By Kenneth Grahame

By Kenneth Grahame

“'T IS OPPORTUNE TO LOOK BACK UPON OLD TIMES, AND CONTEMPLATE OUR FOREFATHERS. GREAT EXAMPLES GROW THIN, AND TO BE FETCHED FROM THE PASSED WORLD. SIMPLICITY FLIES AWAY, AND INIQUITY COMES AT LONG STRIDES UPON US."

—SIR THOMAS BROWNE

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS

A HOLIDAY.

A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE

ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS

THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS.

SAWDUST AND SIN

“YOUNG ADAM CUPID”

THE BURGLARS

A HARVESTING

SNOWBOUND

WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT

THE ARGONAUTS

THE ROMAN ROAD

THE SECRET DRAWER

“EXIT TYRANNUS”

THE BLUE ROOM

A FALLING OUT

“LUSISTI SATIS”