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Title: Five Children and It

Author: E. Nesbit

Illustrator: H.R. Millar

Release Date: December 15, 2005 [EBook #17314]

Language: English

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[Illustration: The Psammead]

FIVE CHILDREN
AND IT

BY
E. NESBIT

AUTHOR OF "THE TREASURE-SEEKERS,"
"THE WOULD-BE-GOODS," ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

1905

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

_Published October, 1905_

_TO_

JOHN BLAND

_My Lamb, you are so very small,
You have not learned to read at all;
Yet never a printed book withstands
The urgence of your dimpled hands.
So, though this book is for yourself,
Let mother keep it on the shelf
Till you can read. O days that pass,
That day will come too soon, alas!_

NOTE

Parts of this story have appeared in the _Strand Magazine_ under the
title of

"THE PSAMMEAD."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY 1

II GOLDEN GUINEAS 36

III BEING WANTED 70

IV WINGS 108

V NO WINGS 141

VI A CASTLE AND NO DINNER 159

VII A SIEGE AND BED 183

VIII BIGGER THAN THE BAKER'S BOY 203

IX GROWN UP 236

X SCALPS 261

XI THE LAST WISH 287

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Psammead _Frontispiece_

That First Glorious Rush Round the Garden _Facing page_ 2

Cyril Had Nipped His Finger in the Door of a Hutch " " 4

Anthea Suddenly Screamed, "It's Alive!" " " 12

The Bab