Chapter I: Front Matter

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Eleventh Impression

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THE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS

Each beautifully illustrated in color and tastefully bound

BY WASHINGTON IRVING
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
RIP VAN WINKLE

SELECTED
TALES OF WASHINGTON IRVING'S
ALHAMBRA

BY JOHN RUSKIN
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES

SELECTED
HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES

BY MISS MULOCK
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE

BY EMMA GELLIBRAND
J. COLE

BY JOHANNA SPYRI
MONI THE GOAT BOY

BY OUIDA
MOUFFLOU AND OTHER STORIES
THE NÜRNBERG STOVE
A DOG OF FLANDERS

SELECTED
WONDERLAND STORIES
ALL TIME TALES

BY JONATHAN SWIFT
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
(LILLIPUT LAND)

BY GEORGE MACDONALD
THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE
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George Macdonald Stories For Little Folks

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Simplified by

ELIZABETH LEWIS

Author of "The Princess and the Goblin Simplified"

With Six Full Page Illustrations in Color by Maria L. Kirk

Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company Copyright, 1914 By J. B. Lippincott Company Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. DIAMOND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF NORTH WIND 9

II. DIAMOND'S FIRST TRIP WITH THE NORTH WIND 20

III. NORTH WIND SINKS A SHIP 31

IV. THE LAND AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND 41

V. DIAMOND'S FATHER LOSES HIS EMPLOYMENT 52

VI. DIAMOND LEARNS TO DRIVE A HORSE 62

VII. DIAMOND DRIVES THE CAB 73

VIII. DIAMOND VISITS NANNY 84

IX. THINGS GO HARD WITH DIAMOND'S FAMILY 93

X. DIAMOND IN HIS NEW HOME 102

XI. ANOTHER VISIT FROM NORTH WIND 109

XII. NORTH WIND CARRIES DIAMOND AWAY 119

ILLUSTRATIONS

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NORTH WIND, WHO WAS DANCING WITH HIM, ROUND AND ROUND THE LONG BARE ROOM _Frontispiece_

AGAINST THIS HE LAID HIS EAR, AND THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE QUITE DISTINCTLY 12

IT WAS THE BACK DOOR OF A GARDEN 29

HE WAS SURE IT WAS NORTH WIND, BUT HE THOUGHT SHE MUST BE DEAD AT LAST 47

WITHIN A MONTH HE WAS ABLE TO SPELL OUT MOST OF THE VERSES FOR HIMSELF 73

HE FASTENED THE CHEEK-STRAP VERY CAREFULLY 78

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