Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.’
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE [I. LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES!] 1 [II. L’AMIE INCONNUE] 16 [III. BIRTHDAY-PRESENTS] 29 [IV. A CUNNING CONSPIRACY] 43 [V. A BEGGAR’S PALACE] 56 [VI. THE MAGIC LOCKET] 73 [VII. THE BARON’S EMBASSY] 87 [VIII. A RIDE ON A LION] 100 [IX. A JESTER AND A BEAR] 113 [X. THE OTHER PROFESSOR] 129 [XI. PETER AND PAUL] 143 [XII. A MUSICAL GARDENER] 156 [XIII. A VISIT TO DOGLAND] 171 [XIV. FAIRY-SYLVIE] 187 [XV. BRUNO’S REVENGE] 207 [XVI. A CHANGED CROCODILE] 222 [XVII. THE THREE BADGERS] 234 [XVIII. QUEER STREET, NUMBER FORTY] 255 [XIX. HOW TO MAKE A PHLIZZ] 271 [XX. LIGHT COME, LIGHT GO] 287 [XXI. THROUGH THE IVORY DOOR] 304 [XXII. CROSSING THE LINE] 325 [XXIII. AN OUTLANDISH WATCH] 345 [XXIV. THE FROGS’ BIRTHDAY-TREAT] 361 [XXV. LOOKING EASTWARD] 383 [Index] 396
SYLVIE AND BRUNO.
CHAPTER I.
LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES!
—and then all the people cheered again, and one man, who was more excited than the rest, flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as well as I could make out) “Who roar for the Sub-Warden?” Everybody roared, but whether it was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly appear: some were shouting “Bread!” and some “Taxes!”, but no one seemed to know what it was they really wanted.