CHAPTER PAGE
I.Peterkin Pumperkin[13]
II.Peterkin Afloat[17]
III.Peterkin and the Whale[21]
IV.Peterkin’s Appetite[25]
V.Peterkin’s Cooking[29]
VI.An Hour of Storm[32]
VII.Peterkin Escapes[35]
VIII.Peterkin in the Valley[39]
IX.Peterkin Takes a Fall[43]
X.Peterkin in the Palace[47]
XI.Peterkin Tells His Tale[51]
XII.Peterkin’s Fate[55]
XIII.The Toothless Enemy[59]
XIV.Peterkin’s Rescue[64]
XV.The Water of Bounceability[69]
XVI.The Vale of the Blind[74]
XVII.Peterkin Promises[79]
XVIII.The Valley of Silence[83]
XIX.Ears Too Sharp[87]
XX.The Valley of Dancing Legs[92]
XXI.The Valley of Up-in-the-Air[97]
XXII.Peterkin in a Muddle[101]
XXIII.The Lost Pumperkin[104]
XXIV.Out of Hiding[108]
XXV.A Precious Prisoner[112]
XXVI.The Villain’s Story[116]
XXVII.In the City[121]
XXVIII.How Peterkin Tricked Them All[125]
XXIX.Peterkin Brings Joy[130]
XXX.Valley to Valley[135]
XXXI.The Patient Princess[139]
XXXII.The Villain Satisfied[143]
XXXIII.The Glorious Ending[148]

LIST OF COLORED PLATES

“Inside his Pumperkin house”[Frontispiece]
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“An early morning peek”[21]
“Then it grew darker than midnight”[32]
“So they sat themselves on the flying sea-shell”[43]
“‘Take him away!’ ordered the King”[55]
“The whole leap took but a moment”[69]
“A young peasant girl came toward him”[83]
“There came floating toward him in midair”[97]
“The windows in the palace were gleaming”[108]
“She strained her eyes to watch the distant harbor”[121]
“He jumped upon his shoulders”[135]
“Where was it bound? Haven’t you guessed?”[148]

To

Robert Stuart

Marquis

ONE day old—