'Onto the garden wall, which led in
its turn to the roof of an out-house' _Frontispiece_
'The Golden Age' _Title_
'For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted,
wonderful!) simply' _Facing_ 6
'Out into the brimming sun-bathed world I
sped' " 14
'"I took the old fellow to the station"' " 34
'Once more were damsels rescued, dragons
disembowelled, and giants' " 42
'Lulled by the trickle of water, I slipped
into dreamland' " 62
'It was easy . . . to transport yourself in
a trice to the heart of a tropical forest' " 68
'Who would have thought . . . that only two
short days ago we had confronted each
other on either side of a hedge' " 86
'A great book open on his knee . . . a score or
so disposed within easy reach' " 114
'But yester-eve and the mummers were here!' " 122
'"They make me walk behind, 'cos they say
I'm too little, and mustn't hear"' " 138
'"I'm Jason . . . and this is the Argo . . .
and we're just going through the Hellespont"' " 146
'"You haven't been to Rome, have you?"' " 166
'I drew it out and carried it to the window,
to examine it in the failing light' " 188
'At breakfast Miss Smedley behaved in a
most mean and uncalled-for manner' " 196
'The procession passing solemnly across the
moon-lit Blue Room' " 218
'"Why, Master Harold! whatever be the matter?
Baint runnin' away, be ee?"' " 232
'Finally we found ourselves sitting silent on
an upturned wheelbarrow' " 250