THE WOULDBEGOODS

See p. 47
"'AND PATRIOTIC,' SAID HE"

THE WOULDBEGOODS

By E. NESBIT

ILLUSTRATED BY

REGINALD B. BIRCH

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

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