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The Wouldbegoods

by E. Nesbit

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AdventureFantasyFictionChildren's LiteratureClassic Literature
AdventureClassicsFantasyMiddle GradeFictionChildrens ClassicsChildrens
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1901. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. 374 The Wouldbegoods, by E. Nesbit, illustrated by Reginald B. Birch Nesbit, E. (Edith)

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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

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THE WOULDBEGOODS

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