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D J. COLE
BY JOHANNA SPYRI MONI THE GOAT BOY
BY OUIDA MOUFFLOU AND OTHER STORIES THE NÜRNBERG STOVE A DOG OF FLANDERS
SELECTED WONDERLAND STORIES ALL TIME TALES
BY JONATHAN SWIFT GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (LILLIPUT LAND)
BY GEORGE MACDONALD THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
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[Illustration: NORTH WIND, WHO WAS DANCING WITH HIM, ROUND AND ROUND THE LONG BARE ROOM Page 111]
George Macdonald Stories For Little Folks
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Simplified by
ELIZABETH LEWIS
Author of "The Princess and the Goblin Simplified"
With Six Full Page Illustrations in Color by Maria L. Kirk
[Illustration]
Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company
Copyright, 1914
By J. B. Lippincott Company
Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
I. DIAMOND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF NORTH WIND 9
II. DIAMOND'S FIRST TRIP WITH THE NORTH WIND 20
III. NORTH WIND SINKS A SHIP 31
IV. THE LAND AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND 41
V. DIAMOND'S FATHER LOSES HIS EMPLOYMENT 52
VI. DIAMOND LEARNS TO DRIVE A HORSE 62
VII. DIAMOND DRIVES THE CAB 73
VIII. DIAMOND VISITS NANNY 84
IX. THINGS GO HARD WITH DIAMOND'S FAMILY 93
X. DIAMOND IN HIS NEW HOME 102
XI. ANOTHER VISIT FROM NORTH WIND 109
XII. NORTH WIND CARRIES DIAMOND AWAY 119
ILLUSTRATIONS
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NORTH WIND, WHO WAS DANCING WITH HIM, ROUND AND ROUND THE LONG BARE ROOM Frontispiece
AGAINST THIS HE LAID HIS EAR, AND THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE QUITE DISTINCTLY 12
IT WAS THE BACK DOOR OF A GARDEN 29
HE WAS SURE IT WAS NORTH WIND, BUT HE THOUGHT SHE MUST BE DEAD AT LAST 47
WITHIN A MONTH HE WAS ABLE TO SPELL OUT MOST OF THE VERSES FOR HIMSELF 73
HE FASTENED THE CHEEK-STRAP VE
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by George MacDonald