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[Illustration: _The Man who could talk with the Birds_]




DROLLS

FROM SHADOWLAND

BY

J. H. PEARCE

_Author of "Esther Pentreath," "Inconsequent Lives," "Jaco Treloar,"
&c._

        NEW YORK
        MACMILLAN AND CO.
        1893.

_All rights reserved._




CONTENTS.

                                          PAGE

  THE MAN WHO COINED HIS BLOOD INTO GOLD     1

  AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY                     15

  THE MAN WHO COULD TALK WITH THE BIRDS     27

  THE PURSUIT                               39

  A PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT                  49

  THE MAN WHO DESIRED TO BE A TREE          61

  THE MAN WHO HAD SEEN                      73

  THE UNCHRISTEN