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Title: Bill the Minder

Author: W. Heath Robinson

Illustrator: W. Heath Robinson

Release Date: August 29, 2010 [EBook #33570]

Language: English

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BILL THE MINDER

_Written and
illustrated by_

W.HEATH
ROBINSON

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT & CO.
1912

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Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty

TO

THE GOOD CHILDREN
OF CHLOE AND CRISPIN
THE GATHERER OF
MUSHROOMS---CHAD,
HANNIBAL, QUENTIN,
RANDALL, NOAH, RATCHETT,
NERO, BIDDULPH,
KNUT, AND THE TRULY
VIRTUOUS AND BEAUTIFUL
BOADICEA, THIS
BOOK IS MOST HUMBLY
AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE FAITHFUL
NARRATOR OF THEIR
EVER-WONDERFUL ADVENTURES.

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CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

PAGE

BILL THE MINDER 1

THE KING OF TROY 15

THE ANCIENT MARINER 33

THE TRIPLETS 51

GOOD AUNT GALLADIA 65

THE DOCTOR 79

THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN 97

THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN 115

THE INTERVAL 133

THE REAL SOLDIER 147

THE WILD MAN