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ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES
In Lands of
FACT AND FANCY
BY
FRANK R STOCKTON
_NEW EDITION_
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1910
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
BY SCRIBNER. ARMSTRONG & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
WINTER IN THE WOODS
TRICKS OF LIGHT
SAVING THE TOLL
THE REAL KING OF BEASTS
THE FRENCH SOLDIER-BOY
A LIVELY WAY TO RING A BELL
DOWN IN THE EARTH
THE LION
BOB'S HIDING-PLACE
THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER
A JUDGE OF MUSIC
THE SENSITIVE PLANT
SIR MARMADUKE
THE GIRAFFE
UP IN THE AIR
THE ARABIAN HORSE
INDIAN-PUDDINGS: PUMPKIN-PIES
LIVING IN SMOKE
THE CANNON OF THE PALAIS-ROYAL
WATERS, DEEP AND SHALLOW
HANS THE HERB-GATHERER
SOME CUNNING INSECTS
A FIRST SIGHT OF THE SEA
THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD
THE SOFT PLACE
A FEW FEATHERED FRIENDS
IN A WELL
A VEGETABLE GAS MANUFACTORY
ABOUT BEARS
AN OLD COUNTRY-HOUSE
FAR-AWAY FORESTS
BUILDING SHIPS
THE ORANG-OUTANG
LITTLE BRIDGET'S BATH
SOME NOVEL FISHING
EAGLES AND LITTLE GIRLS
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS
ANDREW'S PLAN
THE WILD ASS
ANCIENT RIDING
BEAUTIFUL BUGS
A BATTLE ON STILTS
DRAWING THE LONG BOW
AN ANCIENT THEATRE
BIRD CHAT
MUMMIES
TAME SNAKES
GYMNASTICS
BUYING "THE MIRROR"
BIG GAME
THE BOOTBLACK'S DOG
GOING AFTER THE COWS
THE REFLECTIVE STAG
WHEN WE MUST NOT BELIEVE OUR EYES
A CITY UNDER THE GROUND
THE COACHMAN
GEYSERS, AND HOW THEY WORK
A GIANT PUFF-BALL
TICKLED BY A STRAW
THE LIGHT IN THE CASTLE
THE OAK TREE
THE SEA-SIDE
THE SICK PIKE
TWO KINDS OF BLOSSOMS
ABOUT GLASS
CARL
SCHOOL'S OUT
NEST-BUILDERS
THE BOOMERANG
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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