Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES The Project Gutenberg eBook of Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title : Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy Author : Frank R. Stockton Release date : January 23, 2006 [eBook #17582] Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17582 Credits : Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net *** 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