FIVE CHILDREN
AND IT
BY
E. NESBIT
Author of "The Treasure-seekers,"
"The Would-be-goods," etc.
"The Would-be-goods," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1905
Copyright, 1905, by
Dodd, Mead and Company
Dodd, Mead and Company
Published October, 1905
TO
JOHN BLAND
JOHN BLAND
| My Lamb, you are so very small, You have not learned to read at all; Yet never a printed book withstands The urgence of your dimpled hands. So, though this book is for yourself, Let mother keep it on the shelf Till you can read. O days that pass, That day will come too soon, alas! |
NOTE
Parts of this story have appeared in
the Strand Magazine under thetitle of
"THE PSAMMEAD."
the Strand Magazine under thetitle of
"THE PSAMMEAD."