HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Copyright, 1900, 1901, by Edith Nesbit Bland.
All rights reserved.
September, 1901.
TO
MY DEAR SON
FABIAN BLAND


CONTENTS

PAGE
The Jungle [1]
The Wouldbegoods [20]
Bill's Tombstone [43]
The Tower of Mystery [63]
The Water-works [86]
The Circus [111]
Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise) [135]
The High-Born Babe [159]
Hunting the Fox [178]
The Sale of Antiquities [201]
The Benevolent Bar [224]
The Canterbury Pilgrims [243]
The Dragon's Teeth; or, Army-Seed [267]
Albert's Uncle's Grandmother; or, The Long-Lost [292]


ILLUSTRATIONS

"'AND PATRIOTIC,' SAID HE"[Frontispiece]
"WE LET THE HOSE PLAY PERSEVERINGLY"Facing p.[16]
"'LITTLE BEASTS!' SAID DICK""[30]
"DENNY HELD ALICE'S AND NOËL'S HANDS""[84]
"DICKY DRAGGED THE TWO HEAVY BARS""[98]
"'OH, DEAR! OH, DEAR!'""[104]
"HE SAT DOWN IN THE HEDGE TO LAUGH PROPERLY""[128]
"FOUND HIMSELF THE DEGRADED NURSE-MAID OF A SMALL BUT FURIOUS KID""[172]
"'WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?'""[192]
"THEN WE PUT IN THE JUGS AND FILLED IT UP WITH EARTH""[212]
"'I THINK YOU MUST LET ME LOOK INSIDE'""[222]
"OSWALD ACTUALLY HIT OUT AT THE BIG MAN""[240]
"A DOG-CART WITH A YOUNG LADY IN IT""[256]
"SO WE LED HIM ALONG TO THE AMBUSH""[282]
THE COUNCIL IN THE APPLE-TREE"[292]
"'AND ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY THIS LADY?'""[304]

THE WOULDBEGOODS