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_Wet Magic_

[Illustration]




[Illustration: _The sea came pouring in._]




    _Wet Magic_

    E. NESBIT
    WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR




    _Copyright © 1913 by E Nesbit_
    _Illustrations copyright © 1913 by H. R. Millar_




    _To
    Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_,

    FROM
    E. NESBIT

    [Illustration]

    WELL HALL,
    KENT




_Contents_


    CHAPTER I
    SABRINA FAIR                1

    CHAPTER II
    THE CAPTIVE                13

    CHAPTER III
    THE RESCUE                 30

    CHAPTER IV
    GRATITUDE                  51

    CHAPTER V
    CONSEQUENCES               61

    CHAPTER VI
    THE MERMAID’S HOME         69

    CHAPTER VII
    THE SKIES ARE FALLING      84

    CHAPTER VIII
    THE WATER-WAR             101

    CHAPTER IX
    THE BOOK PEOPLE           116

    CHAPTER X
    THE UNDER FOLK            135

    CHAPTER XI
    THE PEACEMAKER            154


    CHAPTER XII
    THE END                   167




_Illustrations_


    _The sea came pouring in._      _Frontispiece_

    “_We die in captivity._”                  _26_

    “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_”           _42_

    “_The police._”                           _54_

    _And disappeared entirely._               _59_

    _She caught Kathleen in her arms._        _79_

    _The golden door._                        _82_

    _The Swordfish Brigade._                 _103_

    _The First Dipsys._                      _110_

    _Book Hatefuls._                         _122_

    _Book Heroines._                         _130_

    _In the net._                            _137_

    _The Hall of Public