The Golden Age
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THE GOLDEN AGE
COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS BOOK
BY
KENNETH GRAHAME
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH
Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof of an outhouse
'The Golden Age'
Copyright, 1899
BY JOHN LANE
Copyright, 1904
BY JOHN LANE
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS | 3 |
| A HOLIDAY | 13 |
| A WHITE-WASHED UNCLE | 29 |
| ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS | 39 |
| THE FINDING OF THE PRINCESS | 53 |
| SAWDUST AND SIN | 67 |
| 'YOUNG ADAM CUPID' | 79 |
| THE BURGLARS | 93 |
| A HARVESTING | 107 |
| SNOWBOUND | 121 |
| WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT | 133 |
| THE ARGONAUTS | 143 |
| THE ROMAN ROAD | 161 |
| THE SECRET DRAWER | 179 |
| 'EXIT TYRANNUS' | 193 |
| THE BLUE ROOM | 205 |
| A FALLING OUT | 225 |
| 'LUSISTI SATIS' | 239 |
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The publication of this new edition of "The Golden Age," the favourite amongst Mr. Kenneth Grahame's favoured books, with the illustrations by Mr. Maxfield Parrish reproduced in photogravure, was accomplished through the kindness of the various owners, who gave access to the originals in their respective collections. The publisher begs gratefully to acknowledge this courtesy, with special thanks also to Mr. Frederick Keppel and Mr. Fitzroy Carrington for their kind co-operation.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | ||
| 'Onto the garden wall, which led in its turn to the roof of an outhouse' | Frontispiece | |
| 'The Golden Age' | Title | |
| 'For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted, wonderful!) simply' | Facing | 6 |
| 'Out into the brimming sun-bathed world I sped' | „ | 14 |
| '"I took the old fellow to the station"' | „ | 34 |
| 'Once more were damsels rescued, dragons disembowelled, and giants' | „ | 42 |
| 'Lulled by the trickle of water, I slipped into dreamland' | „ | 62 |
| 'It was easy … to transport yourself in a trice to the heart of a tropical forest' | „ | 68 |
| 'Who would have thought … that only two short days ago we had confronted each other on either side of a hedge' | „ | 86 |
| 'A great book open on his knee … a score or so disposed within easy reach' | „ | 114 |
| 'But yester-eve and the mummers were here!' | „ | 122 |
| '"They make me walk behind, 'cos they say I'm too little, and mustn't hear"' | „ | 138 |
| '"I'm Jason … and this is the Argo … and we're just going through the Hellespont"' | „ | 146 |
| '"You haven't been to Rome, have you?"' | „ | 166 |
| 'I drew it out and carried it to the window, to examine it in the failing light' | „ | 188 |
| 'At breakfast Miss Smedley behaved in a most mean and uncalled-for manner' | „ | 196 |
| 'The procession passing solemnly across the moon-lit Blue Room' | „ | 218 |
| '"Why, Master Harold! whatever be the matter? Baint runnin' away, be ee?"' | „ | 232 |
| 'Finally we found ourselves sitting silent on an upturned wheelbarrow' | „ | 250 |