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Title: The Golden Age

Author: Kenneth Grahame

Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish

Release Date: May 23, 2010 [EBook #32501]

Language: English

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THE GOLDEN AGE

_COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS BOOK_

DREAM DAYS

BY

KENNETH GRAHAME

_PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH_

[Illustration: '_Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof
of an out-house_']

'_The Golden Age_'

THE GOLDEN AGE

BY KENNETH GRAHAME

ILLUSTRATED By MAXFIELD PARRISH

JOHN LANE.
THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK
1900

_Copyright, 1899_
BY JOHN LANE

_Copyright, 1904_
BY JOHN LANE

CONTENTS

PAGE
PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS 3
A HOLIDAY 13
A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE 29
ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS 39
THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS 53
SAWDUST AND SIN 67
'YOUNG ADAM CUPID' 79
THE BURGLARS 93
A HARVESTING 107
SNOWBOUND 121
WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT 133
THE ARGONAUTS 143
THE ROMAN ROAD 161
THE SECRET DRAWER 179
'EXIT TYRANNUS' 193
THE BLUE ROOM 205
A FALLING OUT 225
'LUSISTI SATIS' 239

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

The publication of this new edition of "The Golden
Age," the favourite amongst Mr. Kenneth Grahame's
favoured books, with the illustrations by Mr.
Maxfield Parrish reproduced in photogravure, was
accomplished