THEY _By Marian Allen_ _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
AUTUMN WIND _By Marian Allen_ 18
THE DRAGON AT HIDE-AND-SEEK _By J. R. Monsell_ 38
MISHY _By Kenneth Harrow_ 60
THE PIRATE SHIP _By Marian Allen_ 74
PROUD SIR PIM _By Hugh Chesterman_ 97
A THING TO BE EXPLAINED _By C. T. Nightingale_ 136
LUCY _By Hilda T. Miller_ 163
[Illustration: A stylized illustration of a small green plant with dark
berries, growing out of a red and black checkered pot.]
_The pattern on the Cover and End-papers of this book is based on a
design from a picture by Orcagna (No. 569) in the National Gallery. It
is taken from a plate in “Fifteenth-Century Italian Ornament,” by
Sydney Vacher, and is reproduced by kind permission of Messrs. Bernard
Quaritch._
_The coloured wrapper is designed by Alec Buckels._
[Illustration: An illustration of a standing child with crossed arms
wearing a long, pink-flowered black cape, while another child kneels
behind them.]
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