"Among the Merrows" has not been republished since it came out in _Aunt
Judy's Magazine_, November 1872. At that time the Crystal Palace
Aquarium was a novelty, and the Zoological Station at Naples not fully
formed--but, though the paper is behind the times in statistics, it is
worth retaining for other reasons.
"Tiny's Tricks and Toby's Tricks" as a specimen of versification might
perhaps have been included in the volume of _Verses for Children_, but
it seemed best to keep it with the "Owl Hoots," as these papers were the
last that Mrs. Ewing wrote. The first appeared in _The Child's Pictorial
Magazine_ a few days before her death, and the "Hoots" soon afterwards.
The illustrations to both were drawn by Mr. Gordon Browne at my sister's
special request, and they are now reproduced with gratitude for his
labour of love.
HORATIA K. F. EDEN.
October 1895.
CONTENTS
BROTHERS OF PITY
FATHER HEDGEHOG AND HIS NEIGHBOURS
TOOTS AND BOOTS
THE HENS OF HENCASTLE
FLAPS
A WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND
AMONG THE MERROWS
TINY'S TRICKS AND TOBY'S TRICKS
THE OWL IN THE IVY BUSH
BROTHERS OF PITY.
"Who dug his grave?"
* * * * *
"Who made his shroud?"
"I," said the Beetle,
"With my thread and needle,
I made his shroud.
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