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Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

by Frank R. Stockton

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Winter in the Woods
  3. 3Tricks of Light
  4. 4Saving the Toll
  5. 5The Real King of Beasts
  6. 6The French Soldier-boy
  7. 7A Lively Way to Ring a Bell
  8. 8Down in the Earth
  9. 9The Lion
  10. 10Bob’s Hiding-place
  11. 11The Continental Soldier
  12. 12A Judge of Music
  13. 13The Sensitive Plant
  14. 14Sir Marmaduke
  15. 15The Giraffe
  16. 16Up in the Air
  17. 17The Horse of Arabia
  18. 18Indian Puddings: Pumpkin Pies
  19. 19Living in Smoke
  20. 20The Cannon of the Palais Royal
  21. 21Waters, Deep and Shallow
  22. 22Hans, the Herb-gatherer
  23. 23Some Cunning Insects
  24. 24A First Sight of the Sea
  25. 25The Largest Church in the World
  26. 26The Soft Place
  27. 27A Few Feathered Friends
  28. 28In a Well
  29. 29A Vegetable Gas Manufactory
  30. 30A Few Words About Bears
  31. 31An Old Country-house
  32. 32Far-away Forests
  33. 33Building Ships
  34. 34The Orang-Outang
  35. 35Little Bridget’s Bath
  36. 36Some Novel Fishing
  37. 37Eagles and Little Girls
  38. 38Climbing Mountains
  39. 39Andrew’s Plan
  40. 40The Wild Ass
  41. 41Ancient Riding
  42. 42Beautiful Bugs
  43. 43A Battle on Stilts
  44. 44Drawing the Long Bow
  45. 45An Ancient Theatre
  46. 46Bird Chat
  47. 47Mummies
  48. 48Tame Snakes
  49. 49Gymnastics
  50. 50Buying “The Mirror”
  51. 51Big Game
  52. 52The Bootblack’s Dog
  53. 53Going After the Cows
  54. 54The Reflective Stag
  55. 55When We Must Not Believe Our Eyes
  56. 56A City Under the Ground
  57. 57The Coachman
  58. 58Geysers, and How They Work
  59. 59A Giant Puff-ball
  60. 60Tickled by a Straw
  61. 61The Light in the Castle
  62. 62The Oak Tree
  63. 63The Sea-side
  64. 64The Sick Pike
  65. 65Two Kinds of Blossoms
  66. 66About Glass
  67. 67Carl
  68. 68School’s Out!
  69. 69Nest-Builders
  70. 70The Boomerang

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