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Title: Five Children and It
Author: E. Nesbit
Illustrator: H.R. Millar
Release Date: December 15, 2005 [EBook #17314]
Language: English
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FIVE CHILDREN
AND IT
BY
E. NESBIT
Author of "The Treasure-seekers,"
"The Would-be-goods," etc.
"The Would-be-goods," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
Emblem
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1905
Copyright, 1905, by
Dodd, Mead and Company
Dodd, Mead and Company
Published October, 1905
The Psammead The Psammead
TO
JOHN BLAND
JOHN BLAND
| My Lamb, you are so very small, You have not learned to read at all; Yet never a printed book withstands The urgence of your dimpled hands. So, though this book is for yourself, Let mother keep it on the shelf Till you can read. O days that pass, That day will come too soon, alas! |
NOTE
Parts of this story have appeared in
the Strand Magazine under the title of
"THE PSAMMEAD."
the Strand Magazine under the title of
"THE PSAMMEAD."
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Beautiful as the Day | 1 |
| II | Golden Guineas | 36 |
| III | Being Wanted | 70 |
| IV | Wings | 108 |
| V | No Wings | 141 |
| VI | A Castle and No Dinner | 159 |
| VII | A Siege and Bed | 183 |
| VIII | Bigger than the Baker's Boy | 203 |
| IX | Grown Up | 236 |
| X | Scalps | 261 |
| XI | The Last Wish | 287 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Psammead | Frontispiece | ||
| That First Glorious Rush Round the Garden | Facing | page | 2 |
| Cyril Had Nipped His Finger in the Door of a Hutch | " | " | 4 |
| Anthea Suddenly Screamed, "It's Alive!" | " | " | 12 |
| The Baby Did Not Know Them! | " | " | 28 |
| Martha Emptied a Toilet-jug of Cold Water Over Him | " | " | 32 |
| The Rain Fell in Slow Drops on to Anthea's Face | " | " | 36 |
| He Staggered, and Had to Sit Down Again in a Hurry | " | " | 50 |
| Mr. Beale Snatched the Coin, Bit It, and Put It in His Pocket | " | " | 58 |
| They Had Run Into Martha and the Baby | " | " | 64 |
| He Said, "Now Then!" to the Policeman and Mr. Peasemarsh | " | " | 66 |
| The Lucky Children Hurriedly Started for the Gravel Pit | " | " | 78 |
| "Poof, poof, poofy," He Said, and Made a Grab | " | " | 86 |
| At Double-quick Time Ran the Twinkling Legs of the Lamb's Brothers and Sisters | " | " | 88 |
| The Next Minute the Two Were Fighting | " | " | 90 |
| He Snatched the Baby from Anthea | " | " | 94 |
| He Consented to Let the Two Gypsy Women Feed Him | " | " | 98 |
| The Sand-fairy Blew Himself Out | " | " | 122 |
| They Flew Over Rochester | " | " | 126 |
| The Farmer Sat Down on the Grass, Suddenly and Heavily | " | " | 128 |
| Everyone Now Turned Out His Pockets | " | " | 132 |
| These Were the Necessaries of Life | " | " | 134 |