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Title: The House in the Water
A Book of Animal Stories

Author: Charles G. D. Roberts

Illustrator: Charles Livingston Bull
Frank Vining Smith

Release Date: August 28, 2009 [EBook #29839]

Language: English

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THE HOUSE IN THE WATER

A BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES

THE HOUSE IN THE WATER

A BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES

BY CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

Author of "The Kindred of the Wild," "Red Fox," "The Heart of the Ancient
Wood," "The Forge in the Forest," "The Heart That Knows," etc.

Illustrated and decorated by

CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL and FRANK VINING SMITH

THE PAGE COMPANY

PUBLISHERS BOSTON

Copyright, 1907, by Curtis Publishing Company

Copyright, 1908, by Funk & Wagnalls Company

Copyright, 1908, by The Circle Publishing Company

Copyright, 1908, by Associated Sunday Magazines, Incorporated

Copyright, 1908, by L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated)

All rights reserved

First Impression, May, 1908

Third Impression, May, 1916

THE COLONIAL PRESS

C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

PAGE
The House in the Water 1
The White-slashed Bull 125
When the Blueberries Are Ripe 152
The Glutton of the Great Snow 163
When the Truce of the Wild is Done 192
The Window in the Shack 204
The Return of the Moose 225
From the Teeth of the Tide 235
The Fight at the Wallow 252
Sonny and the Kid 271

A LIST OF THE FULL-PAGE DRA