part�� skyways and highways 01with admiral byrd in little america ............................005 02balto, the best lead-dog in alaska ..............................016 03the mail must go through ............................................023 04lindbergh, pioneer air scout .........................................040 05air mail..............................................................................051   part �� the outdoor world 06a midnight lion hunt .....................................................055 07pembe kubwa, the big tusker ......................................064 08the little american woodcutter ....................................074 09waste land: a wild-life preserve ..................................079 10duncan��s bird tenants .....................................................085 11the brown thrush ...........................................................090 12the feathered masters of the air ...................................091 13the pine caterpillar.........................................................095 14four-leaf clovers.............................................................101 15the weather question .....................................................102 16the lake and the sky ......................................................103 17the gladness of nature .............................................104   part �� stories we all shouldknow 18guillaume��s flute.............................................................109 19the golden touch............................................................119 20the nuremberg stove......................................................138 21hiawatha��s childhood ....................................................153   part �� young americancitizens 22a hero for a friend..........................................................165 23betsy finds a way ............................................................178 24george washington ..........................................................187 25robert e. lee: from manliness to manhood ................188 26josie��s home run .............................................................196 27how a boy scout builds a campfire .............................206 28let the flag wave.............................................................210   part �� boys and girls ofother lands 29grandmother��s trip to naples .......................................215 30esteban, page to a carnival queen ................................229 31abdul aziz, a boy of the desert .....................................238 32john goes down to toy valley .......................................249   part �� workers and their work 33cyrus hall mccormick invents the reaping machine ....263 34the story of bread ...........................................................271 35donald��s visit to the woolen mills ................................278 36how candy mints are made ..........................................288   part �� famous heroes of longago 37aladdin, or the wonderful lamp ..................................295 38ali baba and the forty thieves ......................................315 39robinson crusoe..............................................................337   part �� holidays and festivals 40dick��s thanksgiving snowshoes ...................................369 41christmas bells.................................................................379 42pat santa��s thrilling ride................................................380 43somebody��s mother .........................................................390 44the little flags.................................................................392 45a mile at a time................................................................39346 a may day princess.........................................................398