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Title: Adventures in Toyland
What the Marionette Told Molly

Author: Edith King Hall

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Language: English

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ADVENTURES IN TOYLAND

To my little friends Dorothy & Doris in recollection of
the time we spent in fairyland together.

Altemus' Young People's Library

ADVENTURES IN TOYLAND
What the Marionette Told Molly

by

EDITH KING HALL

With Seventy Illustrations

Copyright 1900 by Henry Altemus Company
Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company

Contents
Page.

Chap. I. AFTER THE SHUTTERS WERE UP 13
" II. THE RABBIT AND THE MOUSE 20
" III. BELINDA 57
" IV. THE OFFICER AND THE ELEPHANT 75
" V. THE LITTLE DANCER 93
" VI. THE HANSOM-DRIVER 107
" VII. PROUD CLARIBELLE 121
" VIII. THE GROCER AND THE FARTHING DOLL 139
" IX. THE LAST PERFORMANCE 156

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Molly and the Marionette, Frontispiece

Page.

Unrolling the Adventures v
Three Friends in Fairyland vi
The Farthing Doll gets a Surprise vii
From Noah's Ark vii
Four Merry Ducklings