Chapter I: Front Matter

MOLLIE AND THE UNWISEMAN ABROAD

_HOLIDAY EDITIONS_ _of_ _JUVENILE CLASSICS_

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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN By George Macdonald

_Twelve full-page illustrations in color, and the original wood
engravings. Decorated chapter-headings and lining-papers.
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THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE By George Macdonald

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AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND By George Macdonald

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A DOG OF FLANDERS By "Ouida"

_Illustrated with full-page color plates, and decorated
chapter-headings and lining-papers. Cloth, ornamental, $1.50._

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J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Publishers Philadelphia

MOLLIE AND THE UNWISEMAN ABROAD

BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

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_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY_ GRACE G. WIEDERSEIM

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PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1910

COPYRIGHT 1910 BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

TO MY FRIENDS THE CHILDREN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
FOREWORD 11
Introducing Two Heroes and a Heroine.
I. MOLLIE, WHISTLEBINKIE, AND THE UNWISEMAN 13
II. THE START 31
III. AT SEA 48
IV. ENGLAND 64
V. A CALL ON THE KING 81
VI. THEY GET SOME FOG AND GO SHOPPING 98
VII. THE UNWISEMAN VISITS THE BRITISH MUSEUM 114
VIII. THE UNWISEMAN'S FRENCH 130
IX. IN PARIS 147
X. THE ALPS AT LAST 163
XI. THE UNWISEMAN PLANS A CHAMOIS COMPANY 178
XII. VENICE 194
XIII. GENOA, GIBRALTAR, AND COLUMBUS 211
XIV. AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE 228
XV. HOME, SWEET HOME 245

ILLUSTRATIONS

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"I've Been Trying to Find Out How to Tie a Sinker
to this Soup" _Frontispiece_
"Take Care of Yourself, Fizzledinkie, and don't Blow too much
through the Top of Your Hat" 29
Molly Makes Her Courtesy to Mr. King 88
"These are the Kind His Majesty Prefers," said the girl 104
"Have You Seen the Ormolu Clock of Your Sister's Music Teacher?" 154
"Out the Way There!" cried the Unwiseman 168
The Chamois Evidently Liked this Verse for its Eyes Twinkled 182
They all Boarded a Gondola 199
The Unwiseman Looked the Official Coldly in the Eye 229
"I'm Never Going to Leave You Again, Boldy," he was saying 246