these tales are at last put upon paper, after having served the demands of a generation of little folk—now grown tall—for stories of “when papa was a boy.” all the tales are founded upon facts, and many are incidents and experiences reproduced as faithfully as memory paints the pictures.

the red men are gone; the great forest is no more; railroads and cities and farms occupy the bottom of the “old sea bed.” but the same courage and hardihood and clean living which marked the pioneers of near a half century ago is still the hope of america.

charles allen mcconnell.

kansas city, mo., october, 1913.