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Title: The Admiral's Caravan

Author: Charles E. Carryl
Reginald B. Birch

Release Date: January 21, 2008 [EBook #24379]

Language: English

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THE
ADMIRAL'S CARAVAN

BY

CHARLES E. CARRYL

AUTHOR OF "DAVY AND THE GOBLIN"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
REGINALD B. BIRCH

[Illustration: The Riverside Press]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

Copyright, 1891, 1892, 1919, and 1920, by The Century Co.
Copyright, 1920, by Charles E. Carryl

[Illustration: "THE ADMIRAL, MAKING A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO GET A VIEW
OF HIS LEGS THROUGH HIS SPY-GLASS."]

TO CONSTANCE

Sweet Chatterbox, 't is thou that hast beguiled
My fancy, as it drew the little child
Who in these pages lives; her gentle ways
Are but the reflex of thy round of days.
The trip of syllable I held so dear,
And all thy small remarks, are treasured here--
Charmed by the alchemy of love to stay
The while thy blissful childhood slips away.
Kind little heart, that knows no selfish thought,
Read here the tale that thou, thyself, hast wrought!

CONTENTS

PAGE

CHAPTER I
Dorothy and the Admiral 11

CHAPTER II
The Ferry to Nowhere 23

CHAPTER III
The Cruise of the Sideboard 32

CHAPTER IV
Tree-top Country 39

CHAPTER V
Bob Scarlet's Garden 54

CHAPTER VI
In the Toy-shop 66

CHAPTER VII
The Song