for permission to reprint, or to use in adapted form, certain copyrighted and valuable material in this volume, the following acknowledgments are made:

to sturgis and walton company, for “the stone lion,” by captain w. p. o’connor, from story telling in school and home, copyright, 1912, by sturgis and walton company;

to carolyn sherwin bailey and the publishers of good housekeeping, for “the story of li’l’ hannibal,” reprinted by permission of good housekeeping;

to the grolier society, publishers of the book of knowledge, for “how olaf brought the brownie back”;

to george h. doran company, for “the overturned cart” from cap o’yellow, by agnes crozier herbertson;

to frances fox and the outlook company, for “making the best of it”;

10to elizabeth grierson and frederick a. stokes company, publishers of scottish fairy tales, for “the brownie of blednock”;

to f. cushing and g. p. putnam’s sons for “the poor little turkey girl” from zu?i folk tales; and

to t. fisher unwin for “true friendship.”