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Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

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A playful miscellany of short pieces that alternate between factual sketches and fanciful tales, guiding young readers through woods, seas, skies, and buried cities. The collection mixes natural-history observations of animals, birds, insects, and plants with descriptions of curiosities such as balloons, geysers, mummies, and optical tricks, and includes light adventures, anecdotes, and whimsical inventions. Tone ranges from explanatory to humorous, often addressing readers directly and shifting between narrator and other guides to stimulate curiosity about science, travel, and everyday marvels.

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Title: Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

Author: Frank R. Stockton

Release date: January 23, 2006 [eBook #17582]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FANCY ***

ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES

In Lands of

FACT AND FANCY

 

 

BY

FRANK R STOCKTON

 

 

NEW EDITION

 

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1910

 

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

BY SCRIBNER. ARMSTRONG & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

 

 

CONTENTS

page
Winter in the Woods 7
Tricks of Light 10
Saving the Toll 18
The Real King of Beasts 23
The French Soldier-boy 32
A Lively Way to Ring a Bell 34
Down in the Earth 36
The Lion 44
Bob's Hiding-place 49
The Continental Soldier 59
A Judge of Music 61
The Sensitive Plant 64
Sir Marmaduke 66
The Giraffe 69
Up in the Air 73
The Arabian Horse 87
Indian-puddings: Pumpkin-pies 90
Living in Smoke 94
The Cannon of the Palais-Royal 97
Waters, Deep and Shallow 99
Hans the Herb-gatherer 123
Some Cunning Insects 128
A First Sight of the Sea 134
The Largest Church in the World 137
The Soft Place 140
A Few Feathered Friends 146
In a Well 159
A Vegetable Gas Manufactory 163
About Bears 166
An Old Country-house 172
Far-away Forests 177
Building Ships 183
The Orang-Outang 186
Little Bridget's Bath 189
Some Novel Fishing 193
Eagles and Little Girls 203
Climbing Mountains 204
Andrew's Plan 207
The Wild Ass 212
Ancient Riding 215
Beautiful Bugs 217
A Battle on Stilts 220
Drawing the Long Bow 223
An Ancient Theatre 226
Bird Chat 229
Mummies 230
Tame Snakes 240
Gymnastics 243
Buying "the Mirror" 250
Big Game 256
The Bootblack's Dog 268
Going after the Cows 271
The Reflective Stag 274
When we must not Believe our Eyes 277
A City under the Ground 283
The Coachman 297
Geysers, and how they Work 300
A Giant Puff-ball 303
Tickled by a Straw 305
The Light in the Castle 307
The Oak Tree 311
The Sea-side 315
The Sick Pike 319
Two Kinds of Blossoms 322
About Glass 326
Carl 342
School's Out 350
Nest-builders 354
The Boomerang 368

