ELABORATION OF ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST SUCCINCT CHAPTERS
XVII. EVERYCHILD, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPANIONS,
FINDS REFUGE IN AN OLD HOUSE
XVIII. HOW THE HAND OF A CHAMBERLAIN TREMBLED
XIX. HOW AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE ESCAPED

PART IV

ARGUMENT:--_Everychild's feet are drawn to the spot where the sleeping
beauty in the wood lies. Time passes_.

XX. A SONG IN A GARDEN
XXI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE ATTIC
XXII. THE END OF A HUNDRED YEARS
XXIII. THE AWAKENING
XXIV. TIME PASSES

PART V

ARGUMENT:--_On his wanderings Everychild bethinks him of his parents,
and discovers that though he has seemed to lose them, he has not really
done so_.

XXV. WILL O'DREAMS REPORTS A DISCOVERY
XXVI. THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
XXVII. HOW EVIL DAYS CAME UPON THE CASTLE
XXVIII. THE MOUNTAIN OF REALITY
XXIX. THE MASKED LADY'S SECRET
XXX. WILL O'DREAMS MAKES A DISCOVERY
XXXI. HOW ALADDIN MADE A WISH
XXXII. THE HALL OF PARENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Poor Cinderella" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"You are Hansel and Grettel"

"Masterpieces indeed!--in a forest! _There_ are masterpieces"

She sniffed as if there were a fire somewhere

"As for living in a shoe--there's plenty of females that live in two"

They began a game which consisted of singing and dancing

PART I

ARGUMENT:--EVERYCHILD ENCOUNTERS THE GIANT FEAR AND SETS FORTH ON A
STRANGE JOURNEY.

CHAPTER I

THE TWO STRANGERS

It did not seem a very pleasant room. To be sure, there were a great
many nice things in it. There was rose-colored paper on the wall, and
the woodwork was of ivory, with gilt lines. There were pictures of
ships on the ocean and of high trees and of the sun going down behind a
hill, and there was one of an old mill with nobody at all in sight.
And there was one picture with dogs in it.

There was a soft rug, also of rose-color, and a fine clock, shaped like
a state capitol, on the mantel. There was a silver gong in the clock
which made beautiful music. There was a nice reading table with books
on it, and a lamp. The lamp had a shade made up of queerly-shaped bits
of material like onyx, and a fringe of rose-colored beads. Yet for all
this, it did not seem a pleasant room. You could feel that something
was wrong. You know, there are always so many things in a room which
you cannot see.

A lady and a gentleman sat at the reading-table, one on either side.
It seemed