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Title: The Magic City

Author: Edith Nesbit

Illustrator: H. R. Millar

Release Date: February 16, 2007 [EBook #20606]

Language: English

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THE MAGIC CITY

BY
E. NESBIT

AUTHOR OF
'THE WOULD-BE-GOODS,' 'THE AMULET,' ETC. ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1910

[Illustration: _Page 328_ _Frontispiece_

Three days later Mr. Noah arrived by elephant.]

TO

BARBARA, MAURICE,

AND

STEPHEN CHANT

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

BY

E. NESBIT

WELL HALL,
ELTHAM, KENT, 1910.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I PAGE
THE BEGINNING 1

CHAPTER II
DELIVERER OR DESTROYER 30

CHAPTER III
LOST 65

CHAPTER IV
THE DRAGON-SLAYER 94

CHAPTER V
ON THE CARPET 131

CHAPTER VI
THE LIONS IN THE DESERT 160

CHAPTER VII
THE DWELLERS BY THE SEA 187

CHAPTER VIII
UPS AND DOWNS 218

CHAPTER IX
ON THE 'LIGHTNING LOOSE' 245

CHAPTER X
THE GREAT SLOTH 272

CHAPTER XI
THE NIGHT ATTACK 302

CHAPTER XII
THE END 318

ILLUSTRATIONS