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Title: The Great Red Frog
Author: Mosnar Yendis (AKA Sidney Ransom)
Release Date: October 19, 2005 [EBook #16905]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Transcriber's Note: Mosnar Yendis is an anagram of Sidney Ransom,
the author. Best known for advertising posters, this children's book is
a rare example of his work outside that genre. As of this writing, known
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[Illustration: Front cover.]
THE
Great Red Frog
TOLD AND PICTURED
BY
M. Yendis
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
1903
Many years ago, and many miles away, there was a little Prince who was
exactly like the Lord Chamberlain's son, and sometimes even the artful
old Chamberlain himself could not tell one from the other.
[Illustration]
When the Prince became King of Noware, they were still alike as two
peas, and one day, when they were playing in the garden, a Magic Bush
suddenly grew up behind the King. At the same moment the Chamberlain's
Son suddenly lost his temper,
[Illustration]
And pushed his royal play-fellow into the Magic Bush. The little
King was immediately changed into a strange red Frog, which ran
away croaking fearfully.
[Illustration]
The wicked Chamberlain seemed quite pleased when his son told him what
had happened,
[Illustration]
And, pla
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