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The Field of Clover, by Laurence Housman
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Title: The Field of Clover
Author: Laurence Housman
Illustrator: Clemence Housman
Release Date: July 19, 2006 [EBook #18872]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE FIELD OF CLOVER
By Laurence Housman
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK
ENGRAVED BY CLEMENCE HOUSMAN
BE KINDLY TO THE WEARY DROVER & PIPE THE SHEEP INTO THE CLOVER]
This Dover edition, first published in 1968, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. in 1898.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-30802
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Contents
THE BOUND PRINCESS (in six parts) PAGE I THE FIRE-EATERS 3 II THE GALLOPING PLOUGH 13 III THE THIRSTY WELL 23 IV THE PRINCESS MELILOT 33 V THE BURNING ROSE 45 VI THE CAMPHOR WORM 57 THE CROWN'S WARRANTY 69 THE WISHING-POT 81 THE FEEDING