E. NESBIT

AUTHOR OF
'THE WOULD-BE-GOODS,' 'THE AMULET,' ETC. ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1910

[Page 328] Frontispiece
Three days later Mr. Noah arrived by elephant.

to
BARBARA, MAURICE,
and
STEPHEN CHANT
this book is dedicated
by
E. NESBIT

Well Hall,
Eltham, Kent, 1910.