through the kindness of the various
owners, who gave access to the originals in their
respective collections. The publisher begs
gratefully to acknowledge this courtesy, with
special thanks also to Mr. Frederick Keppel and
Mr. Fitzroy Carrington for their kind
co-operation.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

'Onto the garden wall, which led in
its turn to the roof of an out-house' _Frontispiece_

'The Golden Age' _Title_

'For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted,
wonderful!) simply' _Facing_ 6

'Out into the brimming sun-bathed world I
sped' " 14

'"I took the old fellow to the station"' " 34

'Once more were damsels rescued, dragons
disembowelled, and giants' " 42

'Lulled by the trickle of water, I slipped
into dreamland' " 62

'It was easy . . . to transport yourself in
a trice to the heart of a tropical forest' " 68

'Who would have thought . . . that only two
short days ago we had confronted each
other on either side of a hedge' " 86

'A great book open on his knee . . . a score or
so disposed within easy reach' " 114

'But yester-eve and the mummers were here!' " 122

'"They make me walk behind, 'cos they say
I'm too little, and mustn't hear"' " 138

'"I'm Jason . . . and this is the Argo . . .
and we're just going through the Hellespont"' " 146

'"You haven't been to Rome, have you?"' " 166

'I drew it out and carried it to the window,
to examine it in the failing light' " 188

'At breakfast Miss Smedley behaved in a
most mean and uncalled-for manner' " 196

'The procession passing solemnly across the
moon-lit Blue Room' " 218

'"Why, Master Harold! whatever be the matter?