THE CUCKOO CLOCK.
"Now, these little folks, like most girls and boy
Loved fairy tales even better than toys.
••••
And they knew that in flowers on the spray
Tiny spirits are hidden away,
That frisk at night on the forest green,
When earth is bathed in dewy sheen—
And shining halls of pearl and gem,
The Regions of Fancy—were open to them."
. . . ."just as any little child has been guided towards the true paradise by its fairy dreams of bliss."—E. A. Abbott.
IT WAS A LITTLE BOAT. [Page 221.
THE CUCKOO CLOCK.
By MRS. MOLESWORTH,
AUTHOR OF
"HERR BABY," "CARROTS," "GRANDMOTHER DEAR," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE.
ELEVENTH THOUSAND.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1882.
To
MARY JOSEPHINE,
AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER BROTHER.
THOMAS GRINDAL,
BOTH FRIENDLY LITTLE CRITICS OF
MY CHILDREN'S STORIES.
Edinburgh,
1877.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
| I. | 1 |
| II. | 21 |
| III. | 39 |
| IV. | 62 |
| V. | 88 |
| VI. | 114 |
| VII. | 135 |
| VIII. | 159 |
| IX. | 180 |
| X. | 206 |
| XI. | 225 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
To face
"Why won't you speak to me?" |
41 |
Mandarins nodding |
73 |
"My Aunts must have come back!" |
109 |
She looked like a Fairy Queen |
147 |
"Where are that Cuckoo?" |
168 |
"Tired! how could I be tired, Cuckoo?" |
204 |
It was a Little Boat |
221 |
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.