Fancy free
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
The Human Boy
ALSO BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Lying Prophets Children of the Mist Sons of the Morning The Striking Hours
“BUT YOU’RE A POOR THING IN TIGERS”
FANCY FREE
BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON 1901
TO FRANCIS COWLEY BURNAND WITH MOST HEARTY REGARD
FANCY FREE
HERE’S a funny sort of story of an Isle beyond the sun,
Eden Phillpotts
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FANCY FREE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE ZAGABOG
QUITE OUT OF THE COMMON
I
II
JOHNSON’S BOSWELL
THE NINE MUSKETEERS
THE GAME OF LIFE
“ALAS! POOR GHOST”
GREENSMITH’S CHARADE
THE MATE OF THE “BUNCH O’ KEYS”
THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF TARVER
I
II
III
THE FIRST WORD
“STAR O’ BOSTON”
THE SACRIFICE
THE DIARY OF A PERFECT GENTLEMAN
INOCULATION DAY
A STORY WITHOUT AN END
I
II
III
IV
THE BIOGRAPHY OF PETER PARKINSON
THE JACKY-TOAD
A CELESTIAL CHAT
THE ARCHDEACON AND THE DEINOSAURS
THE BILLS
