Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE

THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE

by

WALDEMAR BONSELS

Illustrated by Homer Boss

[Publisher's Device]

New York Thomas Seltzer 1922

Copyright, 1922, by Thomas Seltzer, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America

The Translation of this book was made by ADELE SZOLD SELTZER

The Poems were done into English by ARTHUR GUITERMAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. First Flight 1
II. The House of the Rose 14
III. The Lake 25
IV. Effie and Bobbie 43
V. The Acrobat 60
VI. Puck 72
VII. In the Toils 87
VIII. The Bug and the Butterfly 104
IX. The Lost Leg 113
X. The Wonders of the Night 133
XI. With the Sprite 153
XII. Alois, Ladybird and Poet 163
XIII. The Fortress 172
XIV. The Sentinel 182
XV. The Warning 194
XVI. The Battle 204
XVII. The Queen's Friend 218

LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS

"Won't you come in?" FRONTISPIECE

Facing Page
Maya lifted her wings, buzzed farewell
to the lake, and flew inland 42

A human being in miniature was coming up
out of the iris 146

The Queen came without her court,
attended only by her aide and two
ladies-in-waiting 200