Transcriber's note: Minor spelling and punctuation inconsistencies been harmonized. The original use of accented words has been retained. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. In presenting to the public the within collection, some of which were published originally under the _nom-de-plume_ of "Miriam Lester," I have had to go into the highways and byways to gather the children who had strayed into various paths.…
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