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EVERYCHILD

A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

by

LOUIS DODGE

Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Laite

[Frontispiece: "Poor Cinderella."]

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1921 Copyright, 1921, by Charles Scribner's Sons

TO FREDERICA BRITTON

CONTENTS

PART I

ARGUMENT:--_Everychild encounters the giant Fear and sets forth on a strange journey_.

CHAPTER

I. THE TWO STRANGERS
II. EVERYCHILD'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE GIANT
III. EVERYCHILD ENCOUNTERS ALADDIN OF THE WONDERFUL LAMP
IV. EVERYCHILD IS JOINED BY HANSEL AND GRETTEL
V. A DASHING YOUTH IN THE FOREST
VI. A FIGHT WHICH WAS STRANGELY ENDED
VII. THE ADVENTURE OF WILL O'DREAMS

PART II

ARGUMENT:--_Everychild pities the sorrow of Cinderella and rejoices in her release from bondage; he encounters a dog that looks upon him with favor_.

VIII. A PURSUIT IN THE DARK
IX. CINDERELLA AT HOME
X. CINDERELLA'S DECISION
XI. SOME ONE PASSES WITH A SONG ON THE ROAD OF TROUBLED CHILDREN
XII. EVERYCHILD BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH A POOR DOG
XIII. A TERRIBLE LADY AT HOME
XIV. MR. LITERAL'S WARNING

PART III

ARGUMENT:--_Every child views with amazement a famous dwelling-place, and is grieved by the plight of an unfortunate prince_.

XV. A STRANGE HOUSE IN THE FOREST
XVI. AN ELABORATION OF ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST SUCCINCT CHAPTERS
XVII. EVERYCHILD, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPANIONS,
FINDS REFUGE IN AN OLD HOUSE
XVIII. HOW THE HAND OF A CHAMBERLAIN TREMBLED
XIX. HOW AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE ESCAPED

PART IV

ARGUMENT:--_Everychild's feet are drawn to the spot where the sleeping beauty in the wood lies. Time passes_.

XX. A SONG IN A GARDEN
XXI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE ATTIC
XXII. THE END OF A HUNDRED YEARS
XXIII. THE AWAKENING
XXIV. TIME PASSES

PART V

ARGUMENT:--_On his wanderings Everychild bethinks him of his parents, and discovers that though he has seemed to lose them, he has not really done so_.

XXV. WILL O'DREAMS REPORTS A DISCOVERY
XXVI. THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
XXVII. HOW EVIL DAYS CAME UPON THE CASTLE
XXVIII. THE MOUNTAIN OF REALITY
XXIX. THE MASKED LADY'S SECRET
XXX. WILL O'DREAMS MAKES A DISCOVERY
XXXI. HOW ALADDIN MADE A WISH
XXXII. THE HALL OF PARENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Poor Cinderella" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"You are Hansel and Grettel"

"Masterpieces indeed!--in a forest! _There_ are masterpieces"

She sniffed as if there were a fire somewhere

"As for living in a shoe--there's plenty of females that live in two"

They began a game which consisted of singing and dancing