Nine Unlikely Tales


NINE
UNLIKELY TALES

By
E. NESBIT
Illustrated by
H. R. MILLAR
AND
CLAUDE A. SHEPPERSON
ERNEST BENN LIMITED
LONDON
COWARD-McCANN INC
NEW YORK


IRIDI MEAE
HOC ET COR MEUM


CONTENTS

I THE COCKATOUCANpage [1]
II WHEREYOUWANTOGOTO[49]
III THE BLUE MOUNTAIN[85]
IV THE PRINCE, TWO MICE, AND SOME KITCHEN-MAIDS[129]
V MELISANDE: OR LONG AND SHORT DIVISION[159]
VI FORTUNATUS REX AND CO[193]
VII THE SUMS THAT CAME RIGHT[223]
VIII THE TOWN IN THE LIBRARY, IN THE TOWN IN THE LIBRARY[243]
IX THE PLUSH USURPER[267]