[Frontispiece: "SHE SAW JOHN JAMES SITTING ASTRIDE THE WINDOW SILL."
_p._ 21.]
THE
GOLLIWOG NEWS.
A STORY OF THREE CHILDREN
AND A TOY NEWSPAPER.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
BY
PHILIP AND FAY INCHFAWN.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY T. C. SMITH.
London:
S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO., LTD.
OLD BAILEY.
FIRST EDITION, 1913.
SECOND EDITION, 1914.
THIRD EDITION, 1917.
FOURTH EDITION, 1919.
CONTENTS
I. What Gladys Found
II. After the Party
III. The Seaside Excursion
IV. At the Football Match
V. The Dolls Parliament
VI. The Scarecrow
VII. Birdland City
VIII. Who Killed Cock Robin
IX. Visit to Fish Town
X. The Banquet
XI. At The Exhibition
XII. The Christmas Party
Newspaper Supplement
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
"She saw John James sitting astride the window sill." ...
Frontispiece.
"He picked a dandelion and began to blow at it counting the while."
"Wasn't that a fine goal."
"The bagpipes were played by a flamingo dressed in a kilt and wearing
a tam-o-shanter."
"Six owls arranged themselves in a semi-circle and sang in chorus."
[Missing from source book]
"'How do!' he said pleasantly, 'fine doings here, to-day.'"
"The last item on the programme was a humorous song by Mr. Merry
Codfish."
"There never was such a Christmas Party before nor since."
_BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHORS._
FATHER NEPTUNE'S TREASURE.
FATHER NEPTUNE'S DIAMOND.
LONDON:
S. W. PARTRIDGE AND CO., LTD.
OLD BAILEY.
CHAPTER I.
"I want my Golly," Miss Gladys said,
As she softly slipped from her downy bed,
Pattering over the nursery floor,
Feeling about by the nursery door.
But you never would guess, if you guessed all night,
What Gladys found in the pale moonlight.
THE GOLLIWOG NEWS.