Chapter I: Introduction: BY

F·E·SPAULDING SUPERINTENDENT·OF·SCHOOLS

NEWTON·MASS·

_Copyright, 1906, by_ CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

CONTENTS

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Introduction 1

At the Sea-Side 5

Playing at the Sea-Shore 6

My Bed is a Boat 8

Sailing the Sea of Dark 9

The Land of Nod 11

Back to the Land of Day 14

A Good Play 17

An Indoor Game 18

Where Go the Boats? 21

Louis’s Boats 22

The Lost Boat 27

The Land of Counterpane 34

The Giant of Pillow-Hill 35

The Lamplighter 39

Leerie 40

My Ship and I 43

The Fairy Island 44

Bed in Summer 49

The Sun’s Travels 52

Windy Nights 54

The Wind King 55

The Wind 61

Farewell to the Farm 63

In the Country 64

Autumn Fires 67

Beautiful Things 69

My Shadow 71

The Land of Story-Books 73

An Evening Game 75

Robert Louis Stevenson 79

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Poor Boy 83

The Lost Child 85

Strange Lands 87