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Title: The Runaway Equator, and the Strange Adventures of a Little Boy in Pursuit of It

Author: Lilian Bell

Illustrator: Peter Newell

Release date: April 17, 2020 [eBook #61854]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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THE RUNAWAY EQUATOR

“They saw the Equator making off, a mile or two away”

THE RUNAWAY
EQUATOR
And the Strange Adventures of a
Little Boy in Pursuit of It

BY
LILIAN BELL
AUTHOR OF “THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF AN OLD MAID,”
“THE EXPATRIATES,” “ABROAD WITH THE JIMMIES,”
“HOPE LORING,” “AT HOME WITH THE JARDINES,” ETC.

Illustrated by
PETER NEWELL

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1910, 1911, by
The Curtis Publishing Company

Copyright, 1911, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian


September, 1911

TO
JIMMIE BELL, JUNIOR
SECOND INFANTRY, U.S.A.