THE ARISTOCRATS _By Vera Hibbert_ _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
SYLVIE _By Doris Pailthorpe_ 20
SIR TUSH _By Hugh Chesterman_ 31
THE SHIP-BOY _By Hugh Chesterman_ 74
MABEL IN QUEER STREET _By A. H. Watson_ 126
CARAWAY CAKE _By Harry Rountree_ 148
THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH _By A. H. Watson_ 154
“WISH TO GOODNESS!” _By W. G. Raffé_ 172
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_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: Black and white illustration of an owl perched amidst oak
leaves and acorns, looking down at a small mouse below.]