THE WOULDBEGOODS
THE WOULDBEGOODS
By E. NESBIT
ILLUSTRATED BY
REGINALD B. BIRCH
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
Copyright, 1900, 1901, by Edith Nesbit Bland.
All rights reserved.
September, 1901.
TO
MY DEAR SON
FABIAN BLAND
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Jungle 1
The Wouldbegoods 20
Bill's Tombstone 43
The Tower of Mystery 63
The Water-works 86
The Circus 111
Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise) 135
The High-Born Babe 159
Hunting the Fox 178
The Sale of Antiquities 201
The Benevolent Bar 224
The Canterbury Pilgrims 243
The Dragon's Teeth; or, Army-Seed 267
Albert's Uncle's Grandmother; or, The Long-Lost 292







