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ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES
In Lands of
FACT AND FANCY
BY
FRANK R STOCKTON
NEW EDITION
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1910
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
BY SCRIBNER. ARMSTRONG & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
page Winter in the Woods 7 Tricks of Light 10 Saving the Toll 18 The Real King of Beasts 23 The French Soldier-boy 32 A Lively Way to Ring a Bell 34 Down in the Earth 36 The Lion 44
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Bob's Hiding-place 49 The Continental Soldier 59 A Judge of Music 61 The Sensitive Plant 64 Sir Marmaduke 66 The Giraffe 69 Up in the Air 73 The Arabian Horse 87 Indian-puddings: Pumpkin-pies 90 Living in Smoke 94 The Cannon of the Palais-Royal 97
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17582@[email protected]#WATERS_DEEP_AND_SHALLOW" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Waters, Deep and Shallow 99 Hans the Herb-gatherer 123 Some Cunning Insects 128 A First Sight of the Sea 134 The Largest Church in the World 137 The Soft Place 140 A Few Feathered Friends 146 In a Well 159 A Vegetable Gas Manufactory 163 About Bears 166 An Old Country-house
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17582@[email protected]#Page_172" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">172 Far-away Forests 177 Building Ships 183 The Orang-Outang 186 Little Bridget's Bath 189 Some Novel Fishing 193 Eagles and Little Girls 203 Climbing Mountains 204 Andrew's Plan 207 The Wild Ass 212 Ancient Riding 215 Beautiful Bugs
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17582@[email protected]#Page_217" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">217 A Battle on Stilts 220 Drawing the Long Bow 223 An Ancient Theatre 226 Bird Chat 229 Mummies 230 Tame Snakes 240 Gymnastics 243 Buying "the Mirror" 250 Big Game 256 The Bootblack's Dog 268 Going after the Cows
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17582@[email protected]#Page_271" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">271 The Reflective Stag 274 When we must not Believe our Eyes 277 A City under the Ground 283 The Coachman 297 Geysers, and how they Work 300 A Giant Puff-ball 303 Tickled by a Straw 305 The Light in the Castle 307 The Oak Tree 311 The Sea-side 315
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Sick Pike 319 Two Kinds of Blossoms 322 About Glass 326 Carl 342 School's Out 350 Nest-builders 354 The Boomerang 368