Wood Magic: A Fable. Richard Jefferies

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664583086

Table of Contents

       PREFATORY NOTE.

       WOOD MAGIC.

       CHAPTER I.

       SIR BEVIS.

       CHAPTER II.

       AT HOME.

       CHAPTER III.

       ADVENTURES OF THE WEASEL.

       CHAPTER IV.

       BROOK-FOLK.

       CHAPTER V.

       KAPCHACK.

       CHAPTER VI.

       THE SQUIRREL.

       CHAPTER VII.

       THE COURTIERS.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE EMPEROR CHOO HOO.

       CHAPTER IX.

       THE COUNCIL.

       CHAPTER X.

       TRAITORS.

       CHAPTER XI.

       THE STORM IN THE NIGHT.

       CHAPTER XII.

       THE OLD OAK.—THE KING'S DESPAIR.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       THE COURTSHIP IN THE ORCHARD.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       THE GREAT BATTLE.

       CHAPTER XV.

       PALACE SECRETS.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       THE NEW KING.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       SIR BEVIS AND THE WIND.

PREFATORY NOTE.

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      Little need be said as to this re-issue of Wood Magic. It was originally published in two volumes, post 8vo, by Messrs. Cassell & Co. in 1881, and re-issued by them in one volume in 1882. The present edition is reprinted from the original edition. The frontispiece and vignette are drawn by the accomplished lady who chooses to be known as E. V. B., whose illustrations to the Story Without an End charmed many boys and girls years ago, and I hope still fascinate their children.

      C. J. L.

WOOD MAGIC.

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CHAPTER I.

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SIR BEVIS.

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      One morning as little "Sir" Bevis [such was his pet name] was digging in the farmhouse garden, he saw a daisy, and throwing aside his spade, he sat down on the grass to pick the flower to pieces. He pulled the pink-tipped petals off one by one, and as they dropped they were lost. СКАЧАТЬ