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] |