LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Frontispiece.]
[The Woodcutter][7]
[The Minstrel on the Wall][10]
[Tricks in a Church][10]
[The Dance of Demons][13]
[Nostradamus][14]
[The Lion's Head][15]
[The Theatrical Ghost][16]
[The Toll-bridge][18]
[A Royal Procession][22]
[An Elephant after Him][25]
[The Dog's Protector][27]
[An Elephant Nurse][29]
[Saving the Artillery-man][30]
[The Gallant Elephant][31]
[The French Soldier-Boy][32]
[On a Bell][34]
[Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave][36]
[The Bottomless Pit][41]
[The Lion's Home][43]
[The Uncaged Lion][44]
[A Lion's Dinner][46]
[A Terrible Companion][47]
[Off to the Kitchen][49]
[Blind Man's Buff][50]
[The Story-Teller][52]
[In the Cellar][54]
[Handing round the Apples][56]
[The Drummer of 1776][60]
[The Continental Soldier][60]
[The Donkey in the Parlor][61]
[Sir Marmaduke][66]
[The Giraffe][70]
[Above the Clouds][72]
[The Flying Man][74]
[The Parachute—shut][75]
[The Parachute—open][76]
[Le Flesseles][78]
[Bagnolet's Balloon][80]
[Coming down Roughly][80]
[A Balloon with Sails and Rudders][81]
[The Minerva][82]
[Safe Ballooning][84]
[Driven out to Sea][86]
[The Arabian Horse][88]
[In the Cornfield][90]
[A Big Mosquito][94]
[Exactly Noon][97]
[The Spring][99]
[The Brook][101]
[The Mill][102]
[The Cascade][104]
[The Great River][105]
[Falls of Gavarni][106]
[The Falls of Zambesi][108]
[Niagara][109]
[Fishing with a Net][110]
[Fishing with a Spear][111]
[Sponge-Fishing][113]
[A Pearl Oyster][114]
[Divers][115]
[Rough Water][117]
[The Iceberg][118]
[The Storm][119]
[The Shipwreck][120]
[Water-Spouts][121]
[A Bit of Cable][122]
[Hans, the Herb-Gatherer][123]
[Patsey][126]
[A Spider at Home][128]
[The Ant's Arch][129]
[The Cock-chafer's Wing][129]
[The Spider's Bridge][130]
[The Moth and the Bees][131]
[Learned Fleas][132]
[The Pacific][135]
[St. Peter's at Rome][137]
[Interior of St. Peter's][138]
[The Five Young Deer][141]
[Waking Up][142]
[Familiar Friends][147]
[The Pigeon][148]
[The Dove][149]
[The Swan][150]
[The Goose that Led][151]
[The Goose that Followed][152]
[The Sensible Duck][154]
[The Goldfinch][155]
[The Magpie][156]
[The Owl][157]
[Morning Singers][158]
[In a Well][159]
[The Fraxinella][163]
[A Company of Bears][165]
[The Black Bear][166]
[The Grizzly Bear][168]
[The White Bear][170]
[The Tame Bear][171]
[An old Country-House][172]
[Ancient Builders][174]
[The Pine Forest][176]
[Tree Ferns][177]
[Tropical Forest][179]
[The Giant Trees][181]
[The Great Eastern][182]
[The Orang-Outang][186]
[Bridget and the Fairies][189]
[Flat-Fish][193]
[Turbots][194]
[The Sea-Horse][195]
[The Cuttle-Fish][196]
[The Polypier][197]
[Tunnies][198]
[The Sword-Fish][200]
[The Shark][201]
[The Child and the Eagle][202]
[Climbing the Mountain][204]
[Andrew and Jenny][207]
[Wild Asses][211]
[The Palanquin][214]
[The Chariot][216]
[Transformation of Beetles][218]
[A Battle on Stilts][220]
[Drawing the Long Bow][223]
[The Colosseum][226]
[The Cormorants][228]
[The Bittern][229]
[The Pelican][231]
[The Hoopoe][232]
[The Falcon][234]
[The Mummy][236]
[The Stand][237]
[The Coffin][237]
[The Outside Coffin][238]
[The Sarcophagus][239]
[The Tame Snake][240]
[The Novel Team][241]
[Youngsters Fighting][242]
[Throwing the Hammer][243]
[Throwing the Stone][244]
[Thomas Topham][245]
[Venetian Acrobats][247]
[The Tight-Rope][249]
[The See-Saw][250]
[The Wild Boar][256]
[The Musk-Ox and the Sailor][258]
[Hunting the Brown Bear][259]
[A Brave Hippopotamus][261]
[A Rhinocerus Turning the Table][262]
[A Tiger-Hunt][264]
[A Fight with a Gorilla][265]
[The Boot-black's Dog][268]
[Going after the Cows][271]
[The Reflective Stag][275]
[The Mirage][277]
[Fata Morgana][280]
[The Spectre of the Brocken][281]
[A Narrow Street in Pompeii][283]
[A Cleared Street in Pompeii][285]
[The Atrium in the House of Pansa][287]
[Ornaments from Pompeii][290]
[A Pompeiian Bakery][292]
[The Amphitheatre of Pompeii][294]
[The Coachman][297]
[The Grand Geyser][300]
[The Artificial Geyser][302]
[A Giant Puff-ball][303]
[Tickled by a Straw][305]
[The Will-o'-the-Wisp][309]
[The Oak Tree][311]
[The Sea-Side][315]
[The Vessels on Shore][317]
[The Sick Pike][320]
[The Blossoms][322]
[Ice-Blossoms][324]
[Ice-Flowers][325]
[Ancient Bead][326]
[Venetian Bottle][327]
[German Drinking-Glass][329]
[Glass Jug][330]
[Making Bottles][332]
[Venetian Goblet][333]
[Modern Goblets][334]
[The Queen's Mirror][335]
[Bohemian Goblet][336]
[French Flagon][339]
[The Portland Vase][340]
[The Strange Lady][344]
[Carl and the Duke][348]
[The Dominie][351]
[Wrens' Nests][354]
[Orioles' Nest][355]
[Owl's Nests][357]
[Flamingoes' Nests][359]
[The little Grebe's Nest][361]
[The Ostrich-Nest][362]
[The Stork's Nest][364]
[A Fish's Nest][366]
[Throwing the Boomerang][368]
[The Way the Boomerang Goes][369]

PREFACE

Come along, boys and girls! We are off on our rambles. But please do not ask me where we are going. It would delay us very much if I should postpone our start until I had drawn you a map of the route, with all the stopping-places set down.

We have far to go, and a great many things to see, and it may be that some of you will be very tired before we get through.

If so, I shall be sorry; but it will be a comfort to think that none of us need go any farther than we choose.