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Illustrations The animals all looked interested .. .F rontispiece (P age 126) facing page The wolf was not much of a talker, and Mabel could not think of anything to say, so they kept very still 10 it felt as though she were on a big rocking chair 24 They made their way silently up to the stabledoor 48 The goat kept on whirling around and around .90 Mabel looked up, and her heart nearly stopped beating, for out of the window came an enormous FACE 166 That sa doll, said the brownie ;and I think you NEVER SAW ONE LIKE IT BEFORE. It CAN TALK AND laugh and cry and walk 194 We must hurry home as fast as we can. Come!(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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"I loved this book as a child. I still have the 1916 edition with the Harry Roundtree illustrations that my aunt read it to me over and over. The Kirkus reviewer seems to have forgotten what is like to be a child when magical thinking comes to the aid of the fledgling ego in a dangerous world where one is utterly dependent on adults who (like the Kirkus reviewer) seem to have forgotten their childhood. Mabel, with her animal friends, turns the tables on adults (and boys), coming to their rescue--not by assuming adult powers, but as a little girl with the mind and sensibility of a child. The style is that of a bedside story teller. All those 'weak' words the reviewer finds so tiresome, belong to the voice of the well intentioned but condescending adult--the voice of those little Mabel shows up story after story. As a child listening to these tales I didn't identify with that voice, but with Mabel--and remember the delicious sense of irony that came precisely from the power of being 'little' ...and knowing they didn't get it." - Reviewer Jacob Russell

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...stopped. She did not talk about it any more; but all that day she had a very curious look on her face. The next morning she took a broom and went over the whole house hunting for spiders. She even went into the garret, and there she found the four brown spiders sitting on the window-sill. When they saw her coming, they slid out of the window and down the side of the house. They knew that they could never come back again. They went to the barn and tried to make a home for themselves there; but the barn-spiders, who were big and fierce, drove them out. So after that they had to live in the orchard, where they were often rained on, and got very little to eat. They could not pay the King Spider the flies they had promised him; so that one day when he saw them he caught them in his big claws and ate them all up. VIII. THE ANIMAL PARTY MABEL," said Grandma one morning, "do you know what tomorrow will be?" " No," said Mabel, who did not understand the question. " What will it be? " " Why," said Grandma, " your birthday." " No!" said Mabel. " How old shall I be to-morrow, Grandma? " " What? Don't you remember? Why, to-morrow you 'll be six years old." " Really? " cried Mabel. " Dear me! Why, Grandma, I thought that I should feel so different when I grew up; but I don't. I feel just the same as I did when I was only a little girl." Grandma smiled. "That isn't strange, Mabel," she said. " Do you know, I am more than sixty years old, and I think I feel just the same as when / was only a little girl. But we must do something for your birthday, because you have been so good and thoughtful all the year. What would you like best? " " Oh, let me see. Why, I should like best of all to have a party. You know I Ve never had a party; and now that I 'm real...

This is not a reprint! It is original book and the description should read: This is not a Print-on-Demand, reprint or facsimile book. It is the hardcover edition with red boards published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York with an 1896 and 1916 copyright. The book contains black and white illustrations only. (Two versions of The Adventures of Mabel were released by Dodd Mead in 1916, each containing new illustrations by Harry Rountree: the first was small and contained only black and white, but still very detailed illustrations, while the second was a larger book and contained very detailed color illustrations in addition to the black and whites included in the first.) The Adventures of Mabel is a children's fantasy novel by Harry Thurston Peck (aka Rafford Pyke) first published in 1896-1897. The story is about Mabel, a five-year-old girl, who helps the King of all the lizards and is rewarded with the ability to converse with animals. She later also meets giants and brownies.

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