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y he began to wander." PAGE 30
"The dragon ran after her." PAGE 36
The Deliverers of Their Country PAGE 39
"The largest elephant in the zoo was carried off." PAGE 44
"He rose into the air, rattling like a third-class carriage." PAGE 51
The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told PAGE 57
"Sure enough, it was a dragon." PAGE 69
"The dwarfs seized the children." PAGE 73
The Island of the Nine Whirlpools PAGE 79
"The lone tower on the Island of the Nine Whirlpools." PAGE 89
"Little children play around him and over him." PAGE 97
The Dragon Tamers PAGE 99
"The dragon's purring pleased the baby." PAGE 107
"He brought something in his mouth--it was a bag of gold." PAGE 117
The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold PAGE 119
"The junior secretary cried out, 'Look at the bottle!'" PAGE 130
"They saw a cloud of steam." PAGE 136
Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice PAGE 139
"Creeping across the plain." PAGE 148
"That smells good, eh?" PAGE 153
To Rosamund, chief among those for whom these tales are told, The Book of Dragons is dedicated in the confident hope that she, one of these days, will dedicate a book of her very own making to the one who now bids eight dreadful dragons crouch in all humbleness at those little brown feet.
The Book of DRAGONS
[Illustration: THE BOOK OF BEASTS]
I. The Book of Beasts
He happened to be building a Palace when the news came, and he left all the bricks kicking about the floor for Nurse to clear up--but then the news was rather remarkable news. You see, there was a knock at the front door and voices talking downstairs, and Lionel thought it was the man come to see about the gas, which had not been allowed to be lighted since the day when Lionel made a swing by tying his skipping rope to the gas bracket.
And then, quite suddenly, Nurse came in and said, "Master Lionel, dear,