The Adventures of Akbar

Transcriber's Note: The following variant spellings used by the author were retained as printed: Babar/Baber, Sultanum/Sultanam, gray/grey, Allah/Alâh, meaowed/miaowed. Also, for this HTML version, illustrations have been moved to their relevant locations in the text, though the original page references in the List of Illustrations have been preserved.)
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THE SECRET GARDEN, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Shuttle, etc., illustrated by Charles Robinson.
THE FOUR GARDENS, by Handasyde, illustrated by Charles Robinson.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
ÆSOP'S FABLES, translated by V. S. Vernon Jones, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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On a shelving bank of dry sand Baby Akbar sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
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Oft when the house lay silent in the heat My thoughts would be so full of you, my sweet, That dreaming half—I seemed to hear once more Your little fingers fluttering at the door, The pitter patter of your childish feet In joyous rhythm cross the echoing floor.
Then small, soft hands would nestle into mine, And warm soft arms around my neck would twine, As soft and warm the dream child on my knees, Cuddling so close in clear young voice would tease And tease and tease in mimicked glad young whine For Just one little story if you please.