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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

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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 off him like spray
off a bather (p. 24) _Frontispiece_

FACE PAGE
'If you think cats have such a jolly time,'
said Lord Hugh, 'why not _be_ a cat?' 7

It was Mabel who untied the string and soothed
his terrors 14

He landed there on his four padded feet light
as a feather 17

When Jane went in to put Mabel's light out,
Maurice