE CIRCUS BILLY WHISKERS AT THE FAIR BILLY WHISKERS' FRIENDS BILLY WHISKERS, JR. AND HIS CHUMS BILLY WHISKERS' GRANDCHILDREN BILLY WHISKERS' VACATION BILLY WHISKERS KIDNAPED BILLY WHISKERS' TWINS BILLY WHISKERS IN AN AEROPLANE BILLY WHISKERS IN TOWN BILLY WHISKERS IN PANAMA The Saalfield Publis.h.i.+ng Co., AKRON, OHIO THE BETTY BOOKS By ALICE HALE BURNETT (For Girls 8 to 10 years old) Four very interesting stories, each complete in itself, relating the many doings of Betty and her friends. The characters are real girls and a happy, healthful tone lends the books additional charm.
Betty and Her Chums Amy and Louise visit Betty and the three girls spend a happy summer together. A picnic supper on the mountain-top, at sunset, furnishes much pleasurable excitement for a large party of girls and boys.
Betty's Attic Theatre With the help of their friends, Betty, Amy and Louise give a play which is full of laughable mishaps. They have lots of fun getting ready for the great event and it is voted a huge success.
Betty's Carnival The girls gave an affair for the benefit of the Fresh Air Fund. Decorated floats sent down the river and viewed by the audience seated on the sh.o.r.e. A lemonade and cake booth also help to make the affair a most enjoyable one.
Betty's Orphans Betty and her two chums entertain three little orphans at her country home. The city waifs find much to surprise and amuse them and to their great joy all of them are finally adopted in pleasant homes.
Ill.u.s.trations in Color.
The Saalfield Publis.h.i.+ng Co., Akron, Ohio.
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