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE
 Frontispiece.
The Woodcutter 7
The Minstrel on the Wall 10
Tricks in a Church 10
The Dance of Demons 13
Nostradamus 14
The Lion's Head 15
The Theatrical Ghost 16
The Toll-bridge 18
A Royal Procession 22
An Elephant after Him 25
The Dog's Protector 27
An Elephant Nurse 29
Saving the Artillery-man 30
The Gallant Elephant 31
The French Soldier-Boy 32
On a Bell 34
Fishes found in the Mammoth Cave 36
The Bottomless Pit 41
The Lion's Home 43
The Uncaged Lion 44
A Lion's Dinner 46
A Terrible Companion 47
Off to the Kitchen 49
Blind Man's Buff 50
The Story-Teller 52
In the Cellar 54
Handing round the Apples 56
The Drummer of 1776 60
The Continental Soldier 60
The Donkey in the Parlor 61
Sir Marmaduke 66
The Giraffe 70
Above the Clouds 72
The Flying Man 74
The Parachute—shut 75
The Parachute—open 76
Le Flesseles 78
Bagnolet's Balloon 80
Coming down Roughly 80
A Balloon with Sails and Rudders 81
The Minerva 82
Safe Ballooning 84
Driven out to Sea 86
The Arabian Horse 88
In the Cornfield 90
A Big Mosquito 94
Exactly Noon 97
The Spring 99
The Brook 101
The Mill 102
The Cascade 104
The Great River 105
Falls of Gavarni 106
The Falls of Zambesi 108
Niagara 109
Fishing with a Net 110
Fishing with a Spear 111
Sponge-Fishing 113
A Pearl Oyster 114
Divers 115
Rough Water 117
The Iceberg 118
The Storm 119
The Shipwreck 120
Water-Spouts 121
A Bit of Cable 122
Hans, the Herb-Gatherer 123
Patsey 126
A Spider at Home 128
The Ant's Arch 129
The Cock-chafer's Wing 129
The Spider's Bridge 130
The Moth and the Bees 131
Learned Fleas 132
The Pacific 135
St. Peter's at Rome 137
Interior of St. Peter's 138
The Five Young Deer 141
Waking Up 142
Familiar Friends 147
The Pigeon 148
The Dove 149
The Swan 150
The Goose that Led 151
The Goose that Followed 152
The Sensible Duck 154
The Goldfinch 155
The Magpie 156
The Owl 157
Morning Singers 158
In a Well 159
The Fraxinella 163
A Company of Bears 165
The Black Bear 166
The Grizzly Bear 168
The White Bear 170
The Tame Bear 171
An old Country-House 172
Ancient Builders 174
The Pine Forest 176
Tree Ferns 177
Tropical Forest 179
The Giant Trees 181
The Great Eastern 182
The Orang-Outang 186
Bridget and the Fairies 189
Flat-Fish 193
Turbots 194
The Sea-Horse 195
The Cuttle-Fish 196
The Polypier 197
Tunnies 198
The Sword-Fish 200
The Shark 201
The Child and the Eagle 202
Climbing the Mountain 204
Andrew and Jenny 207
Wild Asses 211
The Palanquin 214
The Chariot 216
Transformation of Beetles 218
A Battle on Stilts 220
Drawing the Long Bow 223
The Colosseum 226
The Cormorants 228
The Bittern 229
The Pelican 231
The Hoopoe 232
The Falcon 234
The Mummy 236
The Stand 237
The Coffin 237
The Outside Coffin 238
The Sarcophagus 239
The Tame Snake 240
The Novel Team 241
Youngsters Fighting 242
Throwing the Hammer 243
Throwing the Stone 244
Thomas Topham 245
Venetian Acrobats 247
The Tight-Rope 249
The See-Saw 250
The Wild Boar 256
The Musk-Ox and the Sailor 258
Hunting the Brown Bear 259
A Brave Hippopotamus 261
A Rhinocerus Turning the Table 262
A Tiger-Hunt 264
A Fight with a Gorilla 265
The Boot-black's Dog 268
Going after the Cows 271
The Reflective Stag 275
The Mirage 277
Fata Morgana 280
The Spectre of the Brocken 281
A Narrow Street in Pompeii 283
A Cleared Street in Pompeii 285
The Atrium in the House of Pansa 287
Ornaments from Pompeii 290
A Pompeiian Bakery 292
The Amphitheatre of Pompeii 294
The Coachman 297
The Grand Geyser 300
The Artificial Geyser 302
A Giant Puff-ball 303
Tickled by a Straw 305
The Will-o'-the-Wisp 309
The Oak Tree 311
The Sea-Side 315
The Vessels on Shore 317
The Sick Pike 320
The Blossoms 322
Ice-Blossoms 324
Ice-Flowers 325
Ancient Bead 326
Venetian Bottle 327
German Drinking-Glass 329
Glass Jug 330
Making Bottles 332
Venetian Goblet 333
Modern Goblets 334
The Queen's Mirror 335
Bohemian Goblet 336
French Flagon 339
The Portland Vase 340
The Strange Lady 344
Carl and the Duke 348
The Dominie 351
Wrens' Nests 354
Orioles' Nest 355
Owl's Nests 357
Flamingoes' Nests 359
The little Grebe's Nest 361
The Ostrich-Nest 362
The Stork's Nest 364
A Fish's Nest 366
Throwing the Boomerang 368
The Way the Boomerang Goes 369