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THE GOLDEN AGE




_COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS BOOK_

DREAM DAYS

BY

KENNETH GRAHAME

_PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH_

[Illustration: '_Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof
of an out-house_']




'_The Golden Age_'




THE GOLDEN AGE

BY KENNETH GRAHAME

ILLUSTRATED By MAXFIELD PARRISH


          JOHN LANE.
          THE BODLEY HEAD
          LONDON AND NEW YORK
          1900




          _Copyright, 1899_
          BY JOHN LANE


          _Copyright, 1904_
          BY JOHN LANE




CONTENTS


          PAGE
          PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS        3
          A HOLIDAY                     13
          A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE          29
          ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS        39
          THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS   53
          SAWDUST AND SIN               67
          'YOUNG ADAM CUPID'            79
          THE BURGLARS                  93
          A HARVESTING                 107
          SNOWBOUND                    121
          WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT       133
          THE ARGONAUTS                143
          THE ROMAN ROAD               161
          THE SECRET DRAWER            179
          'EXIT TYRANNUS'              193
          THE BLUE ROOM                205
          A FALLING OUT                225
          'LUSISTI SATIS'              239




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