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THE WOULDBEGOODS

[Illustration:

See p. 47

"'AND PATRIOTIC,' SAID HE"]




_THE WOULDBEGOODS_

BY E. NESBIT

ILLUSTRATED BY

REGINALD B. BIRCH

[Illustration]

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON


Copyright, 1900, 1901, by EDITH NESBIT BLAND.

_All rights reserved._

September, 1901.


TO

MY DEAR SON

FABIAN BLAND




CONTENTS


                                                              PAGE

THE JUNGLE                                                       1

THE WOULDBEGOODS                                                20

BILL'S TOMBSTONE                                                43

THE TOWER OF MYSTERY                                            63

THE WATER-WORKS                                                 86

THE CIRCUS                                                     111

BEING BEAVERS; OR, THE YOUNG EXPLORERS (ARCTIC OR OTHERWISE)   135

THE HIGH-BORN BABE                                             159

HUNTING THE FOX                                                178

THE SALE OF ANTIQUITIES                                        201

THE BENEVOLENT BAR                                             224

THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS                                        243

THE DRAGON'S TEETH; OR, ARMY-SEED                              267

ALBERT'S UNCLE'S GRANDMOTHER; OR, THE LONG-LOST                292




ILLUSTRATIONS


"'AND PATRIOTIC,' SAID HE"                         _Frontispiece_

"WE LET THE HOSE