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"Get him a mirror."]
ANDIRON TALES
BY
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
ILLUSTRATED BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. TOM AND THE ANDIRONS 9
CHAPTER II. THE STORY OF EBENEZER 17
CHAPTER III. OFF IN THE CLOUDS 25
CHAPTER IV. THE POKER TELLS HIS STORY 38
CHAPTER V. THE POKER CONCLUDES HIS STORY 45
CHAPTER VII. THEY REACH THE CRESCENT MOON 61
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE TROLLEY CLOUD 70
CHAPTER IX. ON THE OSCYCLE--A NARROW ESCAPE 80
CHAPTER X. HOME AGAIN 91
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS
"GET HIM A MIRROR," SAID THE LEFTHANDIRON. _In colors Frontispiece_
"I'M NOT A DORMOUSE" 12
"A LITTLE TALE WHICH I WILL WAG FOR YOU" 15
"AND THEN DIE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" 20
"JUST WHAT I WANTED FOR MY LUNCH" 22
"TRIED TO BITE MY HEAD OFF" 23
"A MOUSE WITH A DOOR TO HIM" 31
"THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN THIS CLOUD," SAID THE POKER. _In colors_ 33
"IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF THE OTHER" 34
"A POKER WHO COULD ONLY POKE" 39
"No," she said, "I'm not your mother, I am a Fairy." _In colors_ 40
"DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A BATHTUB" 41
"EAGLES NEVER HAVE UMBRELLAS" 46
"ONE DAY THE WOODCUTTERS CAME" 49
"SO I REALLY LIVE HOME" 51
"WHAT'S THE USE OF FIGHTING?" 53
"I BLOW A STORY OF TWO, NOW AND THEN," SAID THE BELLOWS. _In Colors_ 54
HE GAVE A TREMENDOUS WHEEZE 58
"COLUMBUS WAS A GREAT MAN" 63
"YOU SEE, IT'S THIS SHAPE" 66
"WHY, IT'S REALLY A TROLLEY!" HE CRIED. _In colors_ 68
"IT KEEPS ME JUMPING ALL THE TIME" 72
ON THE OSCYCLE. _In colors_ 80
"MY OWN PRIVATE ICEBERG" 83
THE MAN FROM SATURN JUMPED 86
TOM JUMPED, AND IN A MOMENT WAS SITTING ASTRIDE THE GREAT BIRD'S NECK. _In colors_ 89
"UPON THE ANVIL IN HIS SANCTUM" 93
DEVOURING HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR 98
TOM IS AWAKENED BY THE AVALANCHE. _In colors_ 100
TAIL PIECE 102
Andiron Tales
By John Kendrick Bangs
Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy with a Lively Imagination