Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MAGIC WORLD

BY E. NESBIT

AUTHOR OF 'THE TREASURE SEEKERS,' 'THE WONDERFUL GARDEN,' 'THE MAGIC CITY,' ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR and SPENCER PRYSE

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1924

_First published by Macmillan & Co. 1912_

CONTENTS
PAGE
1. The Cat-hood of Maurice 1

2. The Mixed Mine 27

3. Accidental Magic 58

4. The Princess and the Hedge-pig 96

5. Septimus Septimusson 126

6. The White Cat 148

7. Belinda and Bellamant 160

8. Justnowland 185

9. The Related Muff 206

10. The Aunt and Amabel 218

11. Kenneth and the Carp 233

12. The Magician's Heart 260

ILLUSTRATIONS

He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the
boots and goloshes fell off him like spray
off a bather (p. 24) _Frontispiece_

FACE PAGE
'If you think cats have such a jolly time,'
said Lord Hugh, 'why not _be_ a cat?' 7

It was Mabel who untied the string and soothed
his terrors 14

He landed there on his four padded feet light
as a feather 17

When Jane went in to put Mabel's light out,
Maurice crept in too 21

Her bow went down suddenly 28

'Look!' he said, 'look!' and pointed 35

Far above him and every one else towered the
elephant 39

It became a quite efficient motor 42

Quentin de Ward 58

It landed on the point of the chin of Smithson
major 67

'Who are you?' he said. 'Answer, I adjure you
by the Sacred Tau!' 79

The cart was drawn by an enormous creature, more
like an elephant than anything else 85

'Silence!' cried the priest. 'Chosen of the
Immortals, close your eyes!' 91

On the lower terrace the royal nurse was walking
up and down with the baby princess that all the
fuss was about 98

Instantly a flight of winged arrows crossed the
garden 109

'I would kiss you on every one of your thousand
spears,' she said, 'to give you what you wish' 123

So we all sat on chairs in the drawing-room, and
thought of nothing to say harder than ever 208

We scalped Eliza as she passed through the hall 213

Sidney threw the rug over her, and rolled her
over and over 215

Early next morning he tried to catch fish with
several pieces of string knotted together and
a hairpin 235

A radiant vision stepped into the circle of light 241

There was a splash 248

'Oh, good-bye!' he cried desperately, and snapped
at the worm 256