BY THE SAME AUTHOR
FICTION
- SALOME AND THE HEAD
- THESE LITTLE ONES
- THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST
- THE RED HOUSE
- GRIM TALES
- THE LITERARY SENSE
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
- THE TREASURE SEEKERS
- THE WOULDBEGOODS
- FIVE CHILDREN AND IT
- THE PHŒNIX AND THE CARPET
- THE ENCHANTED CASTLE
- THE HOUSE OF ARDEN
THESE LITTLE ONES
BYE. NESBIT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SPENCER PRYSE
LONDON:
GEORGE ALLEN & SONS
156, CHARING CROSS ROAD
1909[All rights reserved]Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
TO
ALICE HOATSON
WITH
E. NESBIT'S LOVE
CONTENTS
- I. THE THREE MOTHERS 1
- II. JOHN OF THE ISLAND 23
- III. THE ASHPITS 45
- IV. HOW JAKE WENT HOME 63
- V. THE DOG-DREAM 89
- VI. THE CRIMINAL 105
- VII. THE LEFT-HANDED SWORD 119
- VIII. THOR AND THE HAMMER 137
- IX. THE LITTLE CHAP 165
- X. LUCY 181
