

Transcribed from the 1897 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David
Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org





                             THE WATER OF THE
                            WONDROUS ISLES BY
                              WILLIAM MORRIS


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                         LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
                       LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY
                                MDCCCXCVII

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               Copyright, 1897, by Longmans, Green, and Co.

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_CONTENTS_

            _The First Part_: _Of the House of Captivity_
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    _Chap. I._  _Catch at Utterhay_                                  1
         _II._  _Now shall be told of the House by the               8
                Waterside_
        _III._  _Of Skin-changing_                                  10
         _IV._  _Of the Waxing of the Stolen Child_                 12
          _V._  _Of Birdalone_, _and how she is grown into          15
                Maidenhood_
         _VI._  _Herein is told of Birdalone’s Raiment_             18
        _VII._  _Birdalone hath an Adventure in the Wood_           22
       _VIII._  _Of Birdalone and the Witch-wife_                   30
         _IX._  _Of Birdalone’s Swimming_                           33
          _X._  _Birdalone comes on New Tidings_                    36
         _XI._  _Of Birdalone’s Guilt and the Chastisement          39
                thereof_
        _XII._  _The Words of the Witch-wife to Birdalone_          43
       _XIII._  _