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  He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots andgoloshes fell off him like spray off a bather.--P. 24.]

  THE MAGIC WORLD

  BYE. NESBIT

  AUTHOR OF'THE TREASURE SEEKERS,' 'THE WONDERFUL GARDEN,''THE MAGIC CITY,' ETC.

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYH. R. MILLAR and SPENCER PRYSE

  MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITEDST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON1924

  _First published by Macmillan & Co. 1912_

  CONTENTS PAGE 1. The Cat-hood of Maurice 1

  2. The Mixed Mine 27

  3. Accidental Magic 58

  4. The Princess and the Hedge-pig 96

  5. Septimus Septimusson 126

  6. The White Cat 148

  7. Belinda and Bellamant 160

  8. Justnowland 185

  9. The Related Muff 206

  10. The Aunt and Amabel 218

  11. Kenneth and the Carp 233

  12. The Magician's Heart 260

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots and goloshes fell off him like spray off a bather (p. 24) _Frontispiece_

  FACE PAGE 'If you think cats have such a jolly time,' said Lord Hugh, 'why not _be_ a cat?' 7

  It was Mabel who untied the string and soothed his terrors 14

  He landed there on his four padded feet light as a feather 17

  When Jane went in to put Mabel's light out, Maurice crept in too 21

  Her bow went down suddenly 28

  'Look!' he said, 'look!' and pointed 35

  Far above him and every one else towered the elephant 39

  It became a quite efficient motor 42

  Quentin de Ward 58

  It landed on the point of the chin of Smithson major 67

  'Who are you?' he said. 'Answer, I adjure you by the Sacred Tau!' 79

  The cart was drawn by an enormous creature, more like an elephant than anything else 85

  'Silence!' cried the priest. 'Chosen of the Immortals, close your eyes!' 91

  On the lower terrace the royal nurse was walking up and down with the baby princess that all the fuss was about 98

  Instantly a flight of winged arrows crossed the garden 109

  'I would kiss you on every one of your thousand spears,' she said, 'to give you what you wish' 123

  So we all sat on chairs in the drawing-room, and thought of nothing to say harder than ever 208

  We scalped Eliza as she passed through the hall 213

  Sidney threw the rug over her, and rolled her over and over 215

  Early next morning he tried to catch fish with several pieces of string knotted together and a hairpin 235

  A radiant vision stepped into the circle of light 241

  There was a splash 248

  'Oh, good-bye!' he cried desperately, and snapped at the worm 256