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The Magic World, by Edith Nesbit
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Title: The Magic World
Author: Edith Nesbit
Illustrator: H. R. Millar Spencer Pryse
Release Date: January 27, 2009 [EBook #27903]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Illustration: He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots and goloshes fell off him like spray off a bather.--P. 24.]
THE MAGIC WORLD
BY E. NESBIT
AUTHOR OF 'THE TREASURE SEEKERS,' 'THE WONDERFUL GARDEN,' 'THE MAGIC CITY,' ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR and SPENCER PRYSE
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1924
First published by Macmillan & Co. 1912
CONTENTS PAGE 1. The Cat-hood of Maurice 1
2. The Mixed Mine 27
3. Accidental Magic 58
4. The Princess and the Hedge-pig 96
5. Septimus Septimusson 126
6. The White Cat 148
7. Belinda and Bellamant 160
8. Justnowland 185
9. The Related Muff 206
10. The Aunt and Amabel 218
11. Kenneth and the Carp 233
12. The Magician's Heart 260
ILLUSTRATIONS
He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots and goloshes fell